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The Mixer
• You can also save channel configurations as view sets
(see
“Channel view sets” on page 151), which are then
accessible from all Mixer windows.
Ö All options for configuring the Mixer described in this
chapter are identical for all Mixer windows.
The use of multiple Mixer windows combined with the abil-
ity to recall different Mixer configurations enables you to
focus on the task at hand and keep window scrolling
down to a minimum.
What channel types can be shown in the
Mixer?
The following track-based channel types are shown in the
Mixer:
•Audio
•MIDI
• Effect return channels (referred to as FX channels in the Proj-
ect window)
• Group channels
• Instrument track channels
The order of audio, MIDI, instrument, group, and effect
return channel strips (from left to right) in the Mixer corre-
sponds to the track list in the Project window (from top to
bottom). If you reorder tracks of these types in the track
list, this will be mirrored in the Mixer.
In addition to the above, the following channel types are
also shown in the Mixer:
• Activated ReWire channels, see the chapter “ReWire”
on page 517.
ReWire channels cannot be reordered and always appear to the right of
other channels in the main Mixer pane.
• VST instrument channels, see the chapter “VST instru-
ments and instrument tracks” on page 206.
VST instrument (VSTi) channels can be reordered in the track list which
will in turn be mirrored in the Mixer.
Input and output busses in the Mixer
The busses you set up in the VST Connections window
are represented by input and output channels in the Mixer.
They are shown in separate panes (to the left and right of
the regular channel strips), with their own dividers and
horizontal scrollbars. Input and output channel strips are
very similar. The only difference between the two is that in
-
put channels have no Solo buttons.
• You can hide and show these panes by activating or
deactivating the “Hide Input Channels” or “Hide Output
Channels” button on the common panel (see “The com-
mon panel” on page 149).
For input and output channel strips the following controls
are available:
• You can check and adjust the input level using the Input
Gain knobs and/or the level fader.
See “Setting input levels” on page 94.
• You can change the phase of the input signal.
This is done by clicking the Input Phase button next to the Input Gain
control.
Input Gain
Bus level meter
Automation controls
Clipping indicator, see
“Setting input levels”
on page 94.
Speaker configuration
Inserts and EQ
indicators/bypass
buttons
Input Phase button
Mute, Solo, and Listen
buttons (only the Output
bus features a Solo
button)
Bus volume fader
Edit button
Pan control