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The Mixer
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Mixer, select the channel you want to copy set-
tings from.
2. On the common panel, click the “Copy First Selected
Channel’s Settings” button.
3. Select the channel(s) you want to copy the settings to
and click the “Paste Settings to Selected Channels” but-
ton (below the “Copy First Selected Channel Settings”
button).
The settings are applied to the selected channel(s).
You can copy channel settings between different types of
channels, but only those channels will be used for which
corresponding settings are available in the target channel.
• For example, since input/output channels do not have send ef-
fects, copying from them will leave the sends settings in the
target channel unaffected.
• In case of surround sound (Cubase only), any insert effects
routed to surround speaker channels become muted when the
settings are pasted to a mono or stereo channel.
Initialize Channel and Reset Mixer
The Initialize Channel button can be found in the lower
part of the Control Strip section in the Channel Settings
window. (If this section is not shown in the Channel Set-
tings window, open the context menu and select “Control
Strip” on the Customize View submenu.) Initialize Channel
resets the selected channel to the default settings.
Similarly, the Mixer common panel holds a Reset Mixer/
Reset Channels button. When you click this, you will be
asked whether you want to reset all channels or just the
selected channels.
The default settings are:
• All EQ, insert and send effect settings are deactivated and
reset.
• Solo/Mute is deactivated.
• The fader is set to 0 dB.
• Pan is set to center position.
Changing the meter characteristics
On the Mixer context menu, there is a submenu named
“Global Meter Settings”. Here you can make settings for
the preferred meter characteristics, with the following op-
tions:
• If Hold Peaks is activated, the highest registered levels
are “held” and are shown as static horizontal lines in the
meter.
Note that you can turn this on or off by clicking in any audio level meter in
the Mixer.
• If Hold Forever is activated, the peak levels are shown
until meters are reset (by clicking the numerical peak dis
-
play below the meter).
If Hold Forever is off, you can use the parameter “Meters’ Peak Hold
Time” in the Preferences dialog (VST–Metering page) to specify for how
long the peak levels will be held. The peak hold time can be between
500 and 30000
ms.
• If Meter Input is activated, meters show input levels for
all audio channels and input/output channels.
Note that the input meters are post input gain.
• If “Meter Post-Fader” is activated, meters show post-
fader levels.
This is the default setting for channels in the Mixer.
• There is also a “Meter Post-Panner” mode.
This is similar to “Meter Post-Fader”, but the meters will reflect pan set-
tings as well.
• If Fast Release is activated, the meters respond very
quickly to level peaks. If Fast Release is deactivated, the
meters respond more like standard meters.
You can set the time it takes for the meters to “fall back” in the Prefer-
ences dialog (VST–Metering page).
Hold Peaks is activated. The
highest registered level is
displayed in the meter.