Item Description
Show Channels Choose a command to configure which channel strips are displayed in the
Mixing Console window.
• Show All Channels: Displays all channel strips in the Mixing Console.
• Audio Tracks: Shows or hides audio track channel strips.
• MIDI Tracks: Shows or hides MIDI track channel strips.
• Audio Busses: Shows or hides auxiliary bus channel strips.
• Input Busses: Shows or hides input bus channel strips.
• Soft Synth Busses: Shows or hides soft synth bus channel strips.
• Assignable FX Busses: Shows or hides assignable FX channel strips.
• Master Bus: Shows or hides the Master bus channel strip.
• Preview Bus: Shows or hides the Preview bus channel strip.
Show Control Choose a command to configure which portions of the channel strips are
Regions displayed in the Mixing Console window.
• Show All Control Regions: Displays all control regions.
• Insert FX Control Region: Shows or hides the Insert FX control region.
• Sends Control Region: Shows or hides the Sends control region.
• I/O Control Region: Shows or hides the I/O control region.
• Peak Meters Control Region: Shows or hides Peak Meters.
• Faders Control Region: Shows or hides volume faders.
Show Control Choose this command to show or hide control region labels in channel
Region Labels strips.
Show Fader Ticks Choose this command to show or hide the fader ticks next to the faders.
Channel Width Choose a setting to indicate whether you want to view narrow, medium
(default), or wide channel strips in the Mixing Console window.
Meter Layout Choose Meter Defaults, and then choose a command from the submenu to
reset clip indicators; set the display range; or display labels, peaks, or valleys
in the channel meters.
Downmix Output Downmixes your audio from 5.1 surround to stereo or from stereo to mono so you can ensure
your mix will sound the way you intended it — even when your audience’s hardware has fewer
channels than the original mix.
The button represents the current playback mode:
5.1 surround output
Stereo output
Mono output
Dim Output
Insert Audio Track
Insert MIDI Track
Attenuates the volume of all busses that are routed to hardware outputs by 20 dB so you can
check your mix at a lower level (or answer the phone). Click again to restore volume.
Adds an audio track to your project.
Adds a MIDI track to your project.
Insert Assignable FX
Insert Bus
Creates an assignable FX chain that you can route to one or more tracks in your project.
To delete an assignable FX chain, right-click the assignable FX channel strip and choose Delete
from the shortcut menu.
Adds a bus to your project. The Audio tab in the Project Properties dialog is updated to reflect
the new number of busses.
To delete a bus, right-click the channel strip for the bus and choose
Delete from the shortcut
menu.
Insert Input Bus Adds an input bus to your project.
To delete a bus, right-click the channel strip for the bus and choose Delete from the shortcut
menu.
Insert Soft Synth Adds a soft synth to your project.
To delete a soft synth, right-click the channel strip for the soft synth and choose Delete from
the shortcut menu.
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