Editing effects settings

Click an effect's button to display the Audio Plug-In window, where you can adjust the plug-in's settings.

When you right-click an effect's button, a shortcut a menu is displayed:

•Choose Show <Plug-In Name> to open the Audio Plug-In window, where you can adjust the plug-in's controls.

•Choose Bypass <Plug-In Name> to temporarily bypass a plug-in. When an effect is bypassed, its button is displayed in red text.

•Choose Remove <Plug-In Name> to remove a plug-in from the effects chain.

•Choose Presets, and then choose a setting from the submenu to load a new preset. The current preset is indicated by a check mark.

•To replace the current plug-in, right-click the effect's button, and then choose a new plug-in from the menu. Plug-ins are organized in submenus by type (EQ, Dynamics, Reverbs, etc.).

Adjusting input bus send levels

When the Sends control region is visible, each bus displays controls you can use to route the input bus to assignable effects chains or to busses that are routed to hardware outputs. A bus cannot send to a bus that is directly or indirectly routed to the Master bus.

To show or hide the Sends control region, click the Sends button in the View pane.

When the Automation Settings button in the Faders control region is not selected, click the Channel Send button and choose a bus or assignable effects chain from the menu, and then drag the fader to adjust the send level.

When the Automation Settings button in the Faders control region is selected, the fader handle is displayed as a , and you can use it to edit send volume automation on the bus track.

Notes:

•The trim level is added to the automation settings so your envelope is preserved, but with a boost or cut applied. For example, setting the trim control to -3 dB has the same effect as decreasing every envelope point by 3 dB.

•To adjust the size of the Sends control region, you can drag the bottom divider to make more or fewer sends visible.

Bus sends are post-volume (and post-mute) by default. To change to pre-volume (and pre-mute), click the Pre/Post button to switch to Pre-Volume Send mode.

Changing an input bus’s input or output port

When the I/O control region is visible, each bus displays controls you can use to set the bus's input and output device.

To show or hide the I/O control region, click the I/O button in the View pane.

Choosing an input device

To choose an output device, click the Input button and choose a port from the menu.

Choosing an output device

To choose an output device, click the Output button and choose a bus or hardware output from the menu, or choose Output Off.

Setting the output to Output Off is useful when you're using an input bus as a recording input and want to monitor the bus through the track or when using an input bus as a talkback mic.

When you route busses to hardware outputs, the outputs from those busses will not be included in the mix when you render your project.

If you want to use an input bus as a track input, click the Record Input button on the track header, choose Input Busses from the menu, and choose an input bus from the submenu.

Monitoring bus levels

When the Meters control region is visible, each bus displays meters you can use to monitor output levels.

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