Finger Control Surface 8

The FCS-8 Eight-Channel Control Surface is a compact USB controller for Sound Devices 833, 888, and Scorpio eight-series recorders. It features eight rotary potentiometers for trims, eight dust-protected faders, and eight PFL controls for controlling individual recorder channels. as well as controls for record, stop, slate mic trigger, and a shortcut to arm or disarm tracks with LED indicators to report statuses.

The control surface provides the user with a potentiometer corresponding to the master fader, which can be assigned to any bus or output of the recorder. In addition, it has four controls that can be assigned to recorder functions, such as activating communications, monitoring, or assigning faders to buses or outputs.

TheFCS-8 can be used in a bag and the eight channels make it particularly suitable for use with the 833 recorder. It has two 1⁄4” (not Kodak) screw threads close to the center of gravity, allowing the controller to be attached to an articulated arm, to the structure of a bag, or to the sliding shelf of a trolley.

The FCS-8 control surface uses the MIDI MCU protocol, which makes it possible to use it with digital audio work software.