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Audio effects
• All FX channel tracks you create will appear in a kind of
“folder” in the Track list.
This makes it easy to manage and keep track of all your FX channel tracks,
and also allows you to save screen space by folding the FX Channel folder.
FX channel tracks are automatically named “FX 1”, “FX 2” etc., but you
can rename them if you wish. Just double click the name of an FX chan-
nel track in either the Track list or the Inspector and type in a new name.
Adding and setting up effects
As mentioned above, you can add a single insert effect
when you create the FX channel track if you like. To add
and set up effects after the FX channel track is created,
you can either use the Inspector for the track (click the In-
serts tab) or the FX Channel Settings window:
1. Click the Edit (“e”) button for the FX channel track (in
the Track list, mixer or Inspector).
The FX Channel Settings window appears, similar to a regular Channel
Settings window.
To the left in the window is the Inserts section with eight effect slots.
2. Make sure the FX channel is routed to the correct out-
put bus.
This is done with the output routing pop-up menu at the top of the fader
section (also available in the Inspector).
3. To add an insert effect in an empty slot (or replace the
current effect in a slot), click on the slot and select an ef-
fect from the pop-up menu.
This works just like when selecting insert effects for a regular audio
channel.
4. When you add an effect, its control panel will automat-
ically appear. Typically you should set the Wet/Dry Mix
control to all “wet”.
This is because you control the balance between wet and dry signal with
the effect sends. For more information about making settings in the effect
control panels, see “Making settings for the effects” on page 12.
• You can add up to eight insert effects for an FX channel.
Note that the signal will pass through all the effects in series. It is not
possible to adjust the effect send and return levels separately for each
effect – this is done for the FX channel as a whole. If what you want is
several separate send effects (where you can control their send and re-
turn levels independently) you should instead add more FX channel
tracks – one for each effect.
• To remove an insert effect from a slot, click the slot and
select “No Effect” from the pop-up menu.
You should do this for all effects that you don’t intend to use, to minimize
unnecessary CPU load.
• You can also bypass individual effects (or all effects) by
clicking the corresponding Bypass Inserts button(s) for
the FX channel track.
See “Routing an audio channel or bus through insert effects” on page 7.
• You can also adjust level, pan and EQ for the effect re-
turn in this window.
Ö Remember that effects rely heavily on the CPU power
in your computer.
The more activated effect units, the more computer power will be used
for effects.
Setting up the sends
The next step is to set up and route a send for an audio
channel to the FX channel. This can be done in the Chan-
nel Settings window or in the Inspector for the audio track.
The example below shows the Channel Settings window,
but the procedure is similar for both sections:
1. Click the “e” button for an audio channel to bring up its
Channel Settings window.
In the Inspector you would click the Sends tab.
In the channel settings window, the send section is lo-
cated to the left of the channel strip. Each of the eight
sends has the following controls and options:
• A send on/off switch
• A send level slider
• A pre/post fader switch
•An Edit button