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The mixer
• Selecting the “Empty” option will display a blank panel
in the extended strip.
• You can also select the “Overview” option – this shows
a graphic overview of which insert effect slots, EQ mod-
ules and effects sends are activated for the channel.
You can click the indicators to turn the corresponding slot/EQ module/
send on or off.
Ö If you have selected a parameter for the extended
channel strip and then switch to “narrow” mode, only the
channel overview and the Meter can be shown in the ex-
tended channel strip. When you switch back to “wide”
mode, the parameter settings are displayed again.
Using Channel Settings
For each audio channel strip in the mixer and in the Inspec-
tor and Track list for each audio track, there is an Edit but-
ton (“e”).
Clicking this opens the VST Audio Channel Settings win-
dow. By default, this window contains:
• A section with eight insert effect slots (see “Audio effects” on
page 162).
• Four EQ modules and an associated EQ curve display (see
“Making EQ settings” on page 134).
• A section with eight effect sends (see “Audio effects” on page
162).
• A duplicate of the mixer channel strip (without the extended
panel but with the input and output settings panel).
You can customize the Channel Settings window, by
showing/hiding the different panels and/or by changing
their order:
• To specify which panels should be shown/hidden, right-click
in the Channel settings window, and activate/deactivate the
respective options on the Customize View submenu on the
context menu.
• To change the order of the panels, select “Setup” on the Cus-
tomize View pop-up menu and use the “Move up” and “Move
Down” buttons.
For further information, see the chapter “Customizing” on
page 463.
Every channel has its own channel settings (although you
can view each in the same window if you like – see below).
The Channel Settings window is used for the following
operations:
• Apply equalization, see “Making EQ settings” on page 134.
• Apply send effects, see “Audio effects” on page 162.
• Apply insert effects, see “Audio effects” on page 162.
• Copy channel settings and apply them to another channel, see
“Copying settings between audio channels” on page 137.
Changing channels in the Channel Settings window
You can view any channel’s settings from a single window.
If the option “Sync Project and Mixer Selection” is acti-
vated in the Preferences (Editing–Project & Mixer page),
this can be done “automatically”:
• Open the Channel Settings window for a track and po-
sition it so that you can see both the Project window and
the Channel Settings window.
Selecting a track in the Project window automatically se-
lects the corresponding channel in the mixer (and vice
versa). If a Channel Settings window is open, this will im-
mediately switch to show the settings for the selected
channel. This allows you to have a single Channel Settings
window open in a convenient position on the screen, and
use it for all your EQ and channel effect settings.
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All channel settings are applied to both sides of a
stereo channel.
Click the Edit button to open the
Channel Settings window.