Main Control Panel - Arturia Phaser BI-TRON User Manual

4.2. Main Control Panel

The Phaser BI-TRON Graphical User Interface may be regarded as simple, given the
capabilities of the original unit, which control panel it follows closely. The Main control panel
is where the main phaser controls are located, and is the one that opens by default when
we launch the plug-in.
At the side of the Main panel, we have the Pedal. The original phaser units were usually
controlled by pedals, and we kept that control here to house the Manual control and the
Envelope Follower control.
But Arturia also included some extra features. These are located in a second panel, the
Advanced control panel, that opens when we click the double arrow button (the Advanced
Mode button) in the Upper Toolbar. Alternatively, you can simply click the "PHASER BI-TRON"
title. That will also open the Advanced panel.
As is the case with the previous effects bundles, as well as with all current Arturia plug-
ins, this GUI also has an Upper Toolbar and a Lower Toolbar. The Lower Toolbar is very
important for the use of the Arturia plug-ins, as it allows the Undo and Redo functions, lists
the editing history, allows you to put the plug-in in Bypass (which doubles the Power button
in the Main control panel), and measures CPU consumption.
Of course, the Upper Toolbar is very important as well, since it is where we access the main
menus, perform important tasks like loading and saving presets and banks of presets, and
where we can select a preset and see the name of the current preset in use. The toolbars
and their features are covered in detail in the User Interface chapter [p.26].
We will now have a look at all the controls available, explaining what they do, what are their
ranges, and how to interpret the numbers.
Notice that each time we click a control (knob or button), or simply hover the mouse over it,
the Lower Toolbar displays the parameter name at the lower left, and a brief tip of what it
does. Also, a small pop-up box appears at the right side of the control displaying the current
parameter value. This changes every time we move that control, updating the parameter
value in real time. These values aren't always of the same type.
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