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17.3. MIXER AND DEVICE CLIP ENVELOPES
17.3.1
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Modulating Mixer Volumes and Sends
Notice that there are actually two volume modulations: Clip Volume and Mixer Volume.
The latter is a modulation for the mixer's gain stage and therefore affects the post-effect
signal. To prevent confusion, a small dot below the mixer's volume slider thumb indicates
the actual, modulated volume setting.
Modulating the Mixer
Volume. The Little Dot
Below the Volume Slider
Thumb Represents the
Modulated Volume
Setting.
As you raise and lower the Volume slider, you can observe the dot following your movement
in a relative fashion.
Modulating the track's Send controls is just as easy. Again, the modulation is a relative
percentage: The clip envelope cannot open the send further than the Send knob, but it can
reduce the actual send value to minus in nite dB.
17.3.2
Modulating Pan
The Pan envelope affects the mixer pan stage in a relative way: The pan knob's position
determines the intensity of the modulation. With the pan knob set to the center position,
modulation by the clip envelope can reach from hard left to hard right; the modulation
amount is automatically reduced as you move the pan knob towards the left or right. When
the pan knob is turned all the way to the left, for instance, the pan clip envelope has no
effect at all.
Modulating a Send. The
Send Knob's Position
Ring Indicates the
Modulated Value.