System information
Applying Effects
You can use effects to manipulate the audio and video components of your project.
The included audio plug-ins can improve the quality of the audio in your project or create unique sounds.
Vegas Pro supports additional DirectX and VST effects from a variety of vendors. Audio effects can be
applied to all events on a track, to busses, or as assignable effects.
The included video plug-ins are comprised of effects, transitions, and text/background generators. Effects
can be used to improve video quality or manipulate an image, transitions can change the way video events
flow into one another, and generators can create text and colored backgrounds.
Tips:
n To add effects quickly, you can drag plug-ins and plug-in packages from the Plug-In Manager
window to an audio track header. For more information, see "Creating and Using Effects
Packages" on page 310 and "The Plug-In Manager Window" on page 48.
n Use the VST Effects tab in the Preferences dialog to indicate where the application should
search for VST plug-ins and to select which plug-ins you want to use. For more information,
see "Preferences - VST Effects" on page 601.
Adding audio track effects
From the Tools menu, choose Audio, and choose Track FX from the submenu to apply or edit DirectX or
VST plug-ins at the track level. Track-level plug-ins are applied to every event on the selected track.
To add effects quickly, you can drag plug-ins and plug-in packages from the Plug-In Manager
window to an audio track header. For more information, see "Creating and Using Effects Packages"
on page 310 and "The Plug-In Manager Window" on page 48.
Be aware that using non-in-place plug-ins (such as Time Stretch, Pitch-Shift without preserving
duration, and some Vibrato settings) will cause audio to play out of synchronization with the
waveform display in the timeline and with other tracks. If an effects chain includes non-in-place plug-
ins, the effects chain icon will be displayed in yellow ( ) to indicate that automatic plug-in delay
compensation is being used.
When input monitoring is on during audio recording, plug-in chains that cannot be used for live
monitoring are automatically bypassed and are displayed in red ( ). For more information, see
"Recording audio" on page 116.
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