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The Project window
Ö Please note that not all Inspector tabs are shown by
default. You can show/hide Inspector sections by right-
clicking on an Inspector tab and activating/deactivating
the desired option(s).
Make sure you right-click on an inspector tab and not on the empty area
below the Inspector, as this will open the Quick context menu instead.
The Inspector Setup context menu.
Sections
The Inspector contains the controls that can be found on
the Track list, plus some additional buttons and parame-
ters. In the table below, these additional settings and the
available sections are listed. Which sections are available
for which track type is described in the following sections.
Parameter Description
Auto Fades
Settings button
Opens a dialog in which you can make separate Auto
Fade settings for the track. See “Making Auto Fade set-
tings for a separate track” on page 94.
Edit Channel
settings
Opens the Channel Settings window for the track, allow-
ing you to view and adjust effect and EQ settings, etc.
See “Using Channel Settings” on page 133.
Volume Use this to adjust the level for the track. Changing this
setting will move the track’s fader in the mixer window,
and vice versa. See “Setting volume in the mixer” on page
128 to learn more about setting levels.
Pan Use this to adjust the panning of the track. As with the
Volume setting, this corresponds to the Pan setting in the
mixer.
Delay This adjusts the playback timing of the audio track. Posi-
tive values delay the playback while negative values
cause the track to play earlier. The values are set in milli-
seconds.
Input Routing This lets you specify which Input bus or MIDI input the
track should use (see “Setting up busses” on page 14 for
information about Input busses).
Output Routing Here you decide to which output the track should be
routed. For audio tracks you select an output bus (see
“Setting up busses” on page 14) or Group channel, for
MIDI tracks you select a MIDI output.
Inserts section Allows you to add insert effects to the track, see the
chapter “Audio effects” on page 162. The Edit button at
the top of the section opens the control panels for the
added insert effects.
Equalizers
section
Lets you adjust the EQs for the track. You can have up to
four bands of EQ for each track, see “Making EQ set-
tings” on page 134. The Edit button at the top of the sec-
tion opens the Channel Settings window for the track.
Equalizer Curve
section
Lets you adjust the EQs for the track graphically, by click-
ing and dragging points in a curve display.
Sends section Allows you to route an audio track to one or several FX
channels (up to eight), see the chapter “Audio effects” on
page 162. For MIDI tracks, this is where you assign MIDI
send effects. The Edit button at the top of the section
opens the control panel for the first effect in each FX
channel.
Studio Sends
(Cubase only)
The Studio Sends are used to route cue mixes to Control
Room Studios. For a detailed description of Studios and
Studio Sends, see the chapter “Control Room (Cubase
only)” on page 146.
Surround Pan
(Cubase only)
When the Surround Panner is used for a track, this is also
available in the Inspector. For further information, see
“Using the Surround Panner” on page 199.
Channel section Shows a duplicate of the corresponding mixer channel
strip. The channel overview strip to the left lets you acti-
vate and deactivate insert effects, EQs and sends.
Notepad section This is a standard text notepad, allowing you to jot down
notes about the track.
If you have entered any notes about a track, the icon next
to the “Notepad” heading will light up to indicate this.
Moving the pointer over the icon will display the Notepad
text in a tool tip.
Parameter Description