Adding/Editing Audio Event Effects

Click the Event FX button on an event to apply or edit DirectX or VST plug-ins at the event level. Event-level plug-ins are applied only to the event where they are applied.

TIP Be aware that using non-in-place plug-ins (such as Time Stretch, Pitch-Shift without preserving duration, and some Vibrato settings) will cause audio to play out of synchronization with the waveform display in the timeline and with other tracks. If an effects chain includes non-in-place plug-ins, the effects chain icon will be displayed in yellow () to indicate that automatic plug-in delay compensation is being used. When input monitoring is on during audio recording, plug-in chains that cannot be used for live monitoring are automatically bypassed and are displayed in red ().

Create an event effects chainClosed

  1. Click the Event FX button on the event where you want to add effects. The Audio Plug-In window is displayed.

    The Event FX button is displayed in gray when an event does not have effects assigned. When no effects exist on an event, clicking the Event FX button displays the Plug-In Chooser.

  2. Click the Edit Chain button to display the Plug-In Chooser.

  3. Select each plug-in you want to add and click the Add button, or browse to an FX package. The plug-ins appear at the top of the window in the order in which you added them.

    TIP To reorder the plug-ins within the chain, drag a plug-in button to a new location, or click the Move Plug-In Left or Move Plug-In Right buttons.

  4. Once you have added all of the plug-ins and specified the plug-in chain order, