User Manual

Chapter 9
Adding Effects
Audio effects, or plug-ins, can be used to improve the quality of the audio in a production, or can be used as special
artistic effects. Additional DirectX plug-in effects, both from Sony Creative Software Inc. and other third-party plug-ins,
can also be used.
Using effects
There are two ways to use audio effects in CD Architect
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software: on individual events, or on the entire project through
the Master bus. These effects plug-ins can be accessed by clicking the Event FX or Master FX buttons . When you use
Event FX, it applies only to a single event. When you use Master FX, it applies to the master output control, which affects
all events in your output. The mix of these two methods of applying audio effects is important to the final mix of a project.
If you have both event effects and master effects in your project, the event effects are applied before the master effects.
For more information, see Signal flow on page 28.
Event FX Master FX
What is a plug-in chain?
A plug-in chain is a sequence of effects plug-ins to be applied to an individual event or a project (via the Master bus). A
plug-in chain can contain one or more plug-ins. The same plug-in can be added to a chain more than once.
Plug-ins in a chain
After the plug-in chain is created for an event or the Master bus, the audio is processed by each plug-in in order when it is
played back. The plug-ins are cumulative, so, in some cases, you may want to rearrange their order to achieve the desired
sound. For information on creating plug-in chains for events, see Adding a plug-in chain to an event below.
Applying effects to events
Adding a plug-in chain to an event
There are two ways to add a plug-in chain to an event: using the Plug-In window or the Plug-In Chooser window.
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