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Instrument

Instrument Tracks in the Arrange view have no directly corresponding Channels. An Instrument Track outputs to a virtual

instrument, and the virtual instrument then creates sound. Thus, virtual instruments output audio to Instrument Channels

in the Console. A virtual instrument might have any number of outputs, as described in the Set Up Multiple Virtual

Instrument Outputs section of the Recording chapter, and each has a corresponding Channel in the Console.

Bus

The audio output of multiple Channels can be routed directly to a single Bus Channel, which is always a stereo Channel.

This lets you create a submix so that the audio from several Channels can be processed together before being routed to

the main output. Although less common, it is also possible to use Sends to route audio to Bus Channels.

For instance, several drum Tracks might be routed to a Drum Bus, where the audio is compressed and equalized, and

then routed to the main output. That audio could also be routed to an FX Channel, through a Send, to apply a reverb

effect, which would be applied to all audio routed to that FX Channel.

FX Channels are what are traditionally known as effects return channels, used to apply effects to multiple signals

simultaneously through the use of Sends. Audio can be routed from any Channel through a Send to an FX Channel, which

can have any number of effects inserted in its Insert Device Rack. For instance, several keyboard Tracks and a guitar

Track could be routed via Sends to an FX Channel with a reverb plug-in inserted, so that all of the instruments sound like

they are in the same physical space.

Dragging an audio effect or FX Chain to the Send slot of a Channel in the Console creates a new FX Channel with the

same name as the effect or FX Chain, and routes audio from the original Channel to the new FX Channel, via a Send.

Output

Output Channels are routed directly to hardware audio outputs and can be stereo or mono, depending on the configured

outputs to which they connect. Every Song has at least one stereo Output Channel, which is named Main Out by default.

The Main Out is, by default, where the entire Console mix of all other Channels is routed. You generally listen to this output

when monitoring your mix, as this is the output from which exported mixdowns are derived.

The Main Out Channel is always locked to the far right end of the Console and cannot be moved. This output features a

stereo Peak/RMS Meter, as well as K-System Metering. Other configured hardware outputs are represented in the

Console by a type of Output Channel called a Sub Out. Sub Outs appear to the right of the mixer when the Outputs panel is

open.

The Main Out and Sub Out Channels feature Metronome controls, allowing independent metronome on/off and level

control for each hardware output. Note that every stereo Output Channel also features a Mono switch to allow for quick

summed-mono monitoring, which is commonly used to check a mix for mono compatibility.

Console Options

Click the Options button (shaped like a wrench) to bring up a menu with options that let you shape the behavior of the

Console to suit your needs and organizational style. The following options are available:

Grouping Options

Keep FXchannels to the right Enable this to cause all FX Channels to be placed together, at the right end of

the Console. This can aid in keeping track of FXChannels in a large-scale Song.

Keep bus channels to the right Enable this to cause all Bus Channels to be placed together, at the right end

of the Console. This can aid in keeping track of Bus Channels in a large-scale Song.

Preserve order of busses with folder trackEnable this to ensure that any Bus Channels that are associated

with a Folder Track remain next to the Folder Track's enclosed Channels when the Keep Bus Channels to the

Right option is enabled.

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