Track Inspector overview

The Track Inspector provides mixing controls for the currently selected audio track, MIDI track, Instrument track, bus or hardware output. The Track Inspector is essentially identical to a channel strip in the Console view. Any changes you make in the Track Inspector are reflected in the corresponding Console view channel strip, and vice versa. The Track Inspector modules can be shown/hidden independently from the corresponding Console view modules.

The Track Inspector is divided in two. The left strip shows mix controls for the current track/bus/hardware output. The right strip varies depending on the current track type, as shown in the following table.

Table 61. Track inspector controls  

Current track type	Left strip	Right strip
Audio	Selected audio track	Output of selected track or send
MIDI	Selected MIDI track	Arpeggiator, Input Quantize, Snap to Scale settings, MIDI chorus, MIDI reverb, Bank Select Method, Key+ and Time+ for selected MIDI track
Instrument	Selected Instrument track	Audio tab: Output of selected track or send MIDI tab: Arpeggiator, Input Quantize and Snap to Scale settings for selected Instrument track
Bus	Selected bus	Output of selected bus or send
Hardware Output	Selected hardware output	Blank

Showing both the current track and its output destination side-by-side makes it fast and easy to configure the desired audio routing.

Figure 264. The content displayed in the Track Inspector depends on the current track type.

A. Current audio track B. Output of current audio track C. Current MIDI track or Instrument track D. Advanced MIDI settings for current MIDI track or Instrument track (MIDI tab) E. Current Instrument track F. Output of current Instrument track (Audio tab) G. Selected bus H. Output of selected bus I. Selected hardware output J. The right strip is blank when showing hardware outputs

 

Note: When the current track is an Instrument track, you can show either audio output controls or advanced MIDI settings in the right strip by selecting the Audio tab or MIDI tab at the bottom of the Track Inspector.

To show a track/bus/hardware output in the Track Inspector

Do one of the following:

Click the desired track, bus or hardware output in the Track view or Console view.

Click the Track Name control in the Track Inspector to select any available track, bus or hardware output.

To lock the Track Inspector to a specific track or bus

Be default, the Track Inspector dynamically updates to show the current track. However, you can choose to always show a specific track or bus regardless of which track is current.

1.	Click the track or bus you want to show in the Track Inspector.

2.	Click the Track Name control in the Track Inspector and select Lock the current track or bus from the drop-down menu.

To unlock the track or bus, select Lock the current track or bus from the menu again.

 

See:

Track Inspector controls:

Audio track controls

Bus controls

MIDI track and Instrument track controls

Hardware Output controls

Properties Inspector overview

Inspectors