For some reason the channel width in the MixConsole changes from day to day. In this shot you can see that they are basically identical except the channels in the top picture are narrower (notice the blank space between the right zone and the last channel).
This is problematic because I have set up some mouse movement/click macros to add/remove/bypass inserts on the currently selected channel with Bome MIDI Translator. Very odd/annoying.
Now I will have to setup this function using the Channel Editor window. Clunky!
You can adjust the width of the channels using your keyboard keys G/H while the MixConsole is selected.
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Thanks, but I think you are talking about increasing /decreasing channel count [Zoom]. Which does change the width of the channels. But in my screen shots you will notice that both have 26 channels visible but take up a different amount of the screen.
Do you have more than 26 channels set to be visible in the left pane?
Changing the width is the solution I think, as Alma wrote.
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Yes of course when you decreasing the width of channels your visible screen area fits more channels.
I can see you have the same track count.
So what happens if you increase by one or maybe two clicks the width of channels? Does they grey area fills up or?
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Both examples above are from the same mix console correct? (sorry looking at a small screen atm) And the mix console is not linked to another mix console correct? No workspaces are involved correct? If you donât show the Control Room do you see the same discrepancy? Also if you donât show the left zone do you see the same? How about showing neither the Control Room or Left Zone?
Have you set all channels (visibility channel zones) to the middle zone, not left or right?
What happens if you do an entire mix console reset?
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Nope, both screenshots are using the the same âWoodwindsâ Visibility Configuration. Also, checking additional channels in the left Visibility pane doesnât affect the channel width.
I checked in key commands and cannot see any âchange channel widthâ kcâs. Just the Zoom for the MixCosole which just increases/decreases channel count.
Nope.
Yes, identical Visibility Configuration but different projects.
Nope.
This fixed it. Cubase seems to be setting the channel width based on the channel count without the Left Zone or the Control Room visible. So when removing both of these my channel count in the two projects were 36 and 37. This was the problem.
This is odd behaviour. Cubase should set consistent channel width whether the Left Zone and Control Room are visible or not.
Side note: The channel count without the Left Zone and Control Room seems to be carried across to other projects when Cubase is left running. But if Cubase is shut down, projects will load with the channel count saved with the project.
Itâs not âchannel countâ, itâs the width of the channels. You can only fit so many channels in any given view so if you narrow the channels more of them will appear because more will fit. In your screenshot the channel widths arenât the same. What are you expecting to happen when this is the case?
I guess I just donât see a problem.
There is no setting in Cubase to ânarrowâ the channels. Only increase/decrease channel count.
They should be, because the channel count is the same. 
But they arenât. Look at the third channel from the right. On the top mixer it says âContraâ, and on the bottom it reads âContra |â with the last part being a cut off letter, right? Same with the second from the right; âWindâ top and âWind [somethingâ bottom.
Whatever keys you use in the project window to zoom in and out horizontally - use those when youâre in the mixer. Your tracks should now narrow and expand accordingly.
I use my mouse Ctrl/scroll in the Project View to zoom horizontally. As far as I can see, there is no kc for this. And my mouse doesnât zoom in the MixConsole.
I know, hence this threads existence.
Channel Count vs. reduce/increase channel width.
They always coordinate here. I never use my mouse for horizontal zooming the mix console width. I always use this:
which corresponds to 14 channels.
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Yeah, it doesnât actually work.
There is in Nuendo, and Iâm betting the same exists in Cubase. Youâre not looking very hard. Look harder.
Ten seconds searching YouTube:
Channels width is indeed not the same. I compared your screenchots on photoshop.
Also âincrease/decrease track countâ is the same as âincrease/decrease channel widthâ since they are doing exactly the same thing. It doesnât matter if you click on toolbar or if you use the G/H zoom shortcuts, it is still the same.
Even if you go to the toolbar and click the increase icon you will see the track count number changes, channel width also changes and the explanation of the toolbar says âIncrease channel widthâ so lets stop this war of terms.
Increase Channel Width = Reduce Track Count and vice versa.
Glad all these led to solving your issue by the way
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So youâre all set now?