Mixer Control Panel (MCP)
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Main Page > REAPER Documentation > Workspace
On the picture: 1) Master channel, 2) Tracks, 3) Docking tabs
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About
The Mixer Control Panel (MCP) is a place for adjusting volume, panning, inserting effects and more.
How to get there
If the MCP is not visible, you can display (or hide) it with:
- View > Mixer, or
- Shortcut Ctrl + M
Master channel (1)
- A - Insert effects
- C - Tab: Access more inserts
- B - Send:
- D - Master Fx on/off
- E - I/O: Manage your masters inputs and outputs
- F - Mono: Sums master ch1 and ch2 to mono, right-click for options
- G -
- Mute: Mutes your masterbus
- Solo: Solo your masterbus
- Envelopes: Click for enabling various envelopes for your master-bus. Right-click for many options and shortcuts
- H - Pan: Adjust your master panning here. Right-click for pan-law
- J - Master volume control
Master Menu (K)
This is the Master-menu (R4beta8):
- - Master Track
- - Show in mixer
- - Show on right side of mixer
- - Show in separate window
- - Show in docker
- - Show folders
- - Show normal top level tracks
- - Show tracks that are in folders
- - Show tracks that have receives
- - Scroll view when tracks activated
- - Auto-arrange tracks in Mixer
- - Group folders to left
- - Group tracks that have receives to left
- - Clickable icon for folder tracks to show/hide children
- - Show multiple rows of tracks when size permits
- - Show maximum rows even when tracks would fit in less rows
- - Show sends when size permits
- - Show FX inserts when size permits
- - Show FX parameters when size permits
- - Show track icons in Mixer
- - Show icon for last track in folder
- - Dock Mixer in Docker: See Docking
- - Close: Close the mixer
Master meter (I)
Shows audio-level according to settings (below).
Right-click (I) for Master VU-settings:
Track channels (2)
- O - Track icon
- P - Effects
- R - Tab: Access more effects
- Q - Line: Adjust hight
- S - Track sends:
- T - I/O: Manage track ins and outs
- V - Track name: Click to edit
- W - Pan: Pan your track. Right click for Pan mode and Pan law
- X -
- Mute: Mute track
- Solo: Solo track
- Monitor: Monitor your armed track
- Envelopes:
- Phase invert:
- R1 - Arm:
- F1 - Folder icon: Track is a folder, click for collapsing/expanding children
- N1 - Track number:
- S1 - Track scroll bar:
Docking (3)
The mixer is by default docked in the docker, but it can be floated like many other windows. Right-click empty area or tab, and choose check/uncheck "Dock Mixer in Docker"
