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The mixer
• You can also save channel configurations as View sets
(see “Channel view sets” on page 125), which are then
accessible from all mixer windows.
These features are very convenient when working with
large projects. Considering the number of different chan-
nel types that can be shown in the mixer, they could even
be described as necessary!
The use of multiple mixer windows combined with the abil-
ity to recall different mixer configurations enables you to
focus on the task at hand and keep window scrolling
down to a minimum.
Ö All options for configuring the mixer described in this
chapter are identical for all mixer windows.
What channel types can be shown in the mixer?
The following track-based channel types are shown in the
mixer:
•Audio
•MIDI
• Effect return channels (referred to as FX channels in the
Project window)
• Instrument channels (VSTi Return)
• Group channels
• Instrument tracks
• ReWire channels
The order of audio, MIDI, instrument, group and effect re-
turn channel strips (from left to right) in the mixer corre-
sponds to the Project window Track list (from the top
down). If you reorder tracks of these types in the Track list,
this will be mirrored in the mixer.
In addition to the above, the following channel types are
also shown in the mixer:
• Activated ReWire channels (see the chapter “ReWire” on
page 445).
• VST Instrument channels (see the chapter “VST Instruments
and Instrument tracks” on page 182).
ReWire channels cannot be reordered and always appear
to the right of other channels in the main mixer pane (see
below). VST instrument (VSTi) channels can be reordered
in the Track list which will in turn be mirrored in the mixer.
Folder, Marker, Video and Automation tracks are not
shown in the mixer.
Input and output busses in the mixer
Input and output busses are represented by input and out-
put channels in the mixer. They appear in separate “panes”
separated by movable dividers and with their own horizon-
tal scrollbars, see “The input and output channels” on
page 128.
Ö In Cubase Studio, only output channels are shown in
the mixer (not input channels).
About multichannel audio (Cubase only)
Cubase has full support for surround sound. Each audio
channel and bus in the mixer can carry up to 6 speaker
channels. This means that if you have an audio track con-
figured for 5.1 surround sound, for example, it will have a
single channel strip in the mixer, just like mono or stereo
tracks, but its level meter will have six meter bars, one for
each speaker channel.
Another thing to note is that the look of a channel strip dif-
fers slightly depending on how it is routed – mono or stereo
tracks routed to a surround output bus will have a surround
panner control instead of a regular pan control, for example.
For further information on multichannel audio, see the chap-
ter “Surround sound (Cubase only)” on page 195.