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Audio effects
• You can also bypass individual sends in the channel
overview.
See “Insert effects in the channel overview” on page 8.
• Alternatively, in the same manner you can bypass the
send effects by clicking the “Bypass Inserts” button for
the FX channel.
The difference is that this bypasses the actual send effects which may be
used by several different channels. Bypassing a send affects that send
and that channel only. If you bypass the insert effect 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 effect levels
After you have set up the sends as described in the previ-
ous sections, the following is now possible:
• You can use the send level slider in the Channel Set-
tings or the Inspector to set the send level.
By adjusting the send level you control the amount of signal sent from the
audio channel to the FX channel.
Setting the effect send level.
• In the mixer, you can use the level fader for the FX chan-
nel to set the 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.
FX channels and the Solo Defeat function
When mixing, you might sometimes want to solo specific
audio channels, and listen only to these while other chan-
nels are muted. However, this will mute all FX channels as
well. If the soloed audio channels have sends routed to FX
channels, this means you won’t hear the send effects for
the channels.
To remedy this, you can use the Solo Defeat function for
the FX channel:
1. First press [Alt]/[Option] and click on the Solo button
for the FX channel.
This activates the Solo Defeat function for the FX channel. In this mode,
the FX channel will not be muted if you solo another channel in the mixer.
2. You can now solo any of the audio channels without
having the effect return (the FX channel) muted.
3. To turn off Solo Defeat for the FX channel, [Alt]/[Op-
tion]-click the Solo button for the FX channel again.
Making settings for the effects
Editing effects
All inserts and sends have an Edit (“e”) button. Clicking
this opens the selected effect’s control panel 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 a power button, a Bypass button, Read/Write
automation buttons (for automating effect parameter
changes (see the chapter “Automation” in the Operation
Manual), a Preset selection pop-up menu and a Preset
Management pop-up menu for saving or loading programs.
The Rotary effect control panel.
• Please note that all effects can be edited using a simpli-
fied control panel (horizontal sliders only, no graphics). To
edit effects using this “basic” control panel instead, press
[Ctrl]/[Command]+[Alt]/[Option]+[Shift] and click on the
Edit button for the effect send or slot.