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Audio effects
• In the Fader section of the Channel Settings window,
select the FX channel from the pop-up menu and adjust
its effect return level.
By adjusting the return level, you control the amount of the signal sent
from the FX channel to the output bus.
Setting the effect return 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.
A send set to pre-fader mode.
Normally you want the effect send to be proportional to
the channel volume (post-fader send). The picture below
shows where the sends are “tapped” from the signal in
pre and post-fader mode:
Ö Use the channel’s Mute button to determine whether a
send in pre-fader mode is affected. This is done with the
“Mute Pre-Send when Mute” option in the Preferences di
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alog (VST page).
• When one or several sends are activated for a channel,
the Send Effects buttons light up in blue.
Ö Cubase only: The FX channels themselves have
sends, too.
Bypassing the sends
• In the Mixer, you can click on the lit (blue) Sends State
button for a channel to bypass (disable) all its sends.
When the sends are bypassed, the button is yellow. Click the button
again to enable the sends.
• To bypass all sends for a track, click the “Bypass
Sends” button.
This button can be found on the right of the title bar of the Sends 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 Sends State button will also light up in
yellow.
• You can also bypass individual sends in the channel
overview.
See “Insert effects in the channel overview” on page 191.
• You can also bypass the send effects by clicking the
“Bypass Inserts” button for the FX channel.
This bypasses the actual effects which may be used by several different
channels. Bypassing a send affects that send and that channel only. If
you bypass the insert effects, the original sound will be passed through.
This may lead to unwanted side effects (higher volume). To deactivate all
effects, use the mute button in the FX channel.
Setting pan for the sends (Cubase only)
There are several possibilities to set up pan for the sends:
• To position the send signal at center pan in the stereo
FX channel (or anywhere you like), route a send from a
mono channel to a stereo FX channel track.
Insert effects 1–6
EQ
Volume (fader)
Pre-fader sends
Post-fader sends
Insert effects 7–8
Input gain