User Manual

THE MAIN MIXER
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If you want the source device and Mix channel to have different names, change the name of the Mix channel. To re-
turn to the default state (and use the source device name for the Mix channel), just delete the Mix channel name.
! There are special naming conventions when you are using Parallel Channels, see “Naming Parallel Channels”.
Coloring mixer channels
Mixer channels are shown with the same color as their corresponding rack devices and tracks. The color is shown in
the channel header and channel strip section headings:
A channel strip with all sections folded, except for the Fader section.
• You can change the color for a channel by selecting it and using the Channel Color submenu on the Edit menu
or context menu. This will also change the color of the corresponding rack device and track (and vice versa).
• For Mix Channels connected to a source device (e.g. an instrument), the Channel Color submenu has a special
setting called "Mirror Source Track Color". If this is on, any color settings you make will be reflected both in the
source device (the instrument device and track) and in the channel strip.
This is true regardless of whether you change the color in the mixer, in the rack or in the sequencer.
• To make independent color settings for Mix Channels, turn off "Mirror Source Track Color" first.
For example, this is useful if you have a Redrum with separate outputs connected to different Mix Channels, and
want these to have different colors in the mixer.
! If you change the color of an Output Bus channel, this will be reflected in the Output areas on all other chan-
nels connected to that Output Bus, see “Creating an Output Bus”.