User Manual

WORKING WITH THE RACK
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Creating new rack columns
It’s possible to move devices, or Device Groups, to new rack columns. This is very useful if your rack starts to get
crowded, or if you want to arrange your devices in separate rack columns to get a better overview.
By default, when you create a new empty Song document, the rack consists of a single rack column featuring the Re-
cord Hardware Device and the Master Section device. When you create new devices from the “Create” menu, these
will automatically be placed in that rack column.
By dragging and dropping devices to either side (left or right) of the original rack, you can move the devices and at
the same time create a new rack column. You can create as many rack columns as you like - the only condition is that
at least one device must be present in a neighboring rack column. In other words, you can’t create empty rack col-
umns.
In the example below, we drag and drop an RV7000 reverb device to the right of the original rack:
A large white arrow symbol appears on the right wooden rack side of the original rack column to indicate that the de-
vice is about to be moved to a new rack column.
About the “Sort Selected Device Groups” function
When you are working with Device Groups (see “About Device Groups”), there is a very nice feature which allows you
to visually organize and re-order the Device Groups, Main Mixer channel strips and sequencer tracks. With the “Sort
Selected Device Groups” function on the Edit menu, it’s possible to sort Device Groups and Main Mixer channel strips
according to the current sequencer track order - or vice versa, depending on what’s currently selected. To sort the
Device Groups in the rack, and the channel strips in the Main Mixer, according to the current sequencer track order,
proceed as follows:
1. Select a track in the sequencer Track List rack and choose “Select All” from the Edit menu or track context
menu.
Tracks are marked with darker colors to indicate they’ve been selected.
2. Select “Sort Selected Device Groups” from the Edit menu or track context menu.
Now all Device Groups and channel strips in the Main Mixer will be automatically re-ordered according to the cur-
rent track configuration in the sequencer. The topmost sequencer track will have its associated Device Group
moved to the top in the rack. The remaining Device Groups will be re-ordered according to the remaining track or-
der in the Track List. The Main Mixer channel strips will also be re-ordered according to the sequencer track order.
Click on the rightmost
side of the RV7000
device panel and drag
to the right...
... Release the mouse
button and the RV7000
device is automatically
placed in a new rack
column to the right.