Plug-in Reference

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The Included Effect Plug-ins
Dynamics Plug-ins
MIDI Gate
Gating, in its fundamental form, silences audio signals below a set threshold level.
When a signal rises above the set level, the gate opens to let the signal through while
signals below the set level are cut off. MIDI Gate, however, is not triggered by
threshold levels, but MIDI notes. Hence it needs both audio and MIDI data to function.
Setting up
To set up MIDI Gate, proceed as follows:
1. Select the audio to be affected by MIDI Gate.
This can be audio material from any audio track, or even a live audio input
(provided you have a low latency audio card).
2. Select MIDI Gate as an insert effect for the audio track.
The MIDI Gate control panel opens.
3. Select a MIDI track to control the MIDI Gate effect.
This can be an empty MIDI track or a MIDI track containing data, it does not matter.
However, if you wish to use MIDI Gate in realtime – as opposed to using a
recorded part – the track has to be selected for the effect to receive the MIDI
output.
4. Open the “Output Routing” pop-up menu for the MIDI track and select the “MIDI
Gate” option.
The MIDI output from the track is now routed to the MIDI Gate effect.
What to do next depends on whether you are using live or recorded audio and
whether you are using realtime or recorded MIDI. We assume for the purposes of this
manual that you are using recorded audio, and play the MIDI in realtime.
5. Make sure the MIDI track is selected, and start playback.
6. Play a few notes on your MIDI keyboard.
As you can hear, the audio track material is affected by what you play on your MIDI
keyboard.
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