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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
Setting the Main Mix bus (the default output bus)
The Main Mix is the output bus that each new channel in
the mixer will be assigned to when it is created.
Any one of the output busses in the VST Connections
window can be the default output bus. By right-clicking on
the name of an output bus, you can set this bus as the
Main Mix bus.
Setting the default output bus in the VST Connections window.
When creating new audio, group or FX channels in the
mixer, they will automatically be routed to the default bus.
Other bus operations
• To change the port assignment for a bus, you proceed
as when you added it – make sure the channels are visible
(by clicking the “+” button next to the bus, or by clicking
the “+ All” button at the top of the window) and click in the
Device Port column to select ports.
• To remove a bus you don’t need, select it in the list,
right-click and select “Remove Bus” from the pop-up
menu, or press [Backspace].
• You can store and recall bus presets with the pop-up
menu at the top of the window.
To store the current configuration as a preset, click the Store “+” button
and enter a name for the preset. You can then select the stored configu-
ration directly from the Presets pop-up menu at any time. To remove a
stored preset, select it and click the “-” button.
Using the busses
This section describes briefly how to use the input and out-
put busses you have created. For details refer to the chap-
ters “Recording” on page 65 and “The mixer” on page 118.
Routing
When you play back an audio track (or any other audio
channel in the mixer – VST Instrument channels, ReWire
channels, etc.), you route it to an output bus. In the same
way, when you record on an audio track you select from
which input bus the audio should be sent.
• You can select input and output busses in the Inspec-
tor, using the Input and Output Routing pop-up menus.
For audio-related channel types other than audio track
channels (i.e. VST Instrument channels, ReWire channels,
Group channels and FX channels), only the Output Rout-
ing pop-up menu is available. Select one of its subtracks
in the Track list to open it.
• You can also select busses in the Routing panel at the
top of each channel strip in the mixer.
Again, for VST Instrument channels, ReWire channels, Group channels
and FX channels you will only be able to select output busses.
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The default bus is indicated by an orange colored
speaker icon next to its name in the VST Connec-
tions window.