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Audio effects
• To bypass all inserts for a track, click the “Bypass In-
serts” button.
This button can be found on the right of the title bar of the Inserts section
in the Inspector or the Channel Settings window. It lights up in yellow to
indicate that the inserts of this track are bypassed. In the track list and
the channel strip in the Mixer, the Inserts State button will also light up in
yellow.
Insert effects in the channel overview
If the “Channel” section is selected in the Inspector or the
“Channel Overview” view mode is selected in the extended
Mixer, you will get an overview of which insert effects, EQ
modules and effect sends are activated for the channel.
You can activate or deactivate individual insert effect slots
by clicking the corresponding number (in the top part of
the overview).
The channel overview in the Inspector
Using effects in multi-channel configurations
(Cubase only)
Whether an effect plug-in supports mono, stereo, or multi-
channel processing depends on the capabilities of the cor-
responding plug-in. Regardless of this, all VST2 and VST3
plug-ins can be inserted on tracks with a multi-channel
configuration. Surround-capable plug-ins are applied to all
speaker channels (or a subset of these), while mono or ste
-
reo effects can only process one or two channels.
For example, if you insert a plug-in on a 5.1 track, Cubase
tries to apply a 5.1 configuration to this plug-in. If the plug-
in is surround capable, this is accepted. However, if you in
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sert a stereo insert effect, the first speaker channels of the
track (L and R) are routed through the effect’s available
channels, and the other channels of the track are left un
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processed. To apply the effect to other speaker channels,
you can use the Routing Editor, which can be opened via
the Channel Settings window.
Using the Routing Editor
To open the Routing Editor, proceed as follows:
1. Open the Channel Settings window for the track on
which the effect is inserted.
2. On the Channel Settings context menu, open the
“Customize View” submenu and select the “Insert Rout
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ing” option.
The “Insert Routing” section is displayed. It contains a signal diagram.
3. Double-click on the diagram.
The Routing Editor opens.
The blue color of inserts 1 and 2 and the
blue Inserts State button in the channel strip
indicate that this track has active inserts.