User Manual

MIXING BOARD
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Figure 70-3: Saving and loading customized board layouts.
Renaming board layouts
To rename a board layout, choose the Rename
Board Layout sub-menu item from the Load Board
Layout mini-menu command.
Manually resizing the Mixing Board window
You may notice that the Mixing Board window
automatically resizes itself when you add or remove
tracks, show or hide sections, or switch board
layouts. This is because the Auto Resize mini-menu
command is checked. If you would prefer to resize
the window manually using the grow box in the
lower right corner, uncheck Auto Resize.
Switching sequences
To quickly switch the sequence you are looking at
in the Mixing Board window, click the window’s
Window Target tab and choose the desired
sequence from the menu. The tracks shown in the
Mixing Board will also change when you change
the play-enabled sequence.
Switching between sequences and V-Racks
To switch to a V-Rack, click the V-Rack Edit button
in the lower left corner of the Mixing Board
window or choose V-Rack Edit from the mini-
menu to toggle the Mixing Board between the
currently play-enabled sequence and the last
viewed V-Rack.
Alternatively, click the window’s Window Target
tab and choose the desired V-Rack from the menu.
See chapter 68, “V-Racks” (page 779).
TRACK STRIPS
Each MIDI and audio track strip has the sections
shown below in Figure 70-4 on page 804.
Inserts
An insert is a real-time effect that is non-
destructively applied to the data in the track on
playback. MIDI tracks can be processed with MIDI
plug-ins (such as the transposer and velocity
compressor) and audio tracks can be processed
with audio plug-ins. Virtual instrument plug-ins
can also be inserted on the top-most insert of
instrument tracks (see chapter 17, “Instrument
Tracks” (page 145)).
Each insert slot in the track can hold one effect. To
choose the desired effect plug-in for the insert, see
“Choosing a plug-in for an insert” on page 805.
Up to 20 inserts can be simultaneously applied to
an individual track, depending on how many
inserts are configured with the Set number of inserts
mini-menu option. When you choose the desired
effect plug-in for the insert slot, the Effects window
opens to display the selected processor’s
parameters. See chapter 74, “Effects Window”
(page 867) for more information.
The signal for a track passes through the inserts
from top to bottom. Accordingly, inserts are
labelled A, B, C, etc. from top to bottom. Similar to
hardware mixing consoles, the order in which
effects are applied makes a difference, so keep this
in mind when employing multiple inserts. Insert
settings apply globally to the entire track and are
remembered until you change them.
Configuring the number of insert slots (audio
tracks only)
If you find yourself running out of insert slots, you
can add insert slots with the Set Number of Effect
Inserts command located in the mini menu of the
Mixing Board. You can configure up to 20 inserts
per channel.