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Audio effects
• You can bypass individual effects (or all effects) by
clicking the corresponding Bypass button(s) for the FX
channel track.
See “Routing an audio channel or bus through insert effects” on page 165.
• You can also adjust level, pan and EQ for the effect re-
turn in the FX Channel Settings window.
This can also be done in the mixer or in the Inspector.
Ö Remember that the more effect units you use, the
higher the CPU load.
Setting up the sends
The next step is to set up a send for an audio channel and
route it to the FX channel. This can be done in the mixer (in
the extended panel), in the Channel Settings window or in
the Inspector for the audio track. The example below
shows the Channel Settings window, but the procedure is
similar for all three sections:
1. Click the “e” button for an audio channel to bring up its
Channel Settings window.
In the mixer you would select one of the Sends modes for the extended
mixer panel; in the Inspector you would click the Sends tab.
In the Channel Settings window, the send section is lo-
cated to the left of the channel strip by default. Each of the
eight sends has the following controls:
• An On/Off button for activating/deactivating the effect
• A send level slider
• A pre/post-fader switch
• An “e” (edit) button
Note that the last three items are not shown until the send
is activated and an effect has been loaded.
2. Pull down the routing pop-up menu for a send by
clicking in the empty slot, and select the desired routing
destination.
• If the first item on this menu (“No Bus”) is selected, the send
isn’t routed anywhere.
• Items called “FX 1”, “FX 2” etc. correspond to existing FX
tracks. If you renamed an FX track (see “Adding an FX channel
track” on page 170) that name will appear on this menu in-
stead of the default.
• The menu also allows for routing a send directly to output bus-
ses, separate output bus channels or Group channels.
3. Select an FX channel track from the pop-up menu.
Now the send is routed to the FX channel.
4. Click the power button for the effect send so that it
lights up in blue.
This activates the send.
5. Click and drag the send level slider to a moderate
value.
The send level determines how much of the signal from the audio chan-
nel is routed to the FX channel via the send.
Setting the Send level.
6. If you want the signal to be sent to the FX channel be-
fore the audio channel’s volume fader in the mixer, click on
the Pre-Fader button for the send so that it lights up.
Normally you want the effect send to be proportional to the channel vol-
ume (post-fader send). The picture below shows where the sends are
“tapped” from the signal in pre and post-fader mode.
Input gain
Insert effects 1-6
EQ
Volume (fader)
Insert effects 7-8
Pre-fader sends
Post-fader sends