User Manual

THE MAIN MIXER
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Channel Header section
The Channel Header is always visible at the bottom of the channel strip. It contains the following items:
The Edit Focus indicator - When you select a channel, the horizontal strip at the top of the Channel Header lights up
red to indicate Edit Focus. The channel most recently clicked will have edit focus, regardless of how many channels
are selected. When using [Ctrl](Win)-click or [Cmd](Mac)-click to deselect previously selected channels, edit focus
will be on the most recently deselected channel.
Edit Focus also reflects the last selected track or Mix device, which is useful when moving between work areas be-
cause the channel with Edit Focus will always be in view in the Main Mixer. For example, if you select an ID8 track in
the sequencer, the Mix channel to which it is connected will be scrolled into view in the Mixer, and will be given Edit
Focus.
The top strip is lit to indicate Edit Focus.
• When you are using the Spectrum EQ Window, and the “Follow Selection” box is ticked, the channel with Edit
Focus is displayed in the window, see “The Spectrum EQ Window”.
The Remote Base Channel indicator - To the left in the same horizontal strip area a small yellow arrow symbol can be
shown. This is the Remote Base Channel indicator, which shows which channel is considered the first or base chan-
nel when using Remote Control - see “Setting the Remote Base Channel”.
The Remote Base indicator.
The RACK and SEQ buttons allow you to switch to a channel’s rack device or sequencer track directly from the mixer
- see “Switching between channels, rack devices and tracks”.
The Channel Header area reflects the selected Track Color (see “Coloring mixer channels”).
You can rename the channel by double-clicking on the name (see “Naming mixer channels”).
Note that the Channel Header is a little shorter if the channel is a Parallel Channel (see “Parallel Channels”).