Channel Management

Common channel operations — create, rename, colour-code, reorder, duplicate, delete, hide, and group faders. For the anatomy of a channel (input section, utilities, inserts, aux sends, fader controls), see Channel Overview.

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	How	Notes
Create	Edit → New… (or the keyboard shortcut in Keyboard & Shortcuts)	Pick the initial channel type — Mono, Stereo, Auxiliary Receiver, or MIDI Instrument. The type can be changed later from the channel's Utilities view.
Rename	Click the user-assignable text box at the top of the channel strip and type a new name	Names are saved with the desk and sent to a connected control surface (see Input section).
Colour-code	Open the channel's Utilities view; the colour control opens the standard colour picker	Colour-coding makes it faster to identify groups of related channels (vocals, drums, hosts) at a glance.
Reorder	Drag a channel strip to a new position	See GUI Elements: Channel Strip Drag-and-Drop.
Duplicate	Edit menu, or right-click → Duplicate	—
Delete	Edit menu, or right-click → Delete	—
Hide	Right-click → Hide	The channel disappears from the desk view but continues to process audio and contribute to the mix — routing, plugins, fader, and inserts are preserved. Useful for decluttering complex desks where utility channels (bus receivers, aux receivers, side-chain sources) don't need to be visible day-to-day.
Fader Groups	Select channels (Shift-click to add) and choose Edit → Fader Group, or use the contextual menu of a selected channel	Channel faders can be grouped so any fader in the group controls them all together. See Fader Groups for the full reference.

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Next Steps

• Learn what's inside a channel. Channel Overview walks through input, utilities, inserts, aux sends, and the channel controls.
• See channels at work. The three worked examples at the bottom of Channel Overview cover a MIDI keyboard driving a virtual instrument, mix-minus for a remote caller, and side-chain ducking.
• Control many faders with one. Fader Groups covers ganging channels under a single fader.

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