MixSurface
← All guides
How to

Make fine adjustments with Fine mode and focus zoom

Free, some steps need the unlock · Updated

Two tools make small moves easier. Fine halves how far every drag moves a value, everywhere in the app, and it is free. Focus zoom works on a knob or fader in a plugin template or on a Control View page, which are part of the one-time unlock: double-tap it and its full travel covers a narrow window around the current value.

Fine mode

  1. Tap Fine in the top bar. If the bar is narrow, it is under ⋮ (More) as Fine control.
  2. Drag any fader, knob or send. The value moves half as far for the same finger travel.
  3. Tap Fine again to turn it off.

Focus zoom

  1. Double-tap a knob or fader in a plugin template or on a Control View page. It zooms in around its current value.
  2. Drag to set the value. A full drag now makes a small, precise change.
  3. Double-tap again to leave the zoom.
  4. Triple-tap to jump back to the control’s default value and leave the zoom in one go.

Fine and focus zoom work together, so with both on a drag is finer still.

If it doesn’t work

  • There is no Fine button. The top bar may have been customized. Tap ⋮ (More), choose Customize toolbar…, and add it back.
  • Double-tap does nothing. Focus zoom is for knobs and faders in templates and on Control View pages, not mixer faders or buttons.