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23.5 Copy and Paste everywhere
The above three tips use functions found in the right click context menu available on all chan-
nels of the TotalMix FX mixer view. These menus are also available in the Matrix, but only di-
rectly on the channel labels. They are self-explanatory and automatically adjust to where the
click is performed. The input channels offer
Clear, Copy input, Paste the input mix
and
Paste its
FX
. On a playback channel
Copy, Paste
and
Clear the playback mix
are available. On an output
channel
Copy
and
Mirror
functionality for the current submix and
copying
of the FX settings is
offered.
These options are very advanced and mighty tools to quickly do the impossible. Still there is no
need to fear breaking something, as a simple click (or several) on the Undo button will get you
back to where you started!
23.6 Recording a Submix - Loopback
TotalMix includes an internal loopback function, from the Hardware Outputs to the recording
software. Instead of the signal at the hardware input, the signal at the hardware output is sent to
the record software. This way, submixes can be recorded without an external loopback cable.
Also the playback from a software can be recorded by another software.
The function is activated by the
Loopback
button in the Settings panel of the Hardware Out-
puts. In loopback mode, the signal at the hardware input of the corresponding channel is no
longer sent to the recording software, but still passed through to TotalMix. Therefore TotalMix
can be used to route this input signal to any hardware output. Using the subgroup recording, the
input can still be recorded on a different channel.
As each of the 6 stereo hardware outputs can be routed to the record software, and none of
these hardware inputs get lost, TotalMix offers an overall flexibility and performance not rivalled
by any other solution.
The risk of feedbacks, a basic problem of loopback methods, is low, because the feedback can
not happen within the mixer, only when the audio software is switched into monitoring mode.