Control Behavior of the Volume Fader

Depending on whether a track is recording MIDI or audio, and whether the audio signal of a software synthesizer is being processed in that track, the volume fader can perform different control functions.

The audio output of a software synthesizer is in the simplest case generated, processed and mixed on the same track as the MIDI data that this instrument receives. This gives several options how the volume fader of this track controls the volume of an instrument: the level of the generated audio signal, the velocity of the MIDI notes or the MIDI volume (MIDI controller CC7). These are not identical parameters: It is possible, for example, to place a MIDI instrument played loudly at high velocity quietly in the mix on the audio side and vice versa. For this reason, you can select the mode for volume faders via the fader's context menu:

• Audio track volume: The fader controls the volume of the track's audio output. This is the default setting for new tracks. (This may differ in project templates)

• MIDI velocity (scaling): The slider scales the MIDI velocity of MIDI notes on the track.

• Audio volume and MIDI velocity: The two previous options can also be combined.

• MIDI Volume (CC7): Controller 7 (MIDI Volume) is the standard controller assignment used to control the volume in MIDI sound generators themselves.

• No MIDI Volume (CC7) Change: This option is only available when MIDI Volume is selected and is enabled by default when this option is selected. This has the following reason: The standard behavior of a volume control is that it does not influence the track volume in the 0dB position. There is no such "neutral" position for the MIDI controller CC7. Therefore, when switching to CC7, sending the volume control is first prevented with this option. It is automatically deactivated as soon as you pull the volume control.