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The original HSC set was created by Tim Burgess, of:

Tim has very kindly added some Jaws scripting to the project, in order to make accessing the Focusrite Saffire, quicker

The code has been debugged and significantly added too by Phil Muir and can be used in Windows 7 or 10. Note: please make sure that you have downloaded and installed the appropriate HSC set for your operating system.

Special thanks to Sarah Muir for helping with locating additional controls that are not apparent to screen readers

This set has only been tested on the Saffire Pro 24, Pro 40 and Liquid Pro 56 and doesn't contain any keystrokes for DSP features that are found on the Saffire Pro 24 DSP. Also, colour detection is known to fail under certain conditions with buttons that depend on it. Please see the known issues section, towards the end of this document.

Special thanks to Peter and Nancy Torpey for helping troubleshoot issues that end users reported with creating additional mixes. I have added some notes that Pete made to the documentation which I believe will make the HSC sets a bit more robust. Before using the sets, do the following:

Put a shortcut to the Saffire Mix control program on your desktop.
Open the Properties of the desktop shortcut (right click or Shift+F10 and arrow to Properties).
Use the keystroke, Control plus Tab to navigate to the “Shortcut” tab of this dialog box.
Tab to the “run” radio box and select “Maximized”.
tab over to the OK button and press the enter key to close this dialog.

Now, when you open up the Saffire Mix Control program from the desktop shortcut, it will always open up maximized and fill the screen. All controls will be visible so the HSC spots can find them.

Note: if you are using the Saffire MixControl software to control multiple mixes, when setting up more than one mix it is necessary to bring up the master fader for that mix as by default, it is set to negative infinity. You will find the master fader for additional mixes in the master spot ring. Also, when setting up any mix in the Saffire Control Pannel for the first time all of the digital faders for ADAT are also set to negative infinity and nun of the digital inputs are assigned.

Keyboard Support (All Interfaces)

to choose the output for your selected mix, use Control Plus Shift Plus A. Note: remember to first select the mix that you want to work on and that out B is only used for stereo mixes.
To select an input to assign, use Control Plus Shift Plus I,
To select an input label to edit, use Control Plus Shift Plus L,
To select a channel Link button, use Control Plus Shift Plus K,
To select a channel to Mute, use Control Plus Shift Plus M,
To select a channel to Solo, use Control Plus Shift Plus O,
To select a channel to PFL, use Control Plus Shift Plus P,
To change the Sample Rate, use Alt Plus Shift Plus A,
To Change the Clock Source, use Alt Plus Shift Plus C,
To check the status of a device, use Alt Plus Shift Plus D,
To toggle the master mute, use Alt Plus Shift Plus T,
To change the Out Link from Stereo to Mono Mixes, use Alt Plus Shift Plus L,
To access a monitor preset, use Alt Plus Shift Plus M,
To change the device that you are working on, use Alt Plus Shift Plus N. Note: you are only able to do this if you are using 2 focusrite devices at once E.G. a pro 24 and 40.
To change the Routing Preset, use Alt Plus Shift Plus R,
To access the Settings Menu, use Alt Plus Shift Plus S,
And to copy a mix, use Alt Plus Shift Plus O,

Pro 24 Specific Keystrokes

To Enable and Disable the Pro 24 Line 1, use Alt Plus 1,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 24 Line 2, use Alt Plus 2,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 24 Line 3, use Alt Plus 3,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 24 Line 4, use Alt Plus 4,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 24 Line 5, use Alt Plus 5,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 24 Line 6, use Alt Plus 6,
To access the Pro 24 Line 1 Front Panel Toggle, use Alt Plus Shift Plus 1,
To access the Pro 24 Line 2 Front Panel Toggle, use Alt Plus Shift Plus 2,
To access the Pro 24 Line 3 Front Panel Toggle, use Alt Plus Shift Plus 3,
To access the Pro 24 Line 4 Front Panel Toggle, use Alt Plus Shift Plus 4,
To access the Pro 24 Line 5 Front Panel Toggle, use Alt Plus Shift Plus 5
And To access the Pro 24 Line 6 Front Panel Toggle, use Alt Plus Shift Plus 6.

Pro 40 Specific Keystrokes

To access the Pro 40 Line 1 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 1,
To access the Pro 40 Line 2 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 2,
To access the Pro 40 Line 3 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 3,
To access the Pro 40 Line 4 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 4,
To access the Pro 40 Line 5 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 5,
To access the Pro 40 Line 6 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 6,
To access the Pro 40 Line 7 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 7,
To access the Pro 40 Line 8 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 8,
To access the Pro 40 Line 9 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 9
And to access the Pro 40 Line 10 Front Panel Toggle, use Control Plus Shift Plus 0.

