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3.Use the pop-up menus at the bottom of the window to route each ac-
tive bus to an output pair on your audio hardware.
4.To rename a bus, click on its label and type in a new name.
5.Set the output levels for each active bus.
Dragging one of the faders for a bus will automatically move the other fader as well. To 
move the left or right fader for a bus independently, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag, 
or deactivate the stereo link switch for the fader pair.
Routing channels to...

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Routing an effect send to a bus or group
All group channels and active buses will also appear on the effect 
send pop-up menus. This allows you to route a send directly to a 
group (for stereo send effects – see page 116) or to an output, for 
use with external effects, etc. The routing is done by selecting a group 
or bus on the send pop-up menu in the send section (extended mixer 
panel or Channel Settings window). 

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Utility functions
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 link group. 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 follows:
1.Press [Shift] and click on the channel name field for all the channels 
that you want to Link.
Selected channels are...

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What will be linked?
The following rules apply for linked channels:
• Fader levels will be “ganged”.
The relative level offset between channels will be kept if you move a linked channel fader.
The three channels shown are linked. Pulling down one fader changes the levels for 
all three channels, but keeps the relative level mix.
• Any individual channel settings you have made before linking will remain until 
you alter the same setting for any of the linked channels.
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Copying settings between channels
It is possible to copy all channel settings for a channel and paste them 
into another channel. This applies to both channel types (you can e.g. 
copy EQ settings from an instrument channel and apply these to a 
group channel or vice versa). Proceed as follows:
1.Select the channel from which you want to copy settings by clicking its 
channel name field (a highlighted name indicates a selected channel).
You can also select channels with the...

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Initialize Channel
The Initialize Channel button can be found at the bottom of the Chan-
nel Settings common panel. It resets the selected channel to the de-
fault setting. Default settings are:
• All EQ, Insert and Send effect settings are deactivated and reset.
• Solo/Mute is deactivated.
• The fader is set to 0dB.
• Pan is set to center position.
Changing the meter characteristics
You can change the Mixer’s level meters characteristics for audio 
channels: right-click anywhere...

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Saving Mixer settings
It is possible to save complete Mixer settings for selected or all audio 
channels in the Mixer. These can then later be loaded into any project. 
Channel settings are saved as Mixer settings files. These have the 
Windows file extension “.vmx”. 
Right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) somewhere on the Mixer 
panel or in the Channel Settings window brings up the Mixer context 
menu where four Save/Load items can be found. The following op-
tions are...

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Loading Mixer settings 
Load Selected Channels
To load Mixer settings saved for selected channels, proceed as follows:
1.Select the same number of channels in the new project to match the 
number of channels you saved settings for in the previous project.
For example, if you saved settings for six channels, then select six channels in the Mixer.
•Mixer settings will be applied in the same order as they appear in the 
Mixer, when saved. 
Thus, if you save settings from channels 4,...

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Load Master Fx
This item allows you to load Master effect combinations and settings.
1.Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) the mixer panel to pull down the 
context menu, and select “Load Master Fx”.
A standard file dialog appears, where you can locate the saved file.
2.Click “Open” to recall the saved Master Effects.
Load All Mixer Settings
Selecting “Load All Mixer Settings” from the context menu allows you 
to open a saved Mixer Settings file, and have the stored settings...

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