The Fader Presidential
*** We are temporarily sold out. More parts are on order and units will be available to preorder in late July. If you wish to be notified when units are available to preorder, please sign up below the product description to get an email when they are available again. Thank you. ***
The Fader Presidential: Built for the Hands That Shape Sound
Meet The Fader Presidential—the ultimate fader experience for composers, producers, and sound artists who refuse to compromise. This isn’t just a MIDI controller. It’s a love letter to precision, luxury, and the tactile joy of making music.
At its heart are the very same faders found in the world's most revered mixing consoles—Penny & Giles or TKD—each known for their buttery-smooth motion and surgical accuracy. These aren’t just components; they’re the gold standard, used in consoles costing over $100,000. One touch, and you’ll understand: smooth, weighted, flawless. So precise, they practically disappear beneath your fingers, letting you connect directly with your music.
Designed with no software barriers, The Fader Presidential lets you program directly on the unit and switch effortlessly between DAWs on PC, Mac, or Linux—no drivers, no fuss. Save your scenes, jump between setups, or use the included desktop app if you prefer a visual workflow.
Every detail has been crafted for creators who value both form and function. It's USB-powered for easy portability, and you can even customize the wooden end bells with exotic hardwoods to make it uniquely yours. Just reach out after your order—we’ll make it personal.
But be warned:
Once you feel this level of control,
Once you hear how precision feels,
You won’t be able to go back.
Their feel is addictive. Their control, sublime. The connection they create between your hands and your music is something you have to experience to believe.
We built this for the artists who treat their tools with the same respect they give their craft. Who understand that sometimes, the smallest details make the biggest difference.
This is The Fader Presidential.
Built to elevate the art of touch.
Crafted to ruin you—for anything less.
Each unit is handmade to order with obsessive attention to every detail. Please allow 4–5 weeks for crafting, plus shipping time.
*** We are temporarily sold out. More parts are on order and units will be available to preorder in late July. If you wish to be notified when units are available to preorder, please sign up below the product description to get an email when they are available again. Thank you. ***
The Fader Presidential: Built for the Hands That Shape Sound
Meet The Fader Presidential—the ultimate fader experience for composers, producers, and sound artists who refuse to compromise. This isn’t just a MIDI controller. It’s a love letter to precision, luxury, and the tactile joy of making music.
At its heart are the very same faders found in the world's most revered mixing consoles—Penny & Giles or TKD—each known for their buttery-smooth motion and surgical accuracy. These aren’t just components; they’re the gold standard, used in consoles costing over $100,000. One touch, and you’ll understand: smooth, weighted, flawless. So precise, they practically disappear beneath your fingers, letting you connect directly with your music.
Designed with no software barriers, The Fader Presidential lets you program directly on the unit and switch effortlessly between DAWs on PC, Mac, or Linux—no drivers, no fuss. Save your scenes, jump between setups, or use the included desktop app if you prefer a visual workflow.
Every detail has been crafted for creators who value both form and function. It's USB-powered for easy portability, and you can even customize the wooden end bells with exotic hardwoods to make it uniquely yours. Just reach out after your order—we’ll make it personal.
But be warned:
Once you feel this level of control,
Once you hear how precision feels,
You won’t be able to go back.
Their feel is addictive. Their control, sublime. The connection they create between your hands and your music is something you have to experience to believe.
We built this for the artists who treat their tools with the same respect they give their craft. Who understand that sometimes, the smallest details make the biggest difference.
This is The Fader Presidential.
Built to elevate the art of touch.
Crafted to ruin you—for anything less.
Each unit is handmade to order with obsessive attention to every detail. Please allow 4–5 weeks for crafting, plus shipping time.
*** We are temporarily sold out. More parts are on order and units will be available to preorder in late July. If you wish to be notified when units are available to preorder, please sign up below the product description to get an email when they are available again. Thank you. ***
The Fader Presidential: Built for the Hands That Shape Sound
Meet The Fader Presidential—the ultimate fader experience for composers, producers, and sound artists who refuse to compromise. This isn’t just a MIDI controller. It’s a love letter to precision, luxury, and the tactile joy of making music.
At its heart are the very same faders found in the world's most revered mixing consoles—Penny & Giles or TKD—each known for their buttery-smooth motion and surgical accuracy. These aren’t just components; they’re the gold standard, used in consoles costing over $100,000. One touch, and you’ll understand: smooth, weighted, flawless. So precise, they practically disappear beneath your fingers, letting you connect directly with your music.
Designed with no software barriers, The Fader Presidential lets you program directly on the unit and switch effortlessly between DAWs on PC, Mac, or Linux—no drivers, no fuss. Save your scenes, jump between setups, or use the included desktop app if you prefer a visual workflow.
Every detail has been crafted for creators who value both form and function. It's USB-powered for easy portability, and you can even customize the wooden end bells with exotic hardwoods to make it uniquely yours. Just reach out after your order—we’ll make it personal.
But be warned:
Once you feel this level of control,
Once you hear how precision feels,
You won’t be able to go back.
Their feel is addictive. Their control, sublime. The connection they create between your hands and your music is something you have to experience to believe.
We built this for the artists who treat their tools with the same respect they give their craft. Who understand that sometimes, the smallest details make the biggest difference.
