Faderfox micromodul LV3 User manual

micromodul LV3
User manual

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connecting the instrument with other instruments, incorrect or inappropriate use.
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issues), it is absolutely essential that you read through and follow all instructions.
Safety precautions and servicing
- Instrument's intended use is based on the functions and procedures contained in this manual
- Read all instructions for use as well as all enclosed literature before using the instrument
- Use only in closed rooms (not for outdoor use)
- Never use in a moist or humid environment (laundry rooms, swimming pools, etc, …)
- Not for use in the vicinity of heat sources (radiators, ovens, etc, …)
- Operational temperature is in the range of 0° - + 40° C
- Not for use in the vicinity of flammable material
- The instrument should not be in direct or prolonged contact with sunlight
- Dusty environmental conditions should be avoided
- Connect only to USB ports of computers or hubs
- No foreign objects are permitted inside the instrument casing
- No liquids should get inside the instrument casing
- Never let the instrument fall to the ground (casing and/or control elements may be damaged)
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repairs), this may only be done by qualified personnel. The USB-cable must be disconnected before opening
the instrument. Guarantee is void for defects that occur if the instrument was opened by an unauthorised or
unqualified person.
Use a soft towel or brush to clean the instrument. Please do not use any cleaning liquids or water, so you
avoid any damages to the instrument.
Package contents
- Device
- USB cable (with angle plug)
- Manual
- CD with settings and manuals

Introduction
Thank you for choosing a Faderfox controller. These probably world’s smallest controllers are designed for
live use on stage. All Faderfox controllers are professionally manufactured in series in Germany, ensuring
high quality. The 3rd generation brings a lot of new features like USB connection with bus powering, better
controls and much more.
LV3 is the perfect all-in-one-solution if you want a very compact controller for Ableton Live.
As successor of the LV2 the device controls track volumes by faders, rack parameters by encoders and
joysticks and important global things like tempo, quantization & cue/master-volumes. Further you get a total
track control by 24 programmable buttons, organized in 3 rows. You will find a very convenient way to
select and launch scenes & clips by a dedicated encoder as well. Last but not least the two joysticks give you
the special feeling of controlling a model aircraft ;-) Fly away…
Features
- Special controller for Ableton Live (also suitable for other DAW software)
- Control surface setup for Live 8 are shipped with the controller (no manual mapping necessary)
- USB interface - class compliant / no driver necessary
- Controls 8 tracks with possibility to shift the 8-track-window to further tracks
- 24 programmable buttons for all track functions
- About 280 commands – all freely reassignable (each track sends on separate midi channel)
- Select and start/stop of scenes/clips with a dedicated encoder (clip-scroll in session view)
- 4 multifunctional push-encoders to control rack parameters in the selected track
- 2 non-centered joysticks to control rack parameters in the selected track or in send-tracks
- Global control of several global parameters like tempo, quantization and master/cue volumes
- All controls with double function by holding down the shift button
- 33 LED’s in different colors to display various informations like clip states etc.
- 2-digit-display to show current scene number and track window
- USB bus powering – consumption less than 500mW / 100mA
- Very compact design in a black, plastic casing (desktop format 180x105x70 mm, 350 g)
- New rubber knobs for best tactile feeling
System requirements
- PC or Mac with a free USB port (1.0 or higher) or any USB hub
- Ableton Live 8 or software which allows user assignments of continuous parameters (CC)

