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The Control Room (Cubase only)
Opening the Control Room
Routing Channels to Outputs
The Main Mix Output
For the Control Room to function correctly, the Main Mix bus must be assigned to the
set of outputs that contains your final mix signal. If you only have one output bus, it is
the Main Mix by default.
If you have defined more than one output bus, you can specify the Main Mix by right-
clicking on the output name and selecting “Set ‘Out’ as Main Mix”. The Main Mix bus
is marked by a small speaker icon to the left of its name.
Outputs other than the Main Mix are not routed through the Control Room Mixer.
Ö By default, one stereo Monitor channel is created after installing Cubase.
Exclusive Assignment of Monitor Channels
Even though the port assignment to the Control Room channels is generally exclusive,
it can be useful to create Monitor channels that share device ports with each other as
well as inputs and outputs. This can be helpful if you use the same speakers as a
stereo pair and also as the left and right channels of a surround speaker configuration,
for example. Switching between monitors that share device ports is seamless, multi-
channel audio is mixed down to stereo as needed. Only one monitor set can be active
at a time.
If your scenario does not require you to assign ports to several Monitor channels, it is
recommended to activate the “Exclusive Device Ports for Monitor Channels” option in
the Preferences dialog (VST–Control Room page). This way you can make sure that
you do not accidentally assign ports to inputs/outputs and Monitor channels at the
same time.
Ö The state of the “Exclusive Device Ports for Monitor Channels” preference is saved
together with the Control Room presets. Therefore, if you recall a preset, your current
setting in the Preferences dialog might be overwritten.
Opening the Control Room
You can open the Control Room as a separate window or as part of the MixConsole.
• To open the Control Room in a separate window, open the Devices menu and
select “Control Room Mixer”.
• To open the Control Room in the MixConsole, click the “Set up Window Layout”
button in the MixConsole window and activate “Control Room/Meter”.
The Control Room section is displayed on the right in the MixConsole window.
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Some audio interfaces allow very flexible routing within the hardware itself. Certain
routing configurations may cause overloads and damage the speaker equipment.
Consult the hardware documentation for further information.