Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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The Mixer
EQ bypass
Whenever one or several EQ modules are activated for a 
channel, the EQ button lights up in green in the Mixer 
channel strip, Inspector (Equalizer and Channel sections), 
track list, and Channel Settings window (top right corner 
of the EQ section).
You can also bypass all EQ modules. This is useful, as it 
allows you to compare the sound with and without EQ. 
Proceed as follows:
•In the Mixer, the track list and in the Channel section in 
the Inspector, click the EQs state...

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The Mixer
Proceed as follows:
1.In the Mixer, select the channel you want to copy set-
tings from.
2.On the common panel, click the “Copy First Selected 
Channel’s Settings” button.
3.Select the channel(s) you want to copy the settings to 
and click the “Paste Settings to Selected Channels” but
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ton (below the “Copy First Selected Channel Settings” 
button).
The settings are applied to the selected channel(s).
You can copy channel settings between different types of 
channels, but only those...

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The Mixer
Saving and loading Mixer settings
It is possible to save complete Mixer settings for all or all 
selected audio-related channels in the Mixer. These can 
later be loaded into any project. Channel settings are 
saved as Mixer settings files. These have the file extension 
“.vmx”. 
Saving selected channels or all Mixer settings
Right-clicking somewhere in the Mixer panel or in the 
Channel Settings window brings up the context menu 
where the following Save options can be found:
•“Save...

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The Mixer
Routing
When you play back an audio track (or any other audio-re-
lated channel), you route it to an output bus. In the same 
way, when you record on an audio track you select from 
which input bus the audio is received.
The input and output routing for a channel can be set up 
via the Inspector or the Mixer. For large projects, it is con
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venient to use the Mixer for this, since it allows you to set 
inputs and outputs for multiple channels at the same time. 
•In the Inspector, you can...

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The Mixer
Routing audio to output busses in the Mixer
Output busses let you route audio from the program to the 
outputs on your audio hardware. To route the output of an 
audio channel to one of the active busses, proceed as fol
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lows:
1.Make sure that the routing panel is visible (see “Nor-
mal vs. extended channel strips” on page 148).
2.Pull down the Output Routing pop-up menu at the top 
of the channel strip and select one of the busses.
This pop-up menu contains the output busses configured in...

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The Mixer
MIDI-specific procedures
This section describes basic procedures for MIDI chan-
nels in the Mixer.
MIDI channel strips
The MIDI channel strips allow you to control volume and 
pan in your MIDI instrument (provided that the instrument 
is set up to receive the corresponding MIDI messages). 
The settings here are also available in the Inspector for 
MIDI tracks.
Options for extended MIDI channel strips
When using the extended view (see “Normal vs. extended 
channel strips” on page 148), the...

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The Mixer
Every MIDI channel has its own Channel Settings window.Utilities
Link/Unlink channels
This function is used to “link” selected channels in the 
Mixer so that any change applied to one channel will be 
mirrored by all channels in that group. Only channels of 
the same type (audio-related or MIDI) can be linked with 
each other. You can link as many channels as you like, and 
you can also create as many groups of linked channels as 
you like. To link channels in the Mixer, proceed as...

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The Mixer
What will be linked?
The following rules apply to linked channels:
•Only level, mute, solo, select, monitor and record enable 
will be linked between channels.
Effect/EQ/pan/input and output routing settings are not linked.
•Any individual channel settings you have made before 
linking will remain until you alter the same setting for any of 
the linked channels.
For example, if you link three channels and one of them was muted at the 
time you applied the Link Channel function, this channel...

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The Mixer
VST Mixer Diagrams
Channel Objects
!Note that the AFL/PFL Listen Bus architecture is 
available only in Cubase. 

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The Mixer
Control Room Objects (Cubase only)