OpenFader

Scenes

Open Tools, then Scenes. The screen has two separate libraries:

  • The mixer’s own library at the top. These are the scenes and snapshots stored on the mixer itself, the same ones you would see on its own screen or editor.
  • The OpenFader local library below it. These are stored on this device, not on the mixer.

The Scenes screen

OpenFader snapshots

Snapshots are quick numbered saves of the whole mix.

  • Save: type a name in Snapshot name… and tap Save. It goes into the next free number, from 001 to 999.
  • Recall: tap RECALL on a snapshot, or tap its name, then confirm. Faders move to their saved positions over a short fade.
  • Rename and Delete are on each snapshot. Clear all deletes every numbered snapshot after asking you.

OpenFader shows

Shows let you keep a named set of scenes, for example one show per service or per band.

  1. Tap New show, type a name, and tap Capture to save the current mix as the first scene.
  2. With a show selected, type a scene name and tap Capture to add more scenes.
  3. Tap Recall next to a scene to load it, or Delete to remove it.

Capturing with a name that already exists asks before replacing it.

The mixer’s own library

What you can do here depends on the mixer.

  1. Tap Inspect provider to read what is stored on the mixer.
  2. Tap the refresh button to read the current slot names. Buttons that change the mixer stay greyed out until this has finished.
  3. Use Recall, Rename, Delete or save options on each slot. Every change asks you to confirm first.

Behringer X Air: 64 snapshot slots. Recall scope on a slot lets you choose which parts come back: channels and outputs, effects, parameters and global settings. The mixer does not confirm recalls, so tap refresh before doing anything else.

Mackie DL32S: the stored show, with positions 1 to 99 and a protected Default 0 that can only be recalled. Save native show ZIP keeps a copy of the show file on this device. Import ZIP for inspection opens a show file to look at without sending anything to the mixer.

Behringer X32: desk scenes, snippets, cues and library presets, plus export and import of OpenFader archive files. These are not the same as files saved to a USB stick at the desk.

Things to know before the gig

  • Recall is not checked afterwards. OpenFader sends the recall, but does not read every value back to confirm it landed. The message after a recall says so.
  • Safes are not checked. OpenFader does not apply or verify recall safes from your mixer.
  • Local snapshots and shows cannot be exported. Backups in Settings do not include them either. They stay on the device that saved them.
  • Access limits turn this screen off. With any access limit active, Scenes is unavailable, because a recall could change controls that are meant to be locked.
  • “Local memory only” after a save means the library could not be written to the device’s storage. That save is lost when the app restarts.