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 Channel Strip View Mode:
 Arrange: The channel strips on the device correspond to Logic Express channel
strips as they appear in the Mixer window. The layout of channel strips matches
the way tracks are laid out in the Arrange window. Channel strip 1 in the Mixer
window is equivalent to channel 1 on the control surface, channel strip 2 in the
Mixer is equivalent to channel 2, and so on. Instruments/channels used by multiple
tracks are merged into one channel. This is the default mode of most devices,
including the Mackie Control.
 All: The channel strips on the device correspond to Logic Express channel strips of
certain types, such as MIDI or aux channels, independent of their use in tracks.
Control surfaces that support this view mode generally allow you to define which
channel types you want to display. The Mixer window contents automatically
follow the state of the control surface, provided that the View > Follow Control
Surface option is enabled in the Mixer window).
 Tracks: Similar to Arrange view mode, but individual channel strips are shown
when multiple Arrange tracks address the same channel. Typically, an instrument
channel, with several tracks routed to it.
 Single: This mode shows a single channel (and its routing to auxes and so on). You
can determine which parameters the channel strip controllers (on the control
surface) will edit.
Note: Keep in mind that the view mode is a property of the control surface group,
not a global setting. One group can display busses, while the other shows tracks, for
example.
 Fader Bank for Tracks View: Drag vertically, or enter an integer value to offset which
tracks are controlled by the channel strips of the device in Tracks view. As an
example, if your device has eight channel strips, these might normally be assigned to
audio channel strips 1–8 in Logic Express. If you set this parameter to 2, the device
channel strips would control Logic Express Mixer channel strips 3–10 (1 + 2 = 3).
 Fader Bank for All View: Drag vertically, or enter an integer value to offset which
Logic Express channel strips are controlled by the device in All view. This parameter is
only available when multiple channel strip types are displayed in the Mixer. When
single channel strip types are displayed, there are separate fader bank parameters
(these aren’t displayed in the parameter list).