User Manual

Using the Mixing Console
The Mixing Console window is a dockable window with a default location in the lower-right corner of the ACID workspace. The
Mixer window contains the following controls:
• A Preview fader, which allows you to adjust the loudness of media files previewed from the Explorer window, Track Properties
window, Beatmapper, or the Chopper tool. Also, the Preview fader’s volume determines the volume of new tracks added to the
project, unless you have set a default track volume level. This allows you to set up a quick mix while you are adding media to
your project.
• A Master bus fader, which controls the overall volume.
• Faders for up to 26 project busses when added to the project.
• Faders for up to 32 assignable effect chains when added to the project.
• Faders for up to 32 soft synth controls when added to the project.
The function of the bus, assignable effect, and soft synth controls are beyond the scope of this chapter.
Viewing the Mixing Console window
The Mixing Console window appears by default when you start the application, but you can hide it if necessary. To view or hide the
Mixing Console window, choose Mixing Console from the View menu or press Alt+3. A check mark appears adjacent to the
command to indicate when the window is displayed.
Mixing Console toolbar
The Mixing Console toolbar is displayed at the top of the Mixing Console window and allows you to quickly configure the window’s
display, downmix audio, dim the output, or add tracks, assignable effects, or busses.
Item Description
Properties and
Click the Properties and Layout button ( ) to open the Audio tab in the Project Properties
Layout
dialog, or click the down arrow and choose a command from the menu:
Audio Properties Displays the Audio tab in the Project Properties dialog.
Show Channel List Displays or hides the Channel List on the left side of the Mixing Console
window.
Select a channel strip’s check box to display it in the Mixing Console, or
clear a check box to hide a channel strip without removing it from your
project.
Show Channels Choose a command to configure which channel strips are displayed in the
Mixing Console window.
• Show All Channels: Displays all channel strips in the Mixing Console.
• Audio Tracks: Shows or hides audio track channel strips.
• MIDI Tracks: Shows or hides MIDI track channel strips.
• Audio Busses: Shows or hides auxiliary bus channel strips.
• Soft Synth Busses: Shows or hides soft synth bus channel strips.
• Assignable FX Busses: Shows or hides assignable FX channel strips.
• Master Bus: Shows or hides the Master bus channel strip.
• Preview Bus: Shows or hides the Preview bus channel strip.
Show Control
Regions
Choose a command to configure which portions of the channel strips are
displayed in the Mixing Console window.
• Show All Control Regions: Displays all control regions.
• Insert FX Control Region: Shows or hides the Insert FX control region.
• Sends Control Region: Shows or hides the Sends control region.
• I/O Control Region: Shows or hides the I/O control region.
• Peak Meters Control Region: Shows or hides Peak Meters.
• Faders Control Region: Shows or hides volume faders.
Show Control Choose this command to show or hide control region labels in channel
Region Labels strips.
Show Fader Ticks Choose this command to show or hide the fader ticks next to the faders.
Channel Width Choose a setting to indicate whether you want to view narrow, medium
(default), or wide channel strips in the Mixing Console window.
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