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Effects and effect plug-ins 95
Effects and effect plug-ins
Samplitude Music Studio 2013 contains many high-quality effects and effects plug-ins
(MAGIX plug-ins) as well as interfaces for external VST plug-ins and DirectX plug-
ins.
What effects are there, and how are they used?
There is generally a difference between the effects types. The following effects occur
in Samplitude Music Studio 2013:
Real-time effects: These effects are also referred to as "non-destructive" or "virtual"
effects, and they are added to the original sound while it is played. This means that
the original file remains unchanged on the hard drive.
Offline effects: These effects are also called "destructive effects", and they are added
to the audio file before it is played; either the original file is changed, or a copy is
created on the hard drive for working with.
These effects are independent effects modules, i.e. they are provided by third party
vendors or programmers. In Samplitude Music Studio 2013 we distinguish between
three types of effects plug-ins: "MAGIX plug-ins", "DirectX plug-ins", and "VST plug-
ins".
The area of application is a further criteria for effects. The following are integrated into
Samplitude Music Studio 2013:
• Object effects (can be accessed via the object editor or the "Real-time effects"
menu)
• wave effects (can be accessed via the "Offline effects" menu)
• Track effects (can be accessed via the trackbox plug-in selection button or the
trackbox plug-in)
• Mixer channel effects (can be accessed via the "Insert" section of the mixer):
These real-time effects affect track effects the same way as complete tracks.
• AUX effects: (accessible via the track editor and trackbox): These effects can be
installed identically for several tracks, or individually.
• Surround effects (accessible via the insert selection box of the corresponding
Surround bus channel, track editor, and trackbox): These effects serve for editing
surround material.
• Master effects (can be accessed via the "Master" section of the mixer): These
effects are for editing the master sound.
Most of the effects modules, i.e. equalizers, compressors, reverb, echo, etc., can be
used in several of the above versions. However, they are only described at one
position within this documentation. All effects and effect plug-ins that are NOT offline