THD-Labs TAI-FF Tangerine Automation Interface

THD-Labs TAI-FF Tangerine Automation Interface

The original Flying Faders system was sold with an aging automation computer and uses a fragile optical link to transmit control data to its card cage. Though the faders still work well, the automation system is now obsolete. Maintaining it has become a frustrating, costly endeavour.

Enter the Tangerine Automation Interface for Flying Faders! This system fits into the original Flying Faders card cage and uses the existing servo card, cabling, and faders. It costs less than other systems and gives you more than the original ever could.

Automation

The TAI connects your Flying Faders to your favourite DAW with no limit on channel count. The TAI enables fader automation from within the project you’re mixing via its Injektor Plug-In (AAX, AU, VST) or HUI workflows. It supports all widely used automation modes (OFF, READ, WRITE, TRIM, TOUCH).

Console Control

Core console features are available without the need for a computer. The TAI controls Mutes, Solos, Groups and Links.

Mix Scenes are available as well – the same kind that would be found on a live digital mixing console – they’re particularly useful for multi-day tracking sessions.

Tests & Diagnostics

The TAI includes a powerful diagnostics suite to help bring vintage faders back to life. The TAI assists in verifying the communication between the card-cage and the faders. It helps isolate any issue with individual fader components.

The TAI makes it possible to test motors, switches, and LEDs across your entire Flying Faders system. A great addition to any technician’s bench.

Modular & customizable

The TAI for Flying Faders is customizable to fit any Flying Faders system: from 8 to 96+ channels with virtually no limit on channel count. It is available in 3 feature sets: Diagnostics, Console Control and Automation.

Effortless Installation

The Tangerine SEKA card is the only piece of hardware required to actualize Flying Faders systems. It slides into your FF card cage replacing your original SECA card.

It communicates with your computer using a standard USB cable, replacing the old, expensive fiber-optic link.

Flexible Workflows

The Tangerine Automation Interface offers multiple automation workflows:

• In INJEKTOR workflow, the TAI brings direct READ/WRITE/TOUCH/TRIM automation of faders and mutes directly in a AAX/AU/VST compatible DAW.
• In HUI workflow, the TAI controls DAW virtual faders directly using your consoles’s faders as input controllers.

Options

Event Controllers

Does your console have automatable EQs, Inserts, or Sends managed through the Flying Faders system?

Event Controllers expand the TAI by allowing communication with the card cage’s event cards. These cards were only installed on consoles with additional automatable parameters.

NOTE: Use of the console’s EQs, Inserts and Sends may cease to function if the console is designed to use Event Cards and no Event Controllers are present. Typically, Event Cards are installed on the right side of the card cage, in slots 14 onwards. Unsure if your console requires Event Controllers? Contact us and we’ll walk you through the verification process.

Features:

Automation:

Automation features require a USB connection to a host macOS or Windows computer running appropriate software.

• 8 to 96 channels of Flying Faders automation, configured to match channel count
• Use your DAW as the automation software. Available workflows:
  • INJEKTOR (AAX/AU/VST plugin)
  • HUI

• READ / WRITE resolution: 10 bits (1024 steps) +/- 0.1 dB precision
• Control and automate FADERS and MUTES
• Support for TRIM and ABSOLUTE modes
• Enhanced fader level match (to match fader position in motor OFF mode)
• Set individual channel automation modes from the faders themselves
• Control global automation modes directly from the console’s Master Control Module
• Definable post-write automation mode toggle
• Grouped automation
• Linked automation
• Any console fader can be used as a virtual DAW controller

Console Features:

All console features are available even when the TAI is not connected to a host computer. Some configurations and settings are also available through the Injektor software for simplified access.

• Control console mutes and solos
• Create and control Groups and Links
• Create and load Mix Scenes
• Define channels for solo-safe

Diagnostics Features:

All testing and maintenance features are available even when the TAI is not connected to a host computer.

• Motor Test, with 5 patterns
• LED Test, with 3 patterns
• Switch Test
• Built in auto-shut off protection for motor tests
• Software-based toolless automatic calibration

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• Single TAI SEKA card controls all features
• Requires a complete and functional Flying Faders Card Cage - including a functional power supply
• All lead-free, RoHS components

Options:

• Event Controllers: retain the use of EQs, Inserts, and Sends on consoles with additional automatable parameters

Compatibility:

Injektor supports computers running:

• macOS 10.9.5 (Mavericks) - macOS 13 (Ventura) Compatible with both Intel and Apple Silicon processors.
• Windows 10 / Windows 11

TaiMothership plug-in is tested for:

• Pro Tools 11 - Pro Tools 2024 (Rosetta currently required)
• Logic Pro X