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Audio effects
2. You can now solo any of the audio channels without
having the effect return (the FX channel) muted.
• To turn off the Solo Defeat function for the FX channel,
[Alt]/[Option]-click the Solo button for the FX channel
again.
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 108),
a preset pop-up menu and a Preset Management pop-up
menu for saving and loading effect presets.
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 108.
Effect presets
Effect preset management in Cubase AI is very versatile.
In the Save Preset dialog you can assign attributes to pre-
sets which allow you to organize and browse them ac-
cording to various criteria. Cubase AI comes with
categorized track and VST presets that you can use
straight out of the box. You can also preview effect pre-
sets before loading them which considerably speeds up
the process of finding the right effect preset.
Selecting effect presets
Most VST effect plug-ins come with a number of useful
presets for instant selection.
To select an effect preset in the Presets 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.
2. Click in the preset field at the top of the control panel.
This opens the Presets browser.
• You can also open the Presets browser from the In-
spector (Inserts tab) or the Channel Settings window.
3. Select the desired preset in the list.
4. Activate playback to audition the selected preset.
Simply step through the presets until you found the right sound. It may be
helpful to set up cycle playback of a section to make comparisons be-
tween different preset settings easier.