11.3 Tweaking the Mixer Display
The mixer right-click context menu gives you many options for tweaking your display, for example, to add an icon to folders so that child tracks can be hidden or displayed with a single click.
Kind: concept (user-guide-section) Chapter: 11 The Mixer and The Master Source: REAPER User Guide v7.70
The mixer right-click context menu gives you many options for tweaking your display, for example, to add an icon to folders so that child tracks can be hidden or displayed with a single click. If the mixer is docked, this menu is also available by right clicking over the mixer’s docker tab.
Menu option Purpose
Master Track
Leads to a sub-menu of toggle options for Master Track:
Show in mixer Show on right side of mixer Show in separate window Show in docker
View, Floating Mixer Master (from REAPER's main menu) can be used to also display the Mixer Master in its own window.
Show folders
Determines whether track folders are shown.
Show normal top level tracks
Determines whether tracks not in folders are shown.
Show tracks that are in folders
Determines whether tracks in folders are shown.
Show tracks that have receives
Determines whether tracks with receives are shown.
Scroll view when track activated
If there is not sufficient room in Mixer view to display all tracks, the mixer will scroll to follow the TCP track selection.
Auto-arrange tracks in Mixer
Mixer track order will follow any changes to track order made in the TCP. Disable this for different arrangements in the MCP and TCP. Drag tracks left or right to change the order.
Menu option Purpose
Group folders to left
Places track folders to the left. This can be useful at times in bringing all your submix folders, but confusing at other times for separating folders from their child tracks.
Group tracks that have receives to left
Places all tracks with receives to the left. Especially useful if the only tracks with receives are all buses.
Clickable icon for folder tracks to show/hide children
Enables folders to be opened/closed to show/hide child tracks.
Show multiple rows of tracks where size permits
Shows tracks displayed in up to three rows when tracks will not fit in one row and the mixer window has sufficient height.
Show maximum rows even where tracks would fit in less rows
Causes tracks to be displayed in as many rows as will fit in the track height, regardless of how few tracks there are.
Show icon for last track in folder
Displays the last track in folder icon for last track in folder.
Show track icons in the mixer
Choose Show track icons from the right click menu. Use Track, Track icon, Set track icon … from main menu to add icons.
Dock mixer in docker (toggle)
Docks the mixer in the REAPER docker.
Close
Closes the Mixer view.
Tip: Double-click on any track panel in the Mixer to toggle on and off zoom to track in the TCP. This behavior can be changed on the Mouse Modifiers page of your preferences (see Chapter 15). You can also use the Mouse Modifiers page to add further actions of your own. For example, you could assign Ctrl Double-click to the action Track: Set to custom color … How to assign your own actions is also explained in Chapter 15.