Appendix C

Plug-in Configuration and Routing

Configuring the Plug-in

After installing your UFX or MFX card, all you need to do is assign a plug-in to the card.

Assigning the Plug-in to a UFX or MFX card

1. Click the Plugins menu and select Plugins, (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+P).

2.In the Plugin Configuration window, locate the card slot that contains the UFX or MFX card to which you wish to assign a plug-in.

3.In the MODE column, click the MONO/STEREO toggle button and set it to mono or stereo (depending on the plug-in and the card).

4.In the Plugin Select column, select a plug-in from the pull-down menu. It should look something like this:

Note: A plug-in can also be loaded from the Setup section on the console.

•When a plug-in is fed from an aux bus, its output appears on the FX Return channels by default (faders in the EFFECTS bank). The return channel is determined by the slot number and whether the effect output is mono or stereo. For example, a reverb with a mono input and stereo output that is installed in Slot 5 has its outputs on FX 5 and FX 6.

Note: The default state for all FX channels is MUTE. You won’t hear the effect until you unmute its FX return channel(s).

•A plug-in can also receive its input from a channel pre- or post-DSP insert, the main stereo left and right bus, or Bus 1-8. When a plug-in is inserted in this manner, its output is routed directly back into the channel.

•In addition, Plugin Chain can be selected as an Input Source, which allows you to daisy-chain two or more plug-ins in series.

•To combine two or more plug-ins:

1.Assign the Destination (output) for the first plug-in to its default FX Return.

2.Assign the Input Source for the second plug-in to the FX Return that the first plug-in is routed to (Input Source/Plugin Chain/FX 1- 16).

Assigning an Input Source to the Plug-in

•Click the plug-in’s INPUT button to select an input source. In the following example, we have chosen the Aux 4 Bus as the input to the plug-in installed in slot 6.

Assigning a Destination for the Plug-in

•Click the plug-in’s Destination button to select where the plug-in’s output should be routed. It can be routed to the FX Returns, a channel pre- or post-DSP insert, the main stereo left and right bus, or Bus 1-8.

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