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The Transpose functions
4.Set the transpose value to 8 semitones.
As “Keep Transpose in Octave Range” is activated, your chord will now 
be transposed to the nearest interval or pitch. 
Your chord has been transposed to the nearest pitch, this results in 
G#2/C3/D#3.
!If you mainly work with audio loops, we recommend 
to activate “Keep Transpose in Octave Range”.  

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The mixer 

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The mixer
About this chapter
This chapter contains detailed information about the ele-
ments used when mixing audio and MIDI, and the various 
ways you can configure the mixer. 
Some mixer-related features are not described in this 
chapter. These are the following:
Setting up and using audio effects.
See the chapter “Audio effects” on page 168.
Setting up and using MIDI effects.
See the chapter “MIDI realtime parameters and effects” on page 342.
Surround Sound.
See the chapter “Surround sound” on...

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Overview
The mixer offers a common environment for controlling 
levels, pan, solo/mute status etc. for both audio and MIDI 
channels. 
Opening the mixer
The mixer can be opened in several ways:
By selecting Mixer from the Devices menu.
By clicking the Mixer icon on the toolbar
This always opens the first Mixer window (see below).
By using a key command (by default [F3]).By clicking the Mixer button in the Devices panel.
You open the Devices panel by selecting Show Panel from the Devices...

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You can also save channel configurations as View sets 
(see “Channel view sets” on page 129), which are then 
accessible from all mixer windows.
These features are very convenient when working with 
large projects. Considering the number of different chan-
nel types that can be shown in the mixer, they could even 
be described as necessary!
The use of multiple mixer windows combined with the abil-
ity to recall different mixer configurations enables you to 
focus on the task at hand and...

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Configuring the mixer
As mentioned earlier, the mixer windows can be config-
ured in various ways to suit your needs and to save screen 
space. Here follows a run through of the various view op-
tions (the following descriptions assume that you have an 
active project containing some tracks):
Normal vs. Extended channel strips
You have the option of selecting normal or extended chan-
nel strips and whether to show the input and output set-
tings at the top of the channel strips. Proceed as...

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Selecting globally from the common panel
1.Open any of the mixer windows.
The leftmost strip is called the common panel and is always shown in the 
mixer. It contains various global settings and options relating to the mixer. 
For more information, see “The common panel” on page 131.
2.Make sure that the extended panel of the mixer is visible.
In the extended area of the common panel, you can see a 
vertical row of icons. These act as buttons and determine 
globally what is displayed in the...

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Setting the width of channel strips
The Channel Narrow/Wide button
Narrow channel strips contain a narrow fader, miniature 
buttons, and the View options pop-up.
If you have selected to show parameters in the extended section, only the 
channel overview or the Meter can be shown in narrow mode. (The pa-
rameters will be shown again when you return to wide mode.)
Wide and narrow channel strips
When selecting “All targets narrow” or “All targets 
wide” on the common panel, all channel strips...

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2.Repeat this for all channels you want to hide.
3.Click the top “hide button” (Hide Channels set to 
“Can Hide”) on the common panel.
This hides all channels set to “Can Hide”. To show them again, click the 
Hide button again or click the button at the bottom on the common panel 
(“Reveal All Channels”).
Below the top hide button, there are three additional “Can 
Hide” buttons.
Channel view sets
Channel view sets are saved configurations of the mixer 
windows, allowing you to quickly...

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The audio-related channel strips
The mixer in normal mode (faders and Routing View visible), showing 
(from left to right): the common panel, a stereo audio channel, a group 
channel, an instrument channel, an effect return channel and a VST In-
strument channel strip.
All audio-related channel types (audio, instrument track, 
input/output channels, group, effect return, VST Instru-
ment and ReWire) basically have the same channel strip 
layout, with the following differences:
 Only audio...