This is The Fader Presidential.
Built to elevate the art of touch.
Crafted to ruin you—for anything less.
Each unit is handmade to order with obsessive attention to every detail. Please allow 4–5 weeks for crafting, plus shipping time.
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The very best faders you’ll ever own. Buttery‐smooth, high‐end, non‐motorized faders that are found in $100,000 consoles
Choose between flagship TKD or Penny & Giles faders. These are the highest quality faders available, anywhere. Both are amazing choices, so go with TKD if you’re not certain, as they are incredible, but if you’re a Penny & Giles fan, you can’t go wrong either.
Luxurious, premium brushed brass metal enclosure with sturdy steel frame and timeless, minimalist design
Beautiful exotic hardwood end bells, hand-finished, that simply ooze quality. (Note that because exotic wood is so unique, final product will not match the pictures here, but will be finished to a high standard of luxury and beauty).
Very sharp, custom-made 3.2" IPS LCD screen with vivid colors and large text
LCD screen is also dimmable to safeguard your eyes, with built-in light sensor to automatically adjust to changing lighting conditions.
Beautiful silver or black fader knobs, meticulously selected for comfortable "hand feel" and esthetics
Upgraded microcontroller with larger RAM for future feature upgrades
Simple, intuitive "soft touch" navigation buttons allow you to quickly jump to any scene, change to any view, or access other functions, at the touch of a button
All aspects of the unit have been refined for not only visual beauty, but tactile beauty. The "soft touch" navigation buttons, for example, feel amazing, but also will last much longer than the standard rubber buttons so common on music equipment these days.
USB-C connector
2m USB-A to USB-C cable supplied
No power adapter needed! Unit is powered entirely by USB
144mm x 234mm x 80mm.
Weight: 1.9kg
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A powerful and intuitive fader operating system that allows you to quickly change CC numbers, MIDI channels, CC Names, colors, and a host of other parameters ‐ no PC needed to program it (although an app is available if you prefer)
Save 32 different "scenes" - configurations of MIDI CC and channel data - for easy recall with your libraries.
Name each CC! No more guessing what CC19 does for a particular library - just name it "PIZ" for example, and you're good to go. CC names appear on the LCD screen as well.
Over a dozen different "views" of your data allow you to tailor output to your needs. From clear and simple CC listings with output numbers, bar and column views, as well as gorgeous RPM and other innovative views, you're covered for clarity and beautiful viewing of your data
The unit features a "master view". Simply hold the top "scene" button and get an instant overview of each scene, what each parameter is, in a clean and simple interface you'll love
Fader Ranges allow you to set the low end, and high end, of each fader output. So if you have a "hot" brass library, you can top out the max output to 110 instead of 127, for example. You can even reverse fader output.
14 different screen savers, plus a blank screen option, ensure the gorgeous 320 x 240 screen remains in top shape over years of steady use.
Unit features custom-designed software, custom frame and top piece, custom top buttons, and input from successful composers who specified crucial design elements
Easy firmware upgrades. When new features or bug fixes become available, you'll be able to upgrade your unit via a simple download
An additional host app for programming is also available for even more convenience. (Host app works on Mac, PC, and Linuxmint)
Numerous other upgrades, thoughtful touches, and thousands of hours of thought, design, prototyping, and refining have gone into this unit, making it the ultimate MIDI fader system available
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To help you get started fast, your unit also comes with a robust and easy-to-follow user manual, which contains:
Numerous high quality photos of the actual unit, clear headings, and exact steps to program the unit easily
Ten training videos within the manual also help you see how easy it is to use, in a hands-on, user-friendly manner.
Videos are produced by a professional trainer with more than 30 years’ experience
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Many music professionals, on seeing this unit, think, “Will this really make that much of a difference to my music making?”
Or, “do I really need such “high end” faders? I’m used to the faders I have, and they are “fine.”
And the answer is, of course, you don’t need this product. You can continue making music with the standard “rough and ready” faders available on most controllers, and even on most dedicated MIDI faders.
The truth is, the faders found in these units are not designed to last a lifetime. And as you’ve probably already experienced, they aren’t necessarily as smooth, or as precise, as you might like, and unfortunately many tend to go bad after awhile.
Not so with the faders on the Presidential. The Presidential faders are light years ahead of the typical compact faders you find on most consumer faders or controllers.
With the Fader Presidential, you get a choice between the highest possible quality faders in the world, from TKD or Penny & Giles - two companies that have created legendary faders for decades.
Both the TKD and the Penny & Giles faders are designed to last a lifetime, and they are so well engineered, they can even be dismantled, cleaned, and reassembled for like-new performance if they ever get dirty. Which means they are designed to stay in amazing shape for as long as you own the unit.
And beyond mere longevity, without overstating it in any way, these faders are so lovely they will bring you joy every single time you use them.
And they are so precise, you’ll make better musical decisions and get better performances when you use them too.
Even if that difference is only 5%, or 10%, better - every single project you do from this point forward will be 5%, or 10% better.
Let that sink in.
That’s what world-class tools do for you. They help bring out the absolute best in you.
Plus the unit is an absolute showstopper and will bring many good comments and “oohs” and “ahs” from colleagues and clients.
Simply put, there’s nothing like it, anywhere else.
