Specifications

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Settings Menu Allows you to copy, paste, save,
and import plug-in settings.
Track Selector Accesses any non-MIDI track in a
session.
Librarian Menu Recalls settings files saved in the
plug-in’s root settings folder or in the current
session’s Settings folder. See “Using the Librar-
ian” on page 18.
Insert Position Selector Accesses any insert on
the current track.
Key Input Selector Allows you to select audio on
a particular input or bus and route it to trigger
the plug-in. This menu only appears on plug-ins
that feature side-chain processing. Key inputs
are monophonic.
Plug-In Selector Allows you to select any real-
time plug-in installed in the DAE Plug-Ins folder
(that is created when you install Pro Tools).
Compare Toggles between the original saved
plug-in setting and any changes you have made
to it so you can compare them.
Effect Bypass Disables the currently displayed
plug-in. This allows you to compare the track
with and without the effect.
Auto Allows you to enable individual plug-in pa-
rameters for automation recording. See “Auto-
mating Plug-Ins” on page 17.
Safe When enabled, prevents existing plug-in
automation from being overwritten.
Convert Plug-In Allows you to convert the insert
from a TDM plug-in to an RTAS plug-in of the
same type (or vice-versa). This feature can only
be used on plug-ins that are available in both
TDM and RTAS formats.
Target Button When multiple Plug-In windows
are open, clicking this button selects that plug-
in as the target for any computer keyboard or
control surface commands.
Phase Invert Button Inverts the phase polarity of
the input signal.
Channel Selector Accesses a specific channel
within a multichannel track for plug-in parame-
ter editing. This menu appears only on multi-
mono plug-ins inserted on tracks with more
than one channel. Shift-clicking this selector
opens a separate Plug-In window for each chan-
nel of the multichannel track on which the
plug-in is inserted.
Master Link Button When enabled, links the pa-
rameter controls on all channels of a multi-
mono plug-in so that they can be adjusted in
tandem.
Link Enable Buttons Allow you to selectively
link the parameter controls of specific channels
of a multi-mono plug-in. Each square represents
a speaker channel. The Master Link button must
be disabled to use the Link Enable buttons. See
“Linking and Unlinking Controls on Multi-
Mono Plug-ins” on page 15.
Plug-In window (multi-mono Focusrite D3 shown)
Channel Selector
Link Enable buttons
Master Link button