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3:6 Using the mixer
Selecting channels
Click anywhere on a channel in order to select it.
When a channel is selected, its settings are shown in the
following parts of the mixer page:
• FX rack
• Sends inspector in Utility panel
• Kit-piece inspector in Utility panel (if a kit-piece channel is
selected)
The selected channel is highlighted.
Selecting multiple channels
You can select multiple channels in order to manipulate
their controls simultaneously.
• CTRL-click on a channel (Windows)
• COMMAND-click on a channel (Mac)
Adds the channel to the current selection.
• SHIFT-click
Selects all channels between the SHIFT-clicked channel
and the existing selection.
All selected channels are highlighted.
In addition, one of the channels is the ‘primary selection’,
and is highlighted brighter than the other selected channels.
Its settings are shown in the FX rack, sends inspector and
kit-piece inspector.
Clicking on any other selected channel results in it becom-
ing the primary selection.
Clicking on any unselected channel selects it and clears the current selection.
Manipulating multiple channels
When multiple channels are selected, you can manipulate their main controls together (with the exception of the channel context
menu). The controls you can manipulate in this way are the level fader, mute/solo functions, record enable, phase invert and the
channel output routing selector.
• Adjusting a control on one of the selected channels results in the control being changed for all selected channels.
• Holding down ALT while adjusting a control on one of the selected channels results in the control being inversely affected on all
the other selected channels. This functionality does not include the channel output routing selector.
• Holding down the ALT and SHIFT keys while setting the channel output routing results in the selected channels being set to
ascending destinations of the same type (i.e. either outputs or aux channels).
Rearranging channels on the mixer
You may want to move channels around in the mixer in order to suit personal preference. In order to do this, click on a channel’s
selection bar and drag it left or right as desired.
Channel processing order
There is one important caveat when rearranging channels. The processing order in the mixer is defined from left to right. You
cannot route a channel’s output or sends to another channel to its left. It must always be to a channel on its right. BFD2 does not
allow you to move any channel that contains a valid routing to a position in the mixer that would break this rule. The master chan-
nel, for example, must always be at the extreme right of the mixer, and cannot be moved to any other position.
The above shot shows the snare channels selected,
with the Snare1 Bot channel being the primary selection.
