Specifications

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6 Repeat steps 2–5 for any further edits.
In this way, you can try out different edits of a
track, and switch back and forth between playl-
ists for comparison.
Mixing
The Pro Tools mix environment provides many
familiar channel strip controls for setting vol-
ume, pan, solo, and mute. Mixer and I/O con-
trols can be shown in both the Mix and Edit
windows.
To view the Mix window:
■ Select Windows > Show Mix.
Using Channel Strip Controls
Volume Increase or decrease the track level by
dragging its Volume fader up or down.
Pan Pan a track left or right in the mix by drag-
ging its Pan slider left or right.
Solo Solo a track (muting all other tracks) by
clicking its Solo button.
Mute Mute a track by clicking its Mute button.
Basic Signal Routing
Signal routing is accomplished by assigning
track inputs and outputs. Audio track inputs can
be from any hardware input or bus path. Once
recorded, an audio track’s input is its audio file
on disk. Auxiliary Inputs can be any hardware
input or internal bus path. For all types of audio
tracks, outputs can be routed to any hardware
output or internal bus path.
Together, these signal routing features let you
set up virtually any mixer architecture for your
projects, including submixing, sends and re-
turns for effects processing, and multichannel
mixing for surround.
Send and Return Submixing for Effects
Processing
When you are submixing for reverb, delay, and
similar effects processing, you can use sends and
Auxiliary Inputs to achieve traditional send/re-
turn bussing. You can use a real-time plug-in
(see “Plug-Ins” on page 76) or a hardware I/O in-
sert (see “Connecting Effects Units” on page 52)
as a shared resource for all tracks included in a
submix. The wet/dry balance in the mix can be
controlled using the track faders (dry level) and
Auxiliary Input fader (wet, or effect return
level).
Press Command+Equals (=) on Macintosh,
or Control+Equals (=) in Windows to
switch between the Edit and Mix windows.