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Patch Bay

The Patch Bay is where channels in a showfile are assigned to chain inputs and outputs. It provides a single view of the whole showfile, making it easier to edit the routing.

Patch Bay input view

Configuration​

Select the System tab, then select Patch Bay from the sidebar. Alternatively, a navigation button can be found in the input/output routing section of the routing view within the detail pane.

Patch Bay navigation button

  • Each row represents a chain in the current showfile.
  • The numbered columns represent the available showfile channels.
  • A highlighted cell marks an established patch between that channel and the chain on the same row.

Patch Bay output view

Selecting a cell toggles the patch. To repatch several chains, drag across the relevant cells.

By default, dragging respects each chain's existing channel count. Enable Override channel count to set a different channel count while dragging; for example, to repatch a mono chain as stereo.

Dragging over any existing patches will remove whatever is highlighted in the grid.

Reset or Rebuild Input Patching​

The input view provides two bulk actions for situations where editing each chain separately would be slow:

  • Unpatch All Input/Output Channels clears the current patching, allowing the patch to be assigned again from an empty state (only applies to current in/out view).
  • Diagonal Repatch All Input/Output Channels rebuilds the channel order across the chains in the grid. Enable Override channel count to set a different channel count for the patch; for example, to set all chains to have stereo inputs.