Pro 40/Liquid 56 Specific Keystrokes

to enable/disable the hardware monitor button on the front of the pro 40, use Alt Plus Shift Plus H,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 1, use Control Plus 1,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 2, use Control Plus 2,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 3, use Control Plus 3,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 4, use Control Plus 4,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 5, use Control Plus 5,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 6, use Control Plus 6,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 7, use Control Plus 7,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 8, use Control Plus 8,
To Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 9, use Control Plus 9,
And to Enable and Disable the Pro 40/Liquid 56 Line 10, use Control Plus 0,

Liquid 56 Specific Keystrokes

To access the menu where you can change the unit from pre-amps to the rooting section, use Alt Plus Shift E
To choose a pre-amp preset for Liquid 1, use Shift Plus 1
To alter the phase of Liquid 1, use Shift Plus 2
To choose a pre-amp preset for Liquid 2, use Shift Plus 3
And to alter the phase of Liquid 2, use Shift Plus 4

Controlling faders, pans And choosing a mix (All Interfaces)

To set a fader to unity gain, double left click it with the jaws mouse keystroke, numpad slash.
To control a fader’s volume, Lock the mouse and use alt shift up/down arrow keys to adjust.
To set a pan back to the centre, double left click it with the jaws mouse keystroke, numpad slash.
To control a pan, Lock the mouse and use alt shift left/right arrow keys to adjust.
And to choose a mix to work on, go to the stereo or, mono mixes spot ring then, left click to select.

Note: when adjusting faders and pans with the mouse locked, if you have access to a physical mouse or trackpad then, use that instead as you shal achieve much finer adjustment.

The Saffire Mix Control applet contains 17 spot rings or, tab orders. Control plus Alt plus Tab can be used to navigate forward through a ring and control Plus Alt Plus Shift Plus Tab can be used to move backwards. Control Windows Alt Tab can be used to move forward through the ring order and Alt Control Shift Windows Tab can be used to move backwards through the ring order. This set contains the following spot rings:

A ring for the Stereo mixes,
Mono mixes,
Faders 1 through 8,
Faders 8 through 16,
Pans 1 through 8,
Pans 9 through 16,
Meters 1 through 8,
Meters 9 through 16,
Master controls,
DAW Controls,
Solo Status,
Mute Status
and Channel PFL Fader Status.

In addition to the above, the Liquid 56 has 4 additional spot rings that allow users access to the following:

Instrument inputs 3 Through 4,
Lines 1 Through 8,
Mics 1 Through 8
And harmonic knobs for the Liquid 1 and 2 pre-amps.

Saffire Control Panel Keyboard Support

The control panel also has limited built-in keyboard support. We have provided keystrokes to get you started. For more information, check the manual for your Saffire product.

To access the file menu, use Alt Plus F.
To open a Saffire snapshot, use Control Plus O.
To save a Saffire Snapshot, use Control Plus S
To choose the "Save As" option, use Control Plus Shift Plus S.
To choose the "Restore Factory Defaults" option, use the key combination, Alt F, followed by the letter R
To choose the "clear all settings option", use the key combination, Alt and the letter F, followed by the letter C.
To choose the Save to hardware option, use the key combination Alt and the letter F, followed by the letter H.
To choose the "Load from Hardware" option, use the keystroke, Alt F, followed by the letter L.
To exit the saffire Control Panel application, use the key combination Alt Plus function key F 4 or, Alt F for the file menu, followed by the letter X.
To access the about option, in the help menu which contains information such as the version number, hardware ID, drivers installed etc, use the key combination, Alt and the letter H, followed by the letter A.
To access the online support option, in the help menu, use the key combination Alt and the letter H, followed by the letter O.
And to access the "updates/downloads" option in the help menu, use the key combination Alt and the letter H, followed by the letter U.

Known Issues

Sometimes, controls can become unavailable in the Saffire software. . You will know if you are experiencing this because the mix out buttons will trigger the wrong menus and the Out Link button will tell you that you need to locate the drag from HotSpot then, lock your physical mouse and drag the Window over to the left. Tim hopes to be able to script around this particular issue, soon. Pro 24 only, pressing any of the Pro 24 line out buttons will put them into a muted state. Currently the only way to unmute is to use your physical mouse to shift click on the location of the button in question. if you have pressed any of the Alt numbers then, you will already be on the correct location. Pro 24/Pro 40, nun of the line out toggles actually work at the moment. We hope to address this soon. Colour detection may fail if you try to access buttons that are not available in the interface that you are using E.G. you use a Pro 14 and you try to access Solos, PFL's and mutes that are not available due to a lower amount of channels. We have done our best to address this issue. Feel free to report any problems with colour detection and we shall see what can be done.

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