<p>The Mixer window on the other hand represents signal flow and is the window you will probably be using most when mixing a session. It includes elements called "channel strips" 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>It is possible to show a single channel strip in the editor window, and some people find this enough to work on mixing without actually opening the mixer window. Most of the time though, you will want both of these windows at various stages of a session's lifetime - sometimes you'll be focused on editing, sometimes on mixing and possibly some of the time on both.</p>
<p>The Mixer window on the other hand represents signal flow and is the window you will probably be using most when mixing a session. It includes elements called "channel strips" 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>It is possible to show a single channel strip in the editor window, and some people find this enough to work on mixing without actually opening the mixer window. Most of the time though, you will want both of these windows at various stages of a session's lifetime - sometimes you'll be focused on editing, sometimes on mixing and possibly some of the time on both.</p>