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The mixer
Every channel has its own channel settings window (al-
though you can view each in the same window if you like –
see below).
The Channel Settings window is used for the following
operations:
• Apply equalization, see “Making EQ settings” on page 77.
• Apply send effects, see “Audio effects” on page 85.
• Apply insert effects, see “Audio effects” on page 85.
• Copy channel settings and apply them to another channel, see
“Copying settings between audio channels” on page 79.
Changing channels in the Channel Settings window
You can view any channel’s settings from a single window.
If the option “Sync Project and Mixer Selection” is acti-
vated in the Preferences (Editing–Project & Mixer page),
this can be done “automatically”:
• Open the Channel Settings window for a track and po-
sition it so that you can see both the Project window and
the Channel Settings window.
Selecting a track in the Project window automatically
selects the corresponding channel in the mixer (and vice
versa). If a Channel Settings window is open, this will im-
mediately switch to show the settings for the selected
channel. This allows you to have a single Channel Settings
window open in a convenient position on the screen, and
use it for all your EQ and channel effect settings.
You can also select a channel manually (thereby changing
what is shown in the open Channel Settings window).
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Channel Settings window for any channel.
2. Open the Choose Edit Channel pop-up menu by
clicking the arrow button to the left of the channel number
at the top of the Fader view.
3. Select a channel from the pop-up to show the settings
for that channel in the open Channel Settings window.
• Alternatively, you can select a channel in the mixer by
clicking its channel strip (make sure not to click on a con-
trol as this will change the respective parameter setting
instead).
This selects the channel, and the Channel Settings window is updated.
• To open several Channel Settings windows at the same
time, press [Alt]/[Option] and click the Edit buttons for the
respective channels.
Making EQ settings
Each audio channel in Cubase AI has a built-in parametric
equalizer with up to four bands. There are several ways to
view and adjust the EQs:
• By selecting the “Equalizers” tab in the Inspector.
The “Equalizers” section is similar to the “Equalizers” section in the
Channel Settings window. Setting EQ in the Inspector is only possible
for track-based audio channels.
• By using the Channel Settings window.
This offers both parameter sliders and a clickable curve display (the
Equalizer + Curve pane) and also lets you store and recall EQ presets.
Below we describe how to set up EQ in the Channel Set-
tings window, but the parameters are the same in the mixer.
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All channel settings are applied to both sides of a
stereo channel.
Click the Edit button to open the Channel Settings
window.