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Audio effects
is that if you select an external effect as an insert effect for
an audio track, the audio will be sent to the corresponding
audio output, processed in your hardware effect (provided
that you have connected it properly) and returned via the
specified audio input.
Ö Creating and handling of external effects is described
in detail in the chapter “VST Connections: Setting up in-
put and output busses” on page 13.
Making settings for the effects
Editing effects
All inserts and sends have an Edit (“e”) button. Clicking
this opens the control panel for the effect, in which you
can make parameter settings.
The contents, design and layout of the control panel de-
pends on the selected effect. However, all effect control
panels have an On/Off button, a Bypass button, Read/
Write automation buttons (for automating effect parame-
ter changes, see the chapter “Automation” on page 203),
a preset pop-up menu and a Preset Management pop-up
menu for saving and loading effect presets. Some plug-ins
also feature a side-chain button, see “Using the Side-
Chain input” on page 174.
The Rotary effect control panel.
• Please note that all effects can be edited using a simpli-
fied control panel (horizontal sliders only, no graphics). This
panel is opened by pressing [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Alt]/[Op-
tion]+[Shift] and clicking on the Edit button for the effect
send or slot.
Effect control panels may have any combination of knobs,
sliders, buttons and graphic curves.
Ö The included effects and their parameters are de-
scribed in detail in the separate manual “Plug-in Refer-
ence”.
• If you edit the parameters for an effect, these settings
are saved automatically with the project.
• You can also save the current settings as a preset, see
below.
• Effects parameters can be automated – see the chapter
“Automation” on page 203.
Effect presets
Effect preset management in Cubase is very versatile. In
the MediaBay – or with certain limits in the Save Preset di-
alog – you can assign attributes to presets which allow
you to organize and browse them according to various cri-
teria. Cubase comes with a huge array of categorized
track and VST presets that you can use straight out of the
box. You can also preview effect presets before loading
them which considerably speeds up the process of find-
ing the right effect preset.
Effect presets can be divided into the following main cate-
gories:
• VST presets for a plug-in.
These are stored parameter settings for a specific effect.
• Inserts presets that contain insert effect combinations.
These can contain the whole insert effects rack, complete with settings
for each effect, see “Saving insert effect combinations” on page 178.
Selecting effect presets
Most VST effect plug-ins come with a number of useful
presets for instant selection.
The preset browser
To select an effect preset in the preset browser, proceed
as follows:
1. Load an effect, either as a channel insert or into an FX
channel.
The control panel for the effect is displayed.