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title: The Mixer
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<figure class="right">
	<img src="/images/mixer_split.png" alt="Ardour's mixer window">
	<figcaption>
		<ol class="multicol3">
			<li>Main menu</li>
			<li>Status bar</li>
			<li>Transport bar & Times</li>
</ol><ol class="multicol3" start="4">
			<li>Mode switch</li>
			<li value="6">a track's Strip</li>			
			<li value="8">The Mixer window</li>
</ol><ol class="multicol3" start="9">
			<li>Favorite plugins</li>
			<li>Strips list</li>
			<li>Group list</li>
			<li>Master strip</li>
		</ol>
	</figcaption>
</figure>

<p>
  The <dfn>Mixer</dfn> window represents signal flow and
  is the window you will probably be using most when mixing a session. It
  includes <dfn>channel strips</dfn> for each track and bus in your session.
  It has a general "vertical" sense to it: signals flow from the top of each
  channel strip through the processing elements in the strip to reach the
  output listed at the bottom.
</p>

<p>This section describes the Mixer. To learn more about the process of mixing, see 
<a href="/mixing/">Mixing<a>.</p>







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