Channel Strips

Audio tracks, busses, input busses, and assignable effects chains are displayed as channel strips in the Mixing Console.

When a control surface is enabled, an indicator is displayed in the Mixing Console to indicate which channels are under external control. Multiple bars are displayed if a channel is under the control of multiple devices.

FIGURE Mixing Console window

Region Description
1 Insert FX Control Region

The Insert FX control region displays the insert effects chain for a track or bus.
2 Sends Control Region

The Sends control region displays controls for routing tracks to busses or assignable effects chains. For assignable effects chains, the Send Region also displays an input fader and meter.
3 I/O Control Region

The I/O control region allows you to choose the recording input for a track or route a channel to a bus or hardware output.
4 VU Meters Control Region

The VU Meters control region displays volume unit (VU) and peak program (PPM) meters to help you determine the perceived loudness of your audio signal (peak program meters provide faster response times to volume increases than VU meters).

TIP To change the range of all VU meters in the Mixing Console, right-click a meter and choose a range from the shortcut menu.
5 Meters Control Region

The Meters control region displays peak meters you can use to monitor instantaneous levels during playback and determine the loudest level in your audio signal.

If the Meters control region is not visible, the Fader control region also displays a peak meter.

TIP To change the range of all meters in the Mixing Console, right-click a meter and choose a range from the shortcut menu.
6 Faders Control Region

The Faders control region allows you to control a channel's gain.

  • Audio track channels display controls for the track automation mode, arm for record, input monitor mode, mute, solo, pan, track gain, and phase.

  • Bus channels display controls for the bus automation mode, mute, solo, pan, bus gain, and pre/post fader effects processing.

  • Assignable effects channels display controls for the bus automation mode, mute, solo, pan, bus gain, and pre/post fader effects processing.
7 Channel Label

The Channel Label displays the name of the track or bus. Double-click to edit the name.
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  • If you want to change the order in which channel strips are displayed, you can click the channel label and drag a channel strip to a new location.

  • Hover over a fader and roll your mouse wheel to change its setting.

  • To edit a fader value quickly, you can double-click the displayed value to type a new value.

  • Hold Ctrl while dragging a fader to move it in fine increments.