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+<figure class="right">
+ <img src="/images/foldback-gui.png" alt="The Foldback strip">
+ <figcaption>
+ The Foldback strip
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<p>
+ The <dfn>Foldback section</dfn> is an optional feature that provides stage monitoring mixes.
+ Many times the main mix is used for this purpose is a setup with only the control room. However,
+ for a separate studio and multiple monitor mixes for in ear use, a separate set of foldback
+ buses provides that flexability.
+</p>
+<p>
+ These foldback buses may be mono for a stage monitor wedge or stereo to allow
+ inear or headphones to have different mixes for each ear, such as one's self in one
+ ear and the rest of the music in the other.
+</p>
+<p>
+ A foldback mixer strip can be created on the fly by creating a Foldback Bus in the same manner
+ as any other bus is created, from the
+ <kbd class="menu">Track > Add Track, Bus or VCA</kbd> Window. Once at least one
+ Foldback bus has been created, the Foldback strip will appear in the mixer window
+</p>
+<p>
+ The <kbd class="menu">View > Mixer: Show Foldback Strip</kbd> checkbox will determine if the
+ Foldback strip is visible. The Foldback strip appears Just to the left of the Master strip in the
+ Mixer window. It comprises:
+</p>
+<ol>
+ <li>Previous and Next buttons</li>
+ <!--li>Detach/attach control. This separates the Foldback strip into its own floating window</li-->
+ <li>Hide button</li>
+ <li>Foldback bus name button</li>
+ <li>Invert button</li>
+ <li>Show sends button</li>
+ <li>Send controls</li>
+ <li>Bus pan control</li>
+ <li>Processor box</li>
+ <li>Listen button</li>
+ <li>Foldback bus level control</li>
+ <li>Foldback bus output routing</li>
+ <li>Comments button</li>
+</ol>
+
+<h2>Previous and Next</h2>
+
+<p>
+ The Previous button shows the previous Foldback bus in the Foldback strip.
+ The Next button shows the next Foldback strip. The button will be disabled
+ if there are no nore Foldback buses in that direction.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Hide</h2>
+<p>
+ The hide button hides the Foldback strip when not being adjusted.
+ The Foldback strip can be shown again from the main menu
+ <kbd class="menu">View > Mixer: Show Foldback Strip</kbd> item.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Name button</h2>
+<p>
+ The name button shows the name of the current Foldback bus. It has two
+ menus the Foldback bus selection menu, activated with a mouse button 1
+ click and the context menu, activated with a mouse button 3 click. The
+ context menu has these items in it:
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Comments</kbd> is the same as the Comments button
+ at the bottom of the strip</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Outputs</kbd> shows the output routing grid</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Save as a template</kbd> opens the template save
+ dialog. The template saved has the same number of channels and the same
+ processors but does not have any sends selected.</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Rename</kbd> shows a rename dialog that allows the Foldback
+ bus name to be renamed</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Active</kbd> toggles The active status of the current
+ Foldback bus</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Protect Against Denormals</kbd> turns on denormal
+ protection for the current Foldback bus</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Remove</kbd> will remove the current Foldback bus</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Invert Buttons</h2>
+<p>
+ The invert buttons (one for each channel) invert the audio signal. This
+ may be useful in some situations for controlling feedback. However,
+ proper microphone and monitor placement or the use of head phones
+ or in ear monitoring will be more effective.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Show Sends</h2>
+<p>
+ Show sends allows the send levels and pan to be controlled from the
+ originating track by using the main fader for the track. The fader and
+ pan controls will change color to indicate this mode and the show sends
+ button will flash to indicate this mode. Changing the current Foldback
+ bus will disable this mode.
+</p>
+
+<h2>The Send Box</h2>
+<p>
+ The send box shows controls for each send. There is a context menu available
+ by clicking mouse button 3 anywhere in the send box.
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Assign Selected Tracks</kbd> creates foldback sends on each
+ selected track that feed the current Foldback bus</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Assign Selected Tracks and Buses</kbd> creates foldback sends on each
+ selected track and bus that feed the current Foldback bus</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Copy track/bus gains to sends</kbd> Sets the gain on the send to be the
+ same as the gain of the track or bus the send comes from for the current
+ Foldback bus</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Set sends gain to -inf</kbd> sets the gain on all sends
+ for the current Foldback bus to -inf (the lowest gain possible)</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Set sends gain to 0dB</kbd> sets the gain on all sends
+ for the current Foldback bus to 0dB</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>The Send Control Block</h3>
+<p>
+ <img src="/images/foldback-send.png" alt="The Foldback send">
+</p>
+<p>
+ There is a send control block for every send to the current Foldback
+ bus. The Send control block features three controls:
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li>The button which shows the Foldback bus' name, has an active "LED"
+ indicator and has a context menu (mouse button 3) with items for that
+ send</li>
+ <li>The knob, only present on a stereo Foldback bus, which controls
+ the pan azimuth</li>
+ <li>The horizontal slider which control the level input from that channel</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+ The button LED can be clicked to enable or disable that send, the button
+ context menu is similar to the send box above but only for this send. It
+ also has a remove option to remove this send from the current foldback mix.
+</p>
+
+<h2>The Pan Control</h2>
+<p>
+ This is just like every other track or bus strip and works the same way.
+</p>
+
+<h2>The Processor Box</h2>
+<p>
+ This processor box is the same as on the other tracks and buses and allows
+ for adding things like reverb to the foldback mix without writing it to the track.
+ It would also be possible to add in sound from a reverb bus instead.
+</p>
+
+<h2>The Listen Button</h2>
+<p>
+ This is only available in PFL or AFL mode as it uses the same code as
+ the solo on other tracks and buses. It allows the control room monitor
+ or headphones to hear what the performer will hear in their monitor.
+</p>
+
+<h2>The Foldback Level Knob</h2>
+<p>
+ This controls the output level being sent to the stage monitor.
+</p>
+
+<h2>The Output Port Selector</h2>
+<p>
+ This is similar to the output selectors on the tracks and buses. It
+ differs in only a few ways. First it is never automatically connected.
+ A Foldback bus is always meant to be directly connected to an output
+ device and never to master or the monitor bus. The choices shown
+ Therefore reflect this.
+</p>
+<h2>The Comment Button</h2>
+<p>
+ Just like the track and bus comment button, this allows opening a
+ window to type in notes about the current foldback bus for future
+ reference.
+</p>
+
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