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VST Connections
Setting the Main Mix bus (the default output
bus)
The Main Mix is the output bus that each new audio, group
or FX channel is automatically routed to.
Any of the output busses in the VST Connections window
can be the default output bus. By right-clicking on the
name of an output bus, you can set it as the Main Mix bus.
Setting the default output bus.
Presets
On the Inputs and Outputs tabs you will find a Presets
menu. Here you can find three different types of presets:
• A number of standard bus configurations.
• Automatically created presets tailored to your specific
hardware configuration.
On startup, Cubase analyzes the physical inputs and outputs provided
by your audio hardware and creates a number of hardware-dependent
presets with the following possible configurations:
• One stereo bus.
• Various combinations of stereo and mono busses.
• A number of mono busses.
• Your own user presets that you can save by clicking the
Store button (“+” symbol). You can then select the stored
configuration directly from the Presets pop-up menu at
any time. To remove a stored preset, select it and click the
Delete button (“-” symbol).
Routing
When you play back an audio track (or any other audio-re-
lated channel in the Mixer), you route it to an output bus. In
the same way, when you record on an audio track you se-
lect from which input bus the audio should be sent.
• You can select input and output busses in the Inspector
using the Input and Output Routing pop-up menus.
Ö For audio-related channel types other than audio track
channels (e.g. VST instrument channels), only the Output
Routing pop-up menu is available.
When selecting an input bus for a track you can only se-
lect busses that correspond to the track’s channel config-
uration. Here are the details for input busses:
• Mono tracks can be routed to mono input busses or individual
channels within a stereo input bus.
• Stereo tracks can be routed to mono or stereo input busses.
For output busses any assignment is possible.
• To disconnect input or output bus assignments, select
“No Bus” from the corresponding pop-up menu.
About monitoring
The Main Mix bus (the default output bus) is used for mon-
itoring (see “Setting the Main Mix bus (the default output
bus)” on page 24). You can adjust the monitoring level in
the Mixer.
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The Main Mix is indicated by an orange colored
speaker icon next to its name.
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Assignments that will lead to feedback are not avail-
able in the pop-up menu. This is also indicated by a
one-way symbol.