The Mix page is a vertical view of the plugin slots on the Rack page, laid out as a typical mixer.

The Rack page is unrivalled when it comes to plugin UI control whereas the Mix page uses a traditional mixer layout to give clear overview of levels and other channel parameters across all slots.

 

3.1 Instrument Channels

  1. The top of the instrument channel shows the hosted instrument plugin. Click to select a plugin from the popup list or drag and drop a patch from the browser pane. Once a plugin is loaded, click on the name to open the plugin window. Right-click to open the popup plugin list.
  2. Insert FX slots are immediately below. Click ‘+’ to create more insert FX slots, with a maximum of 4. The browser can also be used to load plugins and patches in created insert slots.
  3. To remove an insert FX slot, click ‘x’.
  4. Insert FX slot on/off. In addition, click on the Insert 1-4 label to select the slot. Only needed if browser type ‘Selected Slot Browser’ is selected. From the browser either double-click on a patch or drag and drop the patch on the target insert slot.
  5. Hosted FX plugin. Right-click to select from list. Once a plugin is loaded, click on the name to open the plugin window. Right-click to open the popup plugin list.
  6. If the Sends are hidden from view, click the > to show them.
  7. The send controls 1-4 are routed to Send Channels 1-4 respectively. If a plugin is loaded in Send Channel 1, the send 1 control on any of the instrument channels determines the level of signal from the instrument channel should be sent to the Send channel. When Send is set to 0, no signal is sent to the send channel.
  8. The Pre button changes the default post fader audio routing to pre fader. By default, the send signal is routed after the channels volume fader. Adjusting the channel volume by moving the fader will therefore result in a change to the send level. Sending the signal pre-fader means the signal stays constant and is sent to the send channel, even if the instrument channels volume is set to 0.
  9.  The Tag name field shows selected tags but the channel can also be custom named. Double-click on the field and type a name.
  10. Pan
  11. Channel Mute
  12. Channel Solo
  13. Volume
  14. Channel number
Nektarine Mixer view

3.2 Send Channels

The 4 send channels are structured similar to instrument channels with the ability to name a channel independently. Read all about send channels on the Rack: Send Channels page.