"MIDI thru" box for audio tracks... what is it for?

Hi Guys
Sorry for this possibly quite obvious question... when I create audio tracks that have nothing to do with MIDI, why is it that the inspector column on the left still has a section for "MIDI thru"? Is this for use with control surfaces that use MIDI channels to control paramaters on an audio track, or... for something else?
And is there a way to get rid of these all together, so that each audio channel isn't paired to a MIDI channel?
Apologies if this is a silly question!
Cheers,
Mike

yeloop wrote:
Apologies if this is a silly question!
Cheers,
Mike
If you don't know the answer then it's not a silly question.
You're simply seeing a connection where none exists. The Region parameter box will display the parameters of any selected Region(s). When no region is selected the region parameter box displays the "MIDI Thru" parameters.
Now, if you create some more tracks (Midi, Audio or whatever) and haven't selected any region then the Region Parameter box will still show the (same) Midi Thru parameters. It has nothing to do with selected Tracks only selected Regions.
The Track Parameter box displays the parameters for the selected Track.
The region parameter box displays the parameters for the selected Region.
HTH,
R.
Message was edited by: Rodger Hammerstein

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