Touch your music.
As great as DAWs are, it’s a drag to control the transport and create fades and automation with a mouse. Most musicians prefer a real fader and transport controls that they can touch.
That’s why we created the FaderPort™, which connects to your computer via USB and delivers complete transport controls for fast and efficient recording, along with a high-quality, touch-sensitive, motorized fader for writing fades and automation.
Great feel for perfect fades and smooth automation.
Feel is crucial when you’re spending countless hours recording and mixing. So the ultra-affordable FaderPort features the same high quality, touch-sensitive, long-throw, motorized Alps fader that is found in expensive control surfaces and digital mixing consoles. With its 1,024-step resolution and dual-servo drive-belt motor, the response will be smooth and seamless.
Compatible with virtually all major DAW programs, the FaderPort enables you to record perfect fades and write single-channel or grouped-channel volume, mute, and pan automation in real-time.
Features
- Write single-channel or grouped-channel volume, mute, and pan automation
- Touch-sensitive, 100 mm long-throw, motorized Alps fader
- 1,024 steps of resolution
- Complete recording-transport controls:
- Punch, User, Loop, Previous/Next Marker
- Start, End, Rewind, Fast Fwd, Stop, Play, Record
- General controls:
- Record Enable, Pan, Mute, Solo
- Channel Select controls:
- Bank, Output (Master Fader), Increment, Decrement
- Window-view selection:
- Mix, Project, Transport
- Undo/Redo
- Fader-mode selection:
- Read, Write, Touch, Off
- 5 User-defined key mappings
- Hands-free punch in/out using footswitch (not included)
- Input/Output
- 1 USB 1.1 port
- 1 Footswitch jack for hands-free punch in/out
- Physical
- Dual-servo drive-belt motor design for fast and smooth fader operation
- Rugged metal top plate and military-grade buttons
- External 9 VAC power supply
- Software
- Tight integration with PreSonus® Studio One® software
Computer system requirements:
Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for the FaderPort:
Windows
- Windows® XP SP2 or later, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit)
Mac
- Mac OS® X 10.6 or later (32- and 64-bit)
Windows and Mac Systems
- USB Port (1.1 or faster)
PreSonus FaderPort has been tested and approved to work with the following software:
Native Mode:
- Ableton Live (all versions, using MIDI Learn)
- Apple Logic Express/Logic Pro 7, 8, 9
- Cakewalk Sonar 6, 7, 8, X1, X2, X3
- Magix Samplitude Pro X
- Magix Sequoia 10, 11, 12
- MOTU Digital Performer (Mac only) 4, 5, 6 and 7 (DP8 not supported)
- PreSonus® Studio One® (all versions)
- Steinberg Cubase SX3 and Cubase 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (64-bit on Mac must use HUI)
- Steinberg Nuendo 3, 4, 5 and 6. (64-bit on Mac must use HUI)
- Reaper 4
HUI Emulation:
- Apple Logic Express/Logic Pro X (see Knowledgebase)
- Avid Pro Tools 6 and later
- Avid Pro Tools M-Powered 6 and later
Hardware Specifications
Input/Output
- 1 USB 1.1 port
- 1 Footswitch jack for hands-free punch in/out
Fader
- Alps 100 mm long-throw, touch-sensitive, motorized fader
- Dual servo motorized drive belt system for fast and quiet operation
- Ultra-smooth feel and lightning fast
- Heavy-duty construction
- Resolution: 10-bit, 1,024 steps
Buttons and Knobs
General Controls
Pan, Mute, Solo, Record
Channel Select
Bank, Output, L/R arrow
Fader Mode
Read, Write, Touch, Off
Window View
Mix, Project, Transport, Undo
Transport
Punch/Previous (marker), User (user-definable)/Next (marker), Loop/Mark (set marker), Start, End, Rewind, Fast Forward, Stop, Play, Record
(Functionality varies slightly, depending on the DAW.)
Power
- Operational when USB bus-powered.
- Motorized fader requires 9 VDC, 1.2A external power supply (factory configured, included)
Dimensions
- Desktop unit
- Height 1.75” (44.45 mm)
- Depth 7” (177.8 mm)
- Width 5.25” (133.35 mm)
- Weight 1 lb. (0.45 kg)