Reference Guide

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Signal flow

Mixing

Routing and mixing digital audio

Any audio track can be tapped, before or after the track volume control, and sent to one or more

buses. A bus can tap any number of audio tracks. Each track’s data passes through the track’s send

level knob on its way to the bus. This is shown in the following figure.

A. Pre-fader: output level to Bus 1 is not affected by the track’s volume fader B. This track is routed to Bus 1 and

Bus 2 C. Send enable button: must be lit to send track data to bus D. Post-fader: track’s volume fader controls

output level to Bus 2

The audio in each bus is processed by the input gain and pan controls (main output buses don’t

have these controls), then processed by any real-time effects you have patched, sent through the

bus output level and pan controls, and then sent to the designated main out, in stereo. You can also

insert a send control on a bus, and send the bus signal to another bus, or route the output of a bus to

another bus.

At each main out, all audio data from audio tracks and buses that were routed to that main are mixed

together. Finally, the data passes through each main’s master volume fader.

See:

“Main outs” on page 895

“Signal flow” on page 888

“Stereo buses” on page 892