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— Polarity: Inverts the polarity of the signal coming into the channel strip (sometimes referred to as “flipping the phase”). For example, you may have an input signal, like an explosion, where
the transient attack of the signal produces with a massively positive-going waveform (where the waveform mostly appears above the zero line). If you invert the polarity, the signal will now be mainly negative-going and the waveform will be concentrated beneath the zero line. Inverting polarity is sometimes used to more closely align signals from multiple microphones and can be used creatively to affect frequency response of such a signal.
— Trim Level: Allows you to trim the level of the signal coming off of disk, post the Track FX (which process directly off of disk) and pre all other effects. Trim Level appears post the recorded signal to disk and doesn’t affect the recording level. Trim is a playback adjustment and allows you to adjust the level of the signal coming into your mix to optimize the level feeding effects and the busses or to slightly trim an otherwise perfect element in the mix up or down in level.
Direct Output
Each audio channel strip can enable a direct output that can be used to feed any other input destination. You can patch this source using the Track Direct choice in the Patch Input/Output dialog via the Source drop-down. For more information see Chapter 167, “Setting Up Tracks, Busses, and Patching.”
— On/Off: Enables/disables the direct output.
— Pre: Sets the direct output tap-off point to be pre (before) the channel fader. On by default.
— Level Control: Sets the level from full off (minus infinity) to +10 dB. Default is 0.0 (unity gain).
Insert
Linked and identical to the Effects In button on the channel strip; here for convenience. If you hit one, it will enable the other. Switches all Fairlight FX, AU, or VST effects on a channel in or out of the signal path with a single switched control.
Input Menu with Legacy Fixed Bussing
When using the legacy Fixed Busing, the options there are a bit different. Here is how they look when that is enabled.
Input
The Patch Input/Output window appears set up to let you patch different inputs (such as the system audio input) to the tracks of the Timeline. This makes it fast for setting up audio inputs in preparation for recording.
Aux Bus
A shortcut to open the Patch Input/Output window (discussed previously in this chapter), which appears set up to let you patch different Aux busses to specific submix and Timeline track channels.
Sub Bus
A shortcut to open the Patch Input/Output window (discussed previously in this chapter), which appears set up to let you patch different Sub (submix) bus channels to specific Timeline track channels.