Input and output assignment

In (Input)

At the very top of the channel strip, you specify the input and recording mode for the track.

Note: Since tracks in Music Studio process MIDI and audio, it is actually not quite correct to speak of audio tracks or MIDI tracks. We use these terms here as shorthand for "tracks that record audio" and "tracks that record MIDI".

  • Record arms the track for recording and corresponds to the Record Arm button.

  • Below this you can see the available audio and MIDI inputs. Select here the input at which the desired signal is present. For MIDI tracks, <ALL> is preset, which means that all available MIDI input devices are recorded.

  • Stereo: You can select a pair of inputs and a two-channel stereo input signal will be recorded.

  • Mono: You can select a single input and a single channel mono input signal will be recorded.

  • Mono In / StereoFX You can select a single input and a single-channel mono input signal will be recorded, but the track itself will remain a stereo track where the effect calculation will be performed in stereo.

  • Audio recording / MIDI recording determines whether you want to record audio or MIDI input on the track. It is automatically switched to MIDI if you load a software instrument into the track.

  • With MIDI tracks, you can select the output of the VSTi whose audio is to be played back on the track at Instrument outputs. This also works for audio tracks: If the track is set to audio, you can select the VSTi output from all VST instruments in the project as audio input there and thus record the audio output of the instruments. The selected hardware audio input of this track will then be ignored.

    See also Routing software instruments and VST Instrument Manager

    To record the actual audio input on an audio track again, select No VSTi (Audio Recording).

Output

The stereo master, another stereo output or a Submix bus can be selected as the track's output. In the MIDI section of the menu, you can set the MIDI (VST) output device here.

The stereo master output is labeled with and (M) and is the default output.