Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 890)

Chapter 6 Using the Audio Mixer 103
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To rearrange the order of control surface icons:
1 Choose Tools > Control Surfaces.
Note: There must be at least two control surfaces connected if you want to rearrange
their order.
2 Do one of the following:
 Click a control surface icon to select it, then drag the icon to a new position to the
left or right.
 Press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key to select a control surface icon, then click the
Shift Order Left or Shift Order Right button to move the control surface icon.
 Press Shift-< (left angle bracket) or Shift-> (right angle bracket).
3 Click OK.
The control surface faders are renumbered according to their new order in the control
surface arrangement area.
Working With Fader Banks
If your Final Cut Pro sequence has more tracks than your control surface has faders, you
can still control the remaining faders by using another fader bank on the control
surface. Fader banks allow you to multiply the number of tracks your control surface
can control by temporarily assigning the physical faders to higher-numbered tracks.
For example, if your control surface has eight faders, the first fader bank can control the
first eight visible tracks in the Audio Mixer. The second bank can control the second
group of eight visible faders, and so on. If all tracks are visible in the Audio Mixer, the first
fader bank controls tracks 1–8, the second fader bank controls tracks 9–16, and so on.
When your sequence has more tracks than the control surface, Final Cut Pro
automatically assigns additional tracks to new fader banks. No additional
configuration is necessary.
To switch fader banks on your control surface:
m Press the Bank Left or Bank Right button on the control surface.
The previous or next fader bank is selected, allowing you to control a different range of
tracks in the Audio Mixer.