# Feature Request: Fader default position and double tap to return
**URL:** https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 11, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216 "2026-01-11T05:40:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/1 "2026-01-11T05:40:13Z")
It would be amazingly awesome to be able to set a default value for a fader so that:\
1. It would always start at that value when opening the grid
1. This would allow faders to show what the default positions of corresponding VI faders are (ie: mic positions)
2. When double-tapped at the top of the fader, the fader would return to it’s default position
1. There are so many uses for this
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/2 "2026-01-11T12:24:46Z")
MetaGrid Pro 1.7.x release cycle will bring some good changes to the faders.
Regarding 1.
If the faders are bi-directional communication enabled, then they should start with the value corresponding to the assigned controller.
But yes, the default value plus the double tap is coming in the improved faders.
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/3 "2026-01-12T18:20:59Z")
love that default value and double tap are coming.
Mainly looking for this because (to my knowledge) there’s no way to send CC data back to MGP from a VI track in Cubase.
If someone has figured out a way to get bi-directional CC info from a VI track in Cubase (that doesn’t involve creating a secondary MIDI track), please let me know
Have been asking Steinberg for MIDI sends on VI tracks for YEARS, but still nothing.
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### Author:  [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/4 "2026-01-12T19:28:32Z")
Currently you can use snapshots to snap faders to saved values - but they take the grid space - but perhaps that the option in your case
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/5 "2026-01-14T19:41:51Z")
I’ll wait for default fader positions. 🙂
It’s a lot about visually being able to see at a glance when I click on a VI, where are the faders sit without having to open up the interface.
snapshots wouldn’t help with that.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/6 "2026-04-16T16:25:01Z")
thought I’d bump this and see if we were getting close to the upgraded faders being released?
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### Author:  [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/7 "2026-04-20T12:15:36Z")
Yes, we are getting close and it will be worth waiting for :-). But this will come after the AI builder release.
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/8 "2026-06-18T22:04:10Z")
now that AI builder is out (congrats!). Is default fader position and double tap to reset to default position coming soon? 🙂
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### Author:  [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/9 "2026-06-22T20:10:34Z")
yes - early July we are starting the beta for MetaGrid 1.8 that will feature the new Meta Controller object - super powerful, gesture-enabled, ultra flexible controller object - you will be able to turn it It a fader, encoder or a knob with multiple behaviors inbuilt - including double tap, ranges and much, much more.
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/10 "2026-06-30T20:05:34Z")
looking forward to it!
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/11 "2026-08-24T18:57:32Z")
I didn’t miss this did I? Haven’t seen anything in the beta area yet for 1.8?
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### Author:  [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/12 "2026-08-26T07:35:37Z")
You didn’t miss it. We are working very hard on the next major version of MetaGrid Pro, and the beta is planned to arrive next month. It will be well worth the wait!
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### Author:  [@magnumpraw](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/magnumpraw)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feature-request-fader-default-position-and-double-tap-to-return/1216/13 "2026-09-23T23:54:35Z")
beta still coming this month? 🙂