Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 829)

Chapter 23 Work in the Environment 829
Channel strip parameters
When you click a channel strip of any type (audio, software instrument, aux, output, master, input,
or bus), the following common parameters are accessible:
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Assignable checkbox: Makes the channel strip assignable from the Reassign Track shortcut
menu in the Tracks area; Control-click the track header.
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Device pop-up menu: Click the visible device name (Core Audio, for example) to reassign the
selected channel strips to a different hardware device.
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Channel pop-up menu: Click the visible channel name (Audio 1, for example), and choose
the channel strip type from the submenus. This is how you can reassign a (newly created or
existing) channel strip object (an audio channel strip is the default for new objects) to other
channel strip types. You can choose from:
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Audio: The default channel strip type, used as the destination for audio tracks.
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Input: Primarily retained for compatibility with projects created in earlier versions of
Logic Pro.
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Aux: Auxiliary channel strip, used as send returns for all channel strips (via Sends), as
subgroup channels, and as individual output destinations for multichannel software
instruments (EXS24 mkII, for example).
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Instrument: Used as the destination for (software) instrument tracks.
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Output: Represents the physical outputs of your audio interface. You can choose either mono
or stereo (paired) outputs.
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Bus: Primarily retained for compatibility with projects created in earlier versions of Logic Pro.
The functions of bus objects are now performed with (the more flexible) aux channel strips
in Logic Pro.
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Master: Only one master channel strip can exist in a project. This is the master volume
control for all channel strip types (except external MIDI channel strips).
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MIDI Channel pop-up menu: Choose a MIDI channel that can be used to control the
channel strip.
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Q-Reference checkbox: Allows you to use the transients of regions on tracks that reference the
channel strip for audio quantization, if part of an Edit Group.
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Flex Mode pop-up menu: Choose a flex algorithm that can be used to process the audio
material on the selected channel strip.
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Show checkboxes: Select the corresponding checkbox to show EQs, Inserts, Sends, and I/Os on
the selected channel strip or strips.