Specifications

Chapter 3: Working with Real-Time Plug-Ins 15
Bypassing Plug-Ins
To bypass a plug-in:
■ Click the Plug-In window’s Bypass button.
– or –
■ Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Macintosh) the plug-in’s Insert button in the
Mix or Edit window.
Linking and Unlinking Controls on
Multi-Mono Plug-ins
When a multi-mono plug-in is used on a multi-
channel track, the controls are normally linked.
Adjusting the Gain control on one channel, for
example, will adjust it for all channels.
If necessary, you can unlink plug-in controls on
specific channels of a track and edit them inde-
pendently. You can also selectively link the con-
trols of specific channels.
To unlink controls on a multi-mono plug-in:
■ Deselect the Master Link button.
To access controls for a specific channel:
■ Select the channel from the Channel Selector.
To link the controls of specific channels:
1 Deselect the Master Link button if it is not al-
ready deselected.
2 Click the Link Enable buttons for the chan-
nels whose controls you want to link.
When a plug-in insert is bypassed, the In-
sert Selector in the Mix window changes its
color to blue for easy visual reference. If
some, but not all channels of an unlinked
multi-mono plug-in are bypassed, the Insert
Selector appears purple (Pro Tools 6.x) or
half blue and half black (Pro Tools 5.x).
Bypass states indicated by color (Pro Tools 6.x)
Bypass states indicated by color (Pro Tools 5.3.x)
bypassed (blue)
some channels bypassed (purple)
unbypassed (gray)
bypassed (blue)
some channels bypassed (half blue)
unbypassed (black)
Channel Selector and Link controls
Link Enable buttons
Master Link button
Channel Selector