The Mixing Console Toolbar

The Mixing Console toolbar is displayed at the top of the Mixing Console window and allows you to quickly configure the window's display; downmix audio; dim the output; or add tracks, assignable effects, or busses.

Item		Description
	Views	Click the down arrow and choose a command from the menu: Channel List – Displays or hides the Channel List on the left side of the Mixing Console window. Select a channel strip's checkbox to display it in the Mixing Console, or clear a checkbox to hide a channel strip without removing it from your project. For more information, see The Channel List Pane View Controls – Displays or hides the View Controls pane, where you can show or hide components in the Mixing Console window. For more information, see The View Controls Pane
	Properties and Layout	Click the Properties and Layout button to open the Audio tab in the Project Properties dialog, or click the down arrow and choose a command from the menu: Audio Properties – Displays the Audio tab in the Project Properties dialog. 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. Preview Bus – Shows or hides the Preview bus channel strip. Master Bus – Shows or hides the Master bus channel strip. Assignable FX Busses – Shows or hides assignable FX channel strips. Input Busses – Shows or hides input bus channel strips. Audio Busses – Shows or hides auxiliary bus channel strips. Audio Tracks – Shows or hides audio track channel strips. Show Control Regions – Choose a command to configure which portions of the channel strips are displayed in the Mixing Console window. Show All Control Regions – Displays all control regions. Faders Control Region – Shows or hides volume faders. Peak Meters Control Region – Shows or hides Peak Meters. VU Meters Control Region – Shows or hides the VU/PPM control region. I/O Control Region – Shows or hides the I/O control region. Sends Control Region – Shows or hides the Sends control region. Insert FX Control Region – Shows or hides the Insert FX control region. Show Control Region Labels – Choose this command to show or hide control region labels in channel strips. Show Fader Ticks – Choose this command to show or hide scale indicators next to fader controls. 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 Layout, 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	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.
	Insert Audio Track	Adds an audio track to your project.
	Insert Assignable FX	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.
	Insert Bus	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.