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The Project window
Audio tracks
For audio tracks, all settings and sections listed above are
available.
Instrument tracks
As explained in the chapter “VST Instruments and Instru-
ment tracks” on page 169, the Inspector for an Instrument
track shows some of the sections you would find for VST
Instrument channels and MIDI tracks.
MIDI tracks
When a MIDI track is selected, the Inspector contains a
number of additional sections and parameters, affecting the
MIDI events in realtime (e.g. on playback). Which sections
are available for MIDI tracks is described in the chapter
“MIDI realtime parameters and effects” on page 305.
Arranger track
For the Arranger track, the Inspector displays the lists of
available Arranger chains and Arranger events. See “The
Arranger track” on page 96 for details.
Folder tracks
When a folder track is selected, the Inspector shows the
folder and its underlying tracks, much like a folder struc-
ture in the Windows Explorer or Mac OS X Finder.
Ö You can click one of the tracks shown under the folder
in the Inspector to have the Inspector show the settings
for that track. This way, you don’t have to “open” a folder
track to make settings for tracks within it.
FX channel tracks
When an FX channel track is selected, the following con-
trols and sections are available:
• Edit button
• Volume control
•Pan control
• Output Routing pop-up menu
• Inserts section
• Equalizers section
• Equalizer Curve section
• Sends section
• Studio Sends section (Cubase only)
• Surround Pan section (Cubase only)
• Channel section
• Notepad section
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 and for Instrument
tracks, you select the Instrument to which it is routed.
Inserts section Allows you to add insert effects to the track, see the
chapters “Audio effects” on page 150 and “MIDI realtime
parameters and effects” on page 305. 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 123. 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 150. 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 135.
Surround Pan
(Cubase only)
When the SurroundPanner is used for a track, this is also
available in the Inspector. For further information, see
“Using the SurroundPanner” on page 184.
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 tooltip.
User Panel
(Cubase only)
Here you can display device panels, e.g. for external MIDI
devices, audio track panels or VST insert effect panels.
For information on how to create or import MIDI device
and user panels, see the separate PDF document “MIDI
Devices”.
Quick Controls Here you can configure quick controls, e.g. to use remote
devices. See the chapter “Track Quick Controls” on
page 295.
Parameter Description