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 Samplitude 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).

  • Tracks: You can select and record audio output from other tracks, buses, or the master as the track's input.

Output

The stereo master, another stereo output, a Submix bus and/or a surround bus can be selected as the output of the track. In the MIDI section of the menu, you can set the MIDI (VST) output device here.With No output you do not assign an output to the channel strip.

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

You can route the output signal of a channel to multiple hardware outputs, busses, or masters simultaneously, for example, to create a stereo mix in the same project alongside a surround mix, or for monitoring a mix on different speaker systems.

Select additional stereo audio outputs by clicking on them while holding the Ctrl key.

If you set the AUX section of the channel to Show outputs by right-clicking on it, you have an overview of the used outputs.

By right-clicking, you can set the selected output as "Direct Out" (knob display red), "Pre-Fader Out" (knob display yellow) or as "Post-Fader Out" (knob display orange) or call up the Stereo panning dialog for panorama determination for the respective output.

If you have routed a track output to a bus or master with a different number of channels, e.g. a surround bus to an additional stereo master, you can access the UpMix or DownMix matrix with Ctrl + right-click on the fader of the output or via the menu entry at the bottom of the output menu of the bus.

To unassign the output to a single output, click the Out button again, hold the Ctrl key and select the output you want to disable.

You can also get a good overview of all assigned outputs in the matrix display of the routing manager.