KLANG:app | menu – FADERS

This section of the KLANG:app manual describes how to control the levels and balance of channels and groups within your mix. The menu has two views – Channel Faders and Group View. 

Fader Slider

Touch or click on the fader handle and move it up or down to increase or decrease the fader volume.

Each channel is labelled with the channel name, shows the channel icon and has the color specified in the CONFIG > CHANNELS menu. The pre-fader meters are shown on the left edge of each channel fader; stereo linked channel pairs will have two meters. The channel level in dB is indicated just above the icon. It ranges up to 0 dB.

Scroll through Channels

Touch or click somewhere on the fader and swipe left or right to scroll through the channels. KLANG:app stores this position, even if you switch to different users. Additionally, there is a white scroll bar below the faders. On Windows and Mac, the Arrow up/left and down/right keys can also be used for scrolling.

Mute & Solo

If you want to mute a channel, click on the M and the Mute icon will turn active. To deactivate, click M again.

The same works for the solo function with the S button.

Click on CLEAR SOLO above the mix volume fader to clear all soloed channels.

Master Fader

The Mix Volume fader is always at the right side of your display. The post fader outputs of the current user are shown on the right edge of this fader.

More Me – Auto Adjust Faders

The + (plus) button is a particularly helpful feature when mixing the levels. Assume your channel fader is already at maximum (e.g. +10 dB) but your master fader has still not reached its upper limit. Press the + button on your channel and it will immediately bring up the volume of this channel by decreasing the level of ALL other channels AND increasing the The Mix Volume fader.

The same works on the Mix Volume fader. Let’s assume it is at its limit but all your channels are still below their maximum. Click on the + button on the Mix Volume fader and all input channels will be brought up automatically.

This works in 0.5 dB steps. The – (minus) button brings down the level of a channel in 0.5 dB steps. Please note: It will not undo the changes you made with the + button.

2nd / alt Function

The 2nd / alt function can be engaged by pressing the Alt / option key or clicking on the dedicated button below the Mix Volume fader.

Enter Gain Values

Engage the 2nd / alt function and click in the gain field to enter a channel gain in dB, e.g. -0.2

Edit Channel Details

Engage the 2nd / alt function and click the channel details icon to edit icon, color, channel name etc.

Panning & Channel Focus

Engage the 2nd / alt function and click the panning / orbit icon. This activates channels focus in STAGE view for that particular channel.

In contrary to the Channel Faders functionality, the Group Balance does not directly change the absolute levels of a group. It can be considered as some kind of VCA or DCA channel (available on most digital mixing consoles). The color, icons and names are shown as specified in the CONFIG > CHANNELS menu. A group level meter is shown as well.

Mute & Solo

You can Mute or Solo groups as you can do with the channels with a simple push on the M or S icon.

Muted or Empty groups will be greyed out.

If a group is soloed, all inaudible groups will be greyed out. A green S above the FADERS icon will indicate that something is soloed in this mix. Click on CLEAR SOLO above the Mix Volume fader to clear the solo states.

Increase / Decrease Group Volume

The core difference is the behavior of the + and – buttons in group view. By default, Relative Group Mixing is enabled.

When Relative Group Mixing is enabled, a push on +/- changes the balance between the channels of the activated group and the other groups’ channels. If you for example click on the + button of the guitar group, this will bring up the guitars a bit and at the same time lower the volume of the rest accordingly. With this approach, the overall volume remains equal. Especially in hectic live setups, most people concentrate on what they are missing in the mix and not on what is too dominant. With the Group Balance, you can use the + button throughout your performance: It will only change the balance of the mix but not increase the over-all volume. So it’s easy on your ears.

If Relative Group Mixing is disabled, the group will be increase/decreased by a step with a push on the +/- button.

Group Spill

Click on the Group Spill icon of a group to spill all its member channels in FADERS view.

Edit Group Details

Engage the 2nd / alt function and click on the Group Edit icon to edit the details of the group, e.g. color, icon or name.