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Control Room (Cubase only)
Control Room preferences
There are several preferences for the Control Room Mixer.
These are found in the Preferences dialog (VST–Control
Room page).
Most of these preferences deal with what options are visi-
ble in the Control Room Mixer. This allows you to custom-
ize the layout of the Mixer and only have the controls
visible that you use the most.
The other preferences have the following functionality:
• Show Control Room Volume in Transport Panel
This option makes the small fader at the right-hand side of the Transport
panel control the Control Room level. When this option is not activated
(or the Control Room is disabled), that fader controls the level of the
Main Mix bus.
• Disable Talkback during Recording
This option deactivates the Talkback channel when the transport enters
record mode. It is advisable to set the Talkback DIM level to 0
dB when
using this feature so as not to radically change the mix level when punch
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ing in and out of record mode.
• Use Phones Channel as Preview Channel
When activated, the Headphone output is used for Preview options such
as import preview, scrubbing, offline process preview and certain Sam
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ple Editor operations. Note that when using the Headphones output for
preview, the Control Room channel will no longer output preview audio.
• Dim Studio during Talkback
When this option is enabled, the cue mix heard in a Studio will be
dimmed (by the amount set in the Talkback Dim Level field (below the
TALK button) for as long as the Talkback channel is used. When dis
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abled, the cue mix level remains the same during Talkback.
• Exclusive Device Ports for Monitor Channels
When activated, the port assignment for Monitor channels is exclusive
(see
“Exclusive assignment of Monitor channels” on page 175).
• Reference Level
This setting determines the Control Room level used when the Refer-
ence Level button is activated.
• Main Dim Volume
This is the amount of gain reduction applied to the Control Room chan-
nel when the DIM button is activated.
Studios and Studio Sends
Studio Sends are displayed in the Cubase Project Mixer
and the Inspector. Each Studio Send is intended for the
creation of a discrete cue mix for performers to listen to
during recording. Studio Sends are essentially stereo aux
sends that are routed to Studio outputs in the Control
Room Mixer. There are up to four Studios and Studio
Sends available.
Configuring Studio Sends
Studio Sends only become available when a Studio chan-
nel has been created in the VST Connections window.
Otherwise they remain grayed out. For every Studio de
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fined in the VST Connections, each channel in the Project
Mixer has an additional aux send with level, pan and pre/
post-fader selection. This aux send is used to create a mix
for a performer to listen to while recording.
• In the Project Mixer, the Studio Sends are accessed by
choosing the Studio Sends option from the View options
pop-up menu in each channel or by clicking the star icon
(“Show Studio Sends”) on the common panel of the ex
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tended Project Mixer.
The Studio Sends view in the Project Mixer