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Adding multiple busses

1.Click the Audio Properties button () on the Mixer window. The Project Properties dialog appears with the Audio tab displaying.

2.In the Number of stereo busses box, enter the desired number of busses (up to 25) to appear in the Mixer window.

Enter the number of busses

3.Click OK to add the specified number of busses and close the Project Properties dialog. The new busses appear in the Mixer window.

Deleting busses from a project

You can remove busses from your project at any time. When you remove a bus from a project, any tracks assigned to it are reassigned to the Master bus.

Deleting a bus

Right-click the bus to be deleted in the Mixer window and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Deleting multiple busses

1.Click the Audio Properties button () on the Mixer window. The Project Properties dialog appears with the Audio tab displaying.

2.In the Number of stereo busses box, enter the desired number of busses to appear in the Mixer window.

3.Click OK. All tracks assigned to a deleted bus are reassigned to the Master bus in the Mixer window.

Routing a bus to another bus

If you have multiple busses, you can use bus-to-bus routing to create subgroups.

1.Add busses to your project. For more information, see Adding busses to a project on page 183.

2.In the Mixer window, click the Playback Device Selector button on the bus you want to route and choose a bus from the menu.

•The button is displayed as a when a bus is routed to the master bus.

•The bus letter is displayed (, , and so on) when a bus is routed to another bus.

•The button is displayed as a when a bus is routed to a hardware output.

Routing busses to hardware

You can assign busses to use specific hardware for output. When you installed the software, it automatically detected the hardware available for output on your computer. For more information, see Audio tab on page 342.

1.From the Options menu, choose Preferences and click the Audio device tab.

2.From the Audio device type drop-down list, choose Windows Classic Wave Driver or an ASIO™ driver.

Note: If you select Microsoft Sound Mapper in the Audio device type drop-down list on the Audio tab, you will not be able to assign the bus to a different device.

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