between them and the send effects. Linking the faders, on the other hand, alters the level of each drum channel equally, while leaving the wet/dry balance unchanged. How To Link Faders Creating Group channels is pretty intuitive, but unless you're a avid manual-reader, the Link Channels function and the reasons for using it seem to be pretty well hidden in Cubase 4. To link channels, first go to the mixer window and click on one the first channel you want to include (being careful not to click on any of the controls or editable settings). Then Shift-click on the last channel to select all those between it and the first, and/or Ctrl-click to add other channels that don't follow in sequence in the mixer. The channels you want to link should now be highlighted in the mixer. Now right-click on the background on one of the channels (somewhere near one of the faders is good -- but avoid right-clicking the pan pots as this accesses a different function on stereo tracks) and select 'Link Channels'. Now, when you select a different channel, and then reselect one of the linked ones, you should notice that all of the linked channels will be highlighted in the mixer. Even better, if you move the fader of one, you'll see all the others move 'in sympathy'. In the scenario I described above, this would be job done -- you're able, at the tweak of a single fader, to alter the level of your drums