# Monitor Strip

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### Beat Tracker

Provides a 4-count visual indicator to help verify that the BPM engine is matching the music tempo and phase. Use the CUE button to set your downbeat (beat #1) and the nudge buttons to push or pull the tempo temporarily in order to align these indicators with your music.&#x20;

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### Audio Volume

Drag the handles on the outside of the horizontal meter at the top of this area to adjust the level of audio mixed from your audio sources set in Preferences/Audio. This output of this stage is routed to your streaming audio and recordings.

### Audio Analyzer

Displays incoming audio used for triggering visuals or syncing effects. When no audio source had been selected in Preferences/Audio this will display random levels based on a noise pattern

### Info Panel

Click the small 'i" in the top right corner of this area to display real time GPU, CPU, HDD and RAM loads as well as names and details of the playlist media being played in the base layer.
