Control Room Channel

The Control Room channel is the representation of the bus that is set up as the Main Mix bus on the Outputs tab in the VST Connections window.

The following section contains a description of the individual controls.



  1. Activate Control Room Channel

    Allows you to activate/deactivate the Control Room channel.

  2. Signal Level

    Allows you to set the volume for the Control Room output. This does not affect the recording input level or the Main Mix level for exporting mixdowns. Ctrl/Cmd-click to set the level to the reference level specified in the Preferences dialog (VST–Control Room page).

  3. Signal Meter

    Shows the volume for the Control Room output.

  1. Source Selectors

    Allow you to select the source for the Control Room channel. The available sources depend on the channels that you added to the Control Room. The signal presence indicators in the upper left corner light up when the source channel is sending data to the Control Room channel.

  2. Dim Signal

    Activate this to lower the Control Room level by a fixed amount. This allows a quick reduction in monitor volume without disturbing the current monitor level. Clicking DIM again returns the monitor level to the previous setting.

  3. Use Reference Level

    Enable this button to set the Control Room level to the reference level specified in the Preferences dialog (VST–Control Room page). The reference level is the level that is used in calibrated mixing environments, such as film dubbing stages.

  4. Activate Metronome Click

    Activates the metronome click.



  1. Monitor Selectors

    Allow you to select another monitor source.

  2. Downmix Preset Selectors

    Allow you to select another downmix preset.

  3. Activate Talkback

    Allows you to activate talkback for communication between the Control Room and the performers in the studio. Click to activate, click and hold for momentary mode.



  1. Click Level and Click Pan

    Use the Click Level and Click Pan controls to set the volume and the pan position of the metronome click for the Control Room channel.

  2. AFL/PFL

    Allows you to determine whether the signal of a listen-enabled channel is routed to the Control Room channel after applying the fader and pan settings (AFL) or before applying the fader and pan settings (PFL).

  3. Enable Listen for Output

    Enables the listen bus function for the Control Room output.

  4. Listen Level

    Allows you to adjust the volume of listen bus signals that are routed to the Control Room output.

  5. Listen Dim

    Allows you to adjust the volume of the Main Mix when channels are in listen mode. This keeps listen-enabled channels in context with the Main Mix. If the Listen DIM level is set to the minimum value, you only hear the listen-enabled channels.

  6. Talk Dim

    When Talkback is active, this slider controls how much the output of all the channels in the Control Room Mixer is reduced, to prevent unwanted feedback.