Chapter 2: Pro Tools Concepts 9
trol the output gain to the mix bus for that
channel, while MIDI channel strip faders send
MIDI volume data (MIDI controller 7) to the
MIDI instrument.
Signal Routing
Pro Tools provides software-based mixing and
signal routing controls, which are located in the
Mix window. Some of these controls can also be
accessed from the Edit window.
A common signal routing task is to submix mul-
tiple tracks to a single channel strip (such as an
Auxiliary Input) for shared processing and level
control. The following example shows three au-
dio tracks submixed to a stereo Auxiliary Input.
Channel strip in the Mix window (audio track)
The term MIDI channel also describes a
separate aspect of MIDI operation. See
“MIDI” on page 12.
Submixing to an Auxiliary Input
Input from
stereo bus
path
Stereo
plug-in
Output to
stereo output
path
Outputs to
stereo bus
path
Inserts
Sends
Auxiliary
Input track
Audio tracks