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A typical control area for a bus is shown below:
At the top-left of the controls is the name of the bus. This can be edited directly to whatever is suitable, although the name must be unique within the session. Underneath the name is a copy of the bus' main level fader. The control buttons to the right-hand side are:
- m
- mute. left-click to mute the bus. Right-click to display a menu which dictates what particular parts of the bus should be muted.
- s
- solo — solo the bus. The behaviour of the solo system is described in detail in the section called “Mute and solo”.
- a
- automation — click to open a menu related to automation for the bus. Automation is covered in Chapter 9, Automation.
- g
- group — click to open a menu related to the bus group, as discussed in the section called “Track and bus groups” above.