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The mixer
nal. Use this to correct for balanced lines and mics that
are wired backwards, or mics that are “out of phase” due
to their positioning.
• Phase polarity is important when mixing together two
similar signals.
If the signals are “out of phase” with respect to one another, there will be
some cancellation in the resulting audio, producing a hollow sound with
less low frequency content.
About level meters for MIDI channels
The level meters for MIDI channels do not show actual vol-
ume levels. Instead, they indicate the velocity values of the
notes played back on MIDI tracks.
About MIDI tracks set to the same MIDI channel and
output
If you have several MIDI tracks set to the same MIDI chan-
nel (and routed to the same MIDI output), making volume
and pan settings for one of these MIDI tracks/mixer chan-
nels will also affect all other mixer channels set to the
same MIDI channel/output combination.
Using Solo and Mute
The Mute (top) and Solo buttons.
You can use the Mute and Solo buttons to silence one or
several channels. The following applies:
• The Mute button silences the selected channel.
Clicking the Mute button again un-mutes the channel. Several channels
can be muted simultaneously. A muted channel is indicated by a lit Mute
button and also by the lit Global Mute indicator on the common panel.
• Clicking the Solo button for a channel mutes all other
channels.
A soloed channel is indicated by a lit Solo button, and also by the lit Glo-
bal Solo indicator on the common panel. Click the Solo button again to
turn off Solo.
• Several channels can be soloed at the same time.
However, if you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click the Solo button for a
channel, any other soloed channels will automatically be un-soloed (i.e.
this Solo mode is exclusive).
• [Alt]/[Option]-clicking a Solo button activates “Solo De-
feat” for that channel.
In this mode the channel will not be muted if you solo another channel. To
turn off Solo Defeat, [Alt]/[Option]-click the Solo button again.
• You can un-mute or un-solo all channels by clicking the
Mute or Solo indicator on the common panel.
Listen Mode (Cubase only)
The Listen button for a channel strip and the global Listen button on the
Common panel
Clicking the Listen button for a channel routes that chan-
nel to the Control Room without interrupting the normal
signal flow. The following applies:
• When the channel is set to after-fader (also referred to
as post-fader), the signal being routed to the Control
Room channel will come after the fader and pan controls
of the Listen-enabled channel.
• When the Control Room channel is set to pre-fader, the
signal will be routed from just before the fader.
A muted chan-
nel in the mixer.
A lit Global Mute indicator on the
common panel shows that one or
more channels are muted.
[Alt]/[Option]-click a Solo button…
…to activate Solo Defeat for that channel.
…and to pre-
fader (PFL).
Control Room
channel set to
after-fader (AFL)…