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Tutorial 3: Mixing
Output effects
Output Effects, like track effects, are inserts, but in this
case, they are applied to the Master channel. The “Output
Effects” tab features two changeable effects and two fixed
effects.
The two fixed effects are Maximizer and StereoEnhancer.
Both are controllable via sliders and a Bypass button.
Let’s use the “Maximizer” to raise the overall volume of the
project and the “StereoEnhancer” to create a more spread
effect of the mix.
1. Move the “Maximizer” slider until the effect is at a suit-
able level.
2. You can bypass the effect by clicking on the button
above the effect slider.
3. Crank up the “StereoEnhancer” a little bit to add some
spread to your project.
For details on each effect and its parameters, see the
chapter “Effects reference” on page 99.
That’s it for effects. Let’s move on to automation.
Adding automation
Automation allows us to make things like faders, pan,
knobs, and effects be adjusted automatically. This is very
handy, especially when you have a lot of tracks in your
project. Any changes you make will be remembered and
occur again automatically without you having to worry
about them.
Let’s make the whole song fade out by changing the vol-
ume automation on the Master track.
1. Activate the “Edit/Write Automation” button in Pilot
Zone.
The “Show Automation” button will be activated automatically and the
Master track will appear in the Arrange Zone.
2. Make sure that “Volume” is selected on the automation
pop-up menu of the Master track.
Let’s create a fade-out in the last bar of the project.
3. Create two anchor points by clicking on the volume
automation line – one at the beginning of the last bar and
one at the end of the last bar.
To delete an anchor point that you may have created by mistake, select it
and press [Delete] or [Backspace] on your computer keyboard.
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Load the project “Mixing 8” found in the “Sequel
Tutorial 3” folder.
Edit/Write Automation
Make sure Volume is selected here.
Show Automation