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User’s Guide
Us
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Guide
it sends and receives control messages to and from
the host computer via the MIDI IN and OUT
connections on the back. That’s how the fader on
your monitor screen moves when you move a fader
on Baby HUI, and vice versa.
Channel Strip Features
• In addition to the faders, each channel strip
also has a MUTE and a SOLO button.
• A signal LED indicates when signal is present
on the channel, or when the channel is selected.
• At the top of the channel strip is the multi-
functional rotary and push encoder. This serves
the dual-function of selecting and assigning a
channel strip, as well as providing pan control
and send level control for the channel.
Master Section Features
• In the Master Section, the top row of buttons
are used to assign the function of the rotary
encoders on the channel strips (PAN, SEND 1-4).
• The Automation Section has four buttons for
selecting the automation mode (READ,
WRITE, TOUCH, or BYPASS/OFF) and, by
holding down the SHIFT button, the
parameters to automate (FADERS, MUTES,
PANS, SEND LVLS).
• There are four display buttons to quickly open
and close the most commonly used windows in
your DAW (TRANSPORT, MEMORY LOC,
MIXER, and EDIT).
• The UNDO button tells the software to undo
the most recent operation. Pressing the UNDO
button again will “redo” the operation.
• The SHIFT button is a modifier that allows you
to perform a second function with several of
Baby HUI’s buttons. The second function is
indicated on the control surface with a box under
the button, and with a
◊
symbol in this text.
• The two navigation buttons, RTZ (Return to
Zero) and END, are used to quickly get to the
beginning or end of the session, and to select
points for setting up loops and punch-ins/outs
(IN and OUT function with the SHIFT button).
• The BANK SELECT buttons change the
assignment of the eight channel strips in banks
of eight, to the next eight channels (button right)
or the previous eight channels (button left).
Holding down the SHIFT button moves the
channels assignments one channel at a time
(rather than in banks of eight channels). The
display indicates which bank is currently selected.
• The Transport Section provides buttons for
MMC (MIDI Machine Control) of the five
common transport operations (REWIND, FAST
FORWARD, STOP, PLAY, and RECORD).
Front Panel Description
SIGNAL
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MUTE
SOLO
Channel Strips
Baby HUI has eight channel strips, each with the
following controls:
Fader
This 60 mm touch-sensitive motorized fader
controls the gain of the corresponding channel in
your DAW.
The fader’s touch-circuits are
designed to disengage the fader motor
as soon as you touch the fader knob.
The silver knob on the control is
electrically conductive and, when your
finger touches the knob, it senses your
touch and sends a message to the DAW
through the MIDI connection. The DAW
reacts by sending a message back to
Baby HUI to disengage the motor.
When you release the fader, another
message is sent to the DAW via MIDI
and, depending on how the DAW is
configured for that channel, it may send
a message back to Baby HUI to turn on
the fader motor.
This feature is what allows you to
punch in automation moves at will when
Baby HUI is in Touch Automation mode.
MUTE
Pushing the MUTE button turns off
that channel’s output signal and
illuminates the red LED on the button.
Pushing the button again disengages the
mute function and turns off the LED.
SOLO
Pushing the SOLO button isolates
that channel’s output signal to the
control room or monitoring bus and
illuminates the yellow LED on the
button. Pushing the button again
disengages the solo function and turns
off the LED.
SIGNAL Indicator
This green LED illuminates when a
signal is present in the channel. It also
indicates when the channel has been
selected either in the software or by
pushing the encoder at the top of the
channel strip.
