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Chapter 3 Editing Patches
Do one of the following:5
For software instrument channel strips, choose the MIDI input device from the MIDI Â
Input pop-up menu. (The menu shows recognized input devices by name, while
other devices appear as Keyboard 1, Keyboard 2, and so on.)
For audio channel strips, choose mono from the Format pop-up menu and choose Â
the audio input source from the Input pop-up menu.
Click Create.6
A new channel strip appears in the Channel Strips area and is highlighted. The Channel
Strip Inspector appears below the workspace, showing the Channel Strip Library.
For audio channel strips, play or sing, gradually raising the channel strip volume fader 7
until you hear sound on the channel.
Audio channel strips can produce feedback, particularly if you are using a Important:
microphone. When you add an audio channel strip, the volume of the channel strip is
set to silence, and Feedback Protection is turned on to alert you when feedback occurs
on the channel strip. When you add an external instrument channel strip, the volume of
the channel strip is set to silence, but Feedback Protection is turned o.