Apple 8 manual Changing the Routing of Channel Strips, To adjust the level of a channel strip

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To adjust the level of a channel strip:

To adjust the level of a channel strip:

mIn either the Mixer or Arrange (channel strips), grab the Level fader, and move it up or down.

A channel strip does not need to be selected in the Mixer to adjust parameters.

To adjust the panning (or balance) of a channel strip:

mClick on the center of the Pan/Balance control, and move the mouse vertically. Upwards movements pan to the right, and downwards movements pan to the left.

Adjustments pan the signal to the left or right on mono channels, but alter the balance between the left/right signals on stereo channels.

Changing the Routing of Channel Strips

It can be useful to send the signals of several channels to other channels, for a couple of reasons:

ÂTo share effects processors, such as a reverb or delay plug-in. This saves computer processing resources, as only one plug-in is used by all channels. Creatively, this can also ensure that a particular color, ambience, or timing (in the case of delays) is applied to all routed channels.

ÂTo sub-group several channels, such as a string section. This makes it easy to fade out all strings, while raising the level of the horn section (several channels routed to a different sub-group), for example.

Auxiliary channel strips are used for both purposes.

ÂWhen used as effect send/returns, simply insert the desired effect plug-ins into the auxiliary channel. The signals of channel strips sent to the aux channel strip are processed through plug-ins (on the aux channel), and returned to the channel strip(s).

ÂWhen aux channels are used as sub-groups, you can alter the panning and level of all channels routed to the aux by adjusting these controls on the auxiliary channel strip.

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Apple 8 manual Changing the Routing of Channel Strips, To adjust the level of a channel strip