User Manual
Master Fader and My Fader Reference Guide
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Lingo
Before diving into the features and functions of the Master Fader app, let’s take a few minutes to get
acquainted with the wording that will be used throughout this Reference Guide. Doing so will minimize
confusion and increase productivity, a great combination!
Tapping, Dragging, Flicking, Swiping, and Pinching
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You already have an iPad...you wouldn’t be using this mixer otherwise! Getting around the
Master Fader app is similar to getting around the iPad and many of the other apps you currently
utilize. Let’s go over the functions you will be using:
There are a multitude of things to tap: mute, solo and other buttons scattered throughout
the channel view [EQ, gate and compressor, and many more]. In fact, you have already tapped
a few things: the App Store icon, the download button, etc. The Master Fader app works in similar
fashion. In most cases, it is tap to engage, tap again to disengage.
Some things may be double-tapped to reset to their default settings. For example, pans will be
centered, EQ will be set to 0 dB gain, etc.
Dragging is how to adjust faders, pans, EQ, gate, compressor and FX settings, graphic EQ and the
mix selector to name just a few. Keep a nger on the iPad and drag the selected item to the desired
destination. You will become a master dragger of the master fader in no time!
Flicking is similar to dragging, but “faster”. In fact, icking could be compared to a slap shot in hockey.
Flicking will be used mostly to view a dierent set of channels or in a mixer view swipe zone when
a “slower” drag just isn’t fast enough. We get it. You have places to go, people to see, shows to mix.
Flick away.
Swiping will become second nature, as this is how to switch between channel views. Swiping may be
compared to the aforementioned ick, but instead of being like a slap shot in hockey, a swipe is more
like sweeping. That’s an easy way to remember it: swiping = sweeping! There is a whole page dedicated
to swiping, appropriately titled “The Swipe Zone”. Read all about it on page 23.
Pinching is the only function you probably will not use a whole lot. The only things that get
pinched are the EQ balls to adjust their Q and a loaf to get rid of waste and relieve tension.
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These gestures apply with the My Fader app, too.
Gesture Action Examples
Tap To press or touch a control or item
(analogous to a single mouse click)
Adjust tools, mute, polarity,
ID buttons, etc.
Drag To press down and slowly drag the feature to the desired
spot (that is, move side-to-side and up and down)
Adjust faders, pans,
channel view sliders, etc. and to
view a dierent set of channels
Flick A very fast drag View a dierent set of channels
Swipe To make a sweeping motion with your
nger side-to-side or up and down
Navigate between channel views;
refer to The Swipe Zone on page 23
Pinch Use two ngers to pinch open [zoom in] or close [zoom out] Adjust EQ Q