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Chapter 39 Working in the Environment 875
Common Environment Object Parameters
Each Environment object has several parameters that control its operation. These
parameters can be viewed and changed in the Object Parameter box, shown in the
Inspector when an object is selected.
The Object Parameter box also appears in the Arrange window Inspector when you
select a track assigned to the object. These are the same parameters—changes in one
location will be reflected in the other. There is one type of object, however, that differs
slightly in this regard: the audio channel strip.
A cut down Object Parameter box is shown for audio channel strips when displayed in
the Arrange window. The full parameter set for these objects is only available in the
Mixer layer of the Environment window. The differences are as follows:
 Icon checkbox is removed.
 Device menu function is removed (display only).
 Channel is renamed to Type/#: The menu function is removed (display only).
 Show EQs: Removed (always displayed in Arrange channel strips).
 Show Inserts: Removed (always displayed in Arrange channel strips).
 Show Sends: Removed (always displayed in Arrange channel strips).
 Show I/O: Removed (always displayed in Arrange channel strips).
There are two main reasons why the Arrange and Environment representations of
audio channnel strips differ: to save onscreen space, and to provide the tools you need
for music creation, rather than setup tasks.
This separation is made even clearer—for all audio, instrument, and external MIDI
channels—by the use of two terms throughout the manual:
 Track Parameter box (in the Arrange window, to illustrate that the channel is
controlling the corresponding track).
 Object Parameter box (in the Environment, where you are interacting with the
underlying object).
Object Parameter box