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978Logic Pro User Guide
Channel strip objects
Channel strips in the Logic Pro Environment.
The Environment’s channel strip object is the building block of the Environment’s Mixer
layer, the Logic Pro Mixer, and the inspector’s channel strips. For details about channel
strip types, see Channel strip types in Logic Pro.
The audio and software instrument tracks you see in the main window are actually routed
to channel strip objects on the Environment Mixer layer.
The Mixer channel strips and inspector channel strips are simply remote controls for the
underlying channel strip objects in the Environment Mixer layer. Their inclusion in these
other windows makes your workflow faster and easier.
The inspector channel strips contain a reduced parameter set of the corresponding
channel strip objects in the Environment. The channel strips shown in the Mixer window
are more configurable, but the only place you can access all channel strip options is the
Environment Mixer layer.
Important: If File > Project Settings > Audio > Automatic Management of Channel Strip
objects is active (it’s on by default), you cannot create channel strips in the Environment.
This setting, when active, means that use of the track and channel strip creation options
in the main window automatically create a corresponding channel strip object in the
Environment (and therefore, remote control channel strips in the Mixer and inspector).
In a general music-making sense, you don’t need to access the underlying channel strips
shown in the Environment. In fact, the only time you might open the Environment Mixer
layer is when you need to reconfigure channel strips at a system level, rerouting them to
different audio hardware, or perhaps to other applications.