Turn to control macro 1
push to switch on/off macro 5
Rack parameters
of selected track
Turn to control macro 2
push to switch on/off macro 6
Turn to control macro 3
push to switch on/off macro 7
Turn to control panorama
of the selcted track
push to center panorama
(must be activated in system mode !)
Turn to control macro 4
push to switch on/off macro 8
Turn to control send B
of the selected track
push to switch on/off send A
(must be activated in system mode !)
Tempo fine control
push to tap tempo
Global
Live 8 setup 'faderfox LV3'
Track volume
Selects a track
(indicated by green leds)
Select Master-track
(indicated by master led)
Programmable function
(status indicated by green leds)
default = Send A
Press both FX & master buttons
and hold for about 1 second
to enter/leave system mode
Global stop
Scene selection up/down
Push to start highlighted scene/clip
(selected scene number is displayed above)
Switch on/off macro 6
in the rack of send A track
or in the selected track
Control marcro 7 (X) & 8 (Y)
in the rack of send A track
or in selected track
for free use
Sys led
lit = system mode is active
blinks = controller isn't recognized
Hold shift button for 2nd functions
written on yellow (light gray) background
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Global quantization
push to nudge down tempo
Cue volume
push to nudge up tempo
Master volume
push to switch between
track view / clip view
Select FX-tracks
(indicated by FX led,
lit = Send A, blinks = send B)
Global play
Programmable function
(status indicated by green leds)
default = clip launch
off = slot empty
lit = clip loaded
blinking = clip plays
Programmable function
(status indicated by green leds)
default = track activators
Programmable function
(status indicated by red leds)
default = clip stop (lit = stop)
Programmable function
(status indicated by red leds)
default = track control
Switch on/off macro 6
in the rack of send B track
for free use
Control marcro 7 (X) & 8 (Y)
in the rack of send B track
Shift the track window
(first track number is displayed above)
Push to stop highlighted scene/clip
Track parameters
of selected track

Tips
- connect the controller with the included USB cable before you start Live
- blinking sys-led (the yellow one) indicates that the controller is not yet recognized by the computer
- the controller is recognized by the computer as ‘Faderfox LV3’ or ‘USB audio device’
- decompress the control surface setup from included CD ( file LV3.ZIP) and copy the included LV3
folder into Ableton’s midi remote script folder
* On Windows this is located in \Program\Ableton\Live x.x.x\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts
* On OSX this is located in /Ableton/Live.app -> Right click -> show package contents.
Navigate to contents/app-resources/MIDI Remote Scripts
- don’t forget to select the control surface LV3 in Live's preferences/midi sync
and select the input & output ports 'Faderfox LV3'
- insert one rack device (audio effect rack / instrument rack / midi effect racks) in each track
(also in send & master tracks) so all push encoders will be automapped to the rack parameters (macros)
- shift the track window to control more than 8 tracks, it's also useful for working with more than one LV3
- you can control panorama and send A & B level by encoders 3 & 4 as well
(programming in system mode is necessary)
- separate launch and stop of clips is also possible by the scene encoder
(programming in system mode is necessary)
- you can control track parameters of the selected track by the left joystick too
(programming in system mode is necessary)
- leds for launch keys show status (off = empty slot, lit = loaded clip, blink = running clip)
- select-leds will not be updated by Live - possibility to control separate live devices in multiple setups
- absolute mode for all encoders (standard cc commands) is programmable in system mode
(necessary for most of other midi applications)
- possibility to work with up to five LV3 controllers simultaneously
by separate joystick and scene encoder commands for each device
- check the tutorial videos on website www.faderfox.de

Settings in system mode
- hold down both black FX & master buttons for about 1 second to start system mode > yellow sys led is lit
- push encoder 1 = absolute mode for encoders 1 - 4 (only track functions)
- push encoder 2 = acceleration mode for all encoders
- push encoder 3 = panorama function on encoder 3
- push encoder 4 = send functions on encoder 4 (push for send A, turn for send B)
- FX-key (black) = absolute mode for encoder 1 - 4 (only global functions)
- Master-key (black) = absolute mode for scene-encoder
- FX1-key (gray) = stick-track-mode (left joystick follows track selection)
- FX2-key (gray) = scene-mode (scene-encoder starts/stops only the scenes)
- scene-encoder (display 0-4) = 5 different command-sets for joysticks & scene-encoder
depending on stick-track-mode (off) and scene-mode (off)
- black select keys + shift = select a function for these keys (see table below)
- green keys = select a function for these keys (see table below)
- green keys + shift = select a function for these keys (see table below)
- blue keys = select a function for these keys (see table below)
- blue keys + shift = select a function for these keys (see table below)
track control is active for a whole button row if there is no function selected (see table below).
function-table (printed on front panel above blue keys):
1 = clip launch
2 = clip stop
3 = track active (unmute)
4 = track solo
5 = record arm
6 = track monitor switch
7 = track-send A on/off
8 = track-send B on/off
- press both gray FX1 + FX2 buttons to reset all settings (factory reset)
- hold down both black FX & master buttons for about 1 second to leave system mode > yellow sys led off

User manual LV3 version 1
Mathias Fuchß Software-Entwicklung
Op’n Idenkamp 13a
22397 Hamburg
Germany
[email protected]
www.faderfox.de