User Manual

WORKING WITH THE RACK
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• If “Auto-Group Devices and Tracks” on the Options menu is selected, devices will not be created in the middle
of existing Device Groups (except if they are effect devices - see “Effect devices specifics”).
This means a device might not end up below the selected device in the rack, but below that device's Device Group.
! See below for information specific to certain device types.
Instrument device specifics
The following additional methods can be used for creating Instrument devices:
D Select “Create Instrument...” from the Create menu.
This will show the Instruments palette in the Browser. Here you can choose the Instrument device you want to cre-
ate - see “Create Instrument/Create Effect”.
• If you have created an Instrument device, a new sequencer track will be automatically created. Also, a new (or
unused) Mix Channel device will be connected to the Instrument device. The Mix Channel device’s channel
strip will appear in the Main Mixer.
The track, the Mix Channel device and its channel strip will be given the same name as the created Instrument de-
vice. Master Keyboard Input will also automatically be set to the new track, allowing you to immediately play the
created Instrument device via MIDI (see “Master Keyboard Input”). By default, the Instrument device and Mix Chan-
nel device will be treated as a “Device Group” from here on (see “About Device Groups”).
! By default, the automatic creation of a sequencer track and Mix Channel device only applies to instrument de-
vices, not to mixers or effect devices.
• If you hold down [Alt](Win) or [Option](Mac) when you create an Instrument device (except when you drag and
drop from the Browser), a sequencer track will not be created.
• If you hold down [Shift] when you create an Instrument device, there will be no automatic routing or connec-
tions made.
Audio Track device specifics
The following additional methods can be used for creating Audio Track devices:
D Select “Create Audio Track” from the Create menu.
This will create an Audio Track device (with its corresponding channel strip in the Main Mixer) and a sequencer
track.
Mix Channel device specifics
• If you hold down [Alt](Win) or [Option](Mac) when you create a Mix Channel device (from the Create menu or
Browser), a sequencer track will be created for the device.
Effect devices specifics
The following additional method can be used for creating Effects devices:
D Select “Create Effect...” from the Create menu.
This will show the Effects palette in the Browser. Here you can choose the Effect device you want to create - see
“Create Instrument/Create Effect”.
The results when creating Effect devices depend on the following criteria:
• If an Audio Track (device or channel strip), or a Mix Channel (device or channel strip), was selected in the rack
when you created an effect, the effect device will be added and connected as an insert effect, inside the Insert
FX container for that Audio Track or Mix Channel device.
• If an Instrument device was selected in the rack when you created an effect device, the effect device will be
added and connected as an “insert effect”, between the Instrument device and the Mix Channel device.