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SSL UF8 User Guide
Bank Keys
The BANK < > keys allow you to move tracks across your UF8 control surface(s) in multiples of 8, depending on how many UF8s
are connected. e.g. 8 for one UF8, 16 for 2 UF8s etc.
Cursor Keys and Mode Key
In the lower-right corner of your UF8 are the Cursor keys with the Mode key in the centre.
When the Mode key is lit the cursor keys perform horizontal and vertical zooming.
Pressing the Mode key again, the left and right cursors move between audio clip edit points, or,
tab between transients if Tab To Transient is active in Pro Tools. Up and down will move the edit
cursor between tracks.
Automation
You can select the automation mode for each track directly from UF8. To do this, you will first need to put the surface into AUTO
(Automation) SELECTION MODE. Then, select a track you want to change the automation state of using the SEL key(s). Finally,
press the desired automation state from the AUTOMATION keys in the lower-left corner of UF8.
Multiple tracks can be selected at once using the Shift/All (contiguous) and Opt/Alt modifier keys (all). Non-contiguous
selections can be achieved pressing and holding the first SEL key and then pressing subsequent SEL keys.
Selected tracks will show their current automation state next to the Auto text in the lower section of the
LCD. Please note that V-Pots have no functionality when AUTO selection mode is active. You must return
to NORM or REC.
Show Auto State
Within SSL 360°, on the UF8 page under ADVANCED there is the tick-box option for Show Auto State. Enabling this will provide a
constant indication (regardless of selection mode) of the current automation state of each track in the top-left of the LCD - READ,
WRITE or TRIM.
STEP 1 : Select AUTO Selection Mode.
STEP 2: Use the SEL key(s) to
select track(s).
STEP 3: Select the desired
automation state.