I view the Volume Fader setting as a feature. Since the Thru track is likely going to be involved with some sort of MIDI Controller instrument that has its own Volume send, it is better that the Vol be taken from the Controller. When first starting up BB, I have found that just reaching up and moving the Fader on the Controller while the song is playing will send the appropriate MIDI CC7 command to BB.

As for the Thru part of the mixer not sticking from session to session, I'm fairly certain that is the way it is designed to work, but hitting the Thru+ at beginning of each session takes care of that, provided you need to see it. Again, the Fader on my MIDI Controllers serves the same purpose, though, I can look there to see what the setting is.


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