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Mixer
The Audio Mixer provides a set of graphical controls you can use to assign track channels to
output channels, adjust EQ and Dynamics, set levels and record automation, pan stereo and
surround audio, and mute and solo tracks.
The Audio Mixer exposes two sets of channel strips with controls that correspond to the tracks
in the Timeline. The leftmost set of channel strips expose one set of controls for each track in
the Timeline, while the rightmost set of channel strips expose another set of controls for each
Main and Sub (submix) you’ve created to bus the mixed audio tracks to whatever set of output
tracks you want to expose.
The Audio Mixer, with channel strips
corresponding to the tracks in the Timeline
Track color: Each track can be differently color-coded, to help you keep organized.
Track number: The number of the Timeline track corresponding to each channel strip
appears here.
Input: A drop-down menu that lets you patch inputs, patch buses, and configure the
input settings of audio signals routed through Blackmagic hardware interfaces.
Effects: VST and Audio Unit effects that you apply to tracks from the Effects Library
appear here, with controls for enabling/disabling each effect, opening an effect’s
custom controls, and deleting that effect.
Insert: Enables the routing of effects from Blackmagic audio interface hardware to
outboard effects boxes and back again. This button can be toggled to enable/disable
such routing.
EQ: Double-clicking exposes a four-band parametric equalizer with additional Hi and
Lo Pass filters, that has both graphical and numeric controls for boosting or attenuating
different ranges of frequencies of audio on each track. You can select from among
four types of EQ filtering from the Equalizer Type drop-down menu, with options
for Earth (the default), Air, Ice, and Fire. Each band has controls for the filter type
(Bell, Lo-Shelf, Hi-Shelf, Notch), Frequency, Gain, and Q-factor (sharpness of the band),
with the available controls for each band of EQ change depending on the filter type.
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