System information
Item Description
Downmix
Output
Downmixes your audio from 5.1 surround to stereo or from stereo to mono so you can
ensure your mix will sound the way you intended it —even when your audience's
hardware has fewer channels than the original mix.
The button represents the current playback mode:
n
5.1 surround output
n
Stereo output
n
Mono output
Dim
Output
Attenuates the volume of all busses that are routed to hardware outputs by 20 dB so
you can check your mix at a lower level (or answer the phone). Click again to restore
volume.
Insert
Audio
Track
Adds an audio track to your project.
Insert
Assignable
FX
Creates an assignable FX chain that you can route to one or more tracks in your
project.
To delete an assignable FX chain, right-click the assignable FX channel strip and
choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
Insert Bus Adds a bus to your project. The Audio tab in the Project Properties dialog is updated to
reflect the new number of busses.
To delete a bus, right-click the channel strip for the bus and choose Delete from the
shortcut menu.
Insert
Input Bus
Adds an input bus to your project.
To delete a bus, right-click the channel strip for the bus and choose Delete from the
shortcut menu.
The Channel List Pane
The Channel List pane is displayed on the left side of the Mixing Console window.
To show or hide the pane, click the down arrow next to the Views button and choose Channel List (or
press Shift+C).
The top of the Channel List pane displays a listing of all tracks, busses, and assignable effects chains in
your project. Select a channel's check box to include it in the Mixing Console display, or clear a check box to
hide the channel without removing it from your project.
Clicking a track, bus, or assignable effects chain in the Channel List pane selects that channel. You can hold
Ctrl or Shift to select multiple channels to perform ganged edits.
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