Missing Master Track Settings

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Missing Master Track Settings

I'm running 10.10.2 on a mid-2011 iMac, and Logic Express 9.1.8.

In my mixer, the channel strip marked 'Master' usually has settings I can alter, but for some reason the channel strip has gone blank. I don't even have a 'Setting' button at the top that I can use to reset it.

I've read a bunch of threads on here where people had the same problem because one of their outputs got switched to 'Surround' by accident but I have checked every channel strip, and every single one is set to 'Stereo' including the Prelisten track (which I gather is the typical culprit).

Please can someone help me figure out how to get my Master channel strip working again? I attach a screenshot so you can see what sort of set up I'm working with. Right above where it says 'Master' there are usually slots for inserting effects (like Mastering presets), but as you can see it's completely blank. Also, I don't know where AUX 1 came from. Perhaps that's got something to do with it, because I don't remember creating or using any Aux channels during this project.

Many thanks!

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 14, 2015 10:46 PM

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Andrew Howat1 Author

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Mar 15, 2015 9:48 PM in response to Andrew Howat1

So I fixed this myself, albeit completely by accident. I created a new track for an organ sound I wanted to add, and for no apparent reason, the Output 1-2 channel strip suddenly appeared, allowing me to create mastering presets, etc. So for anyone who has this problem in the future - try creating a new track, perhaps a software instrument, and see if that fixes the problem for you. I guess I was wrong to think the Master channel strip was the one I was looking for (although I did go looking for an output channel strip, and couldn't find one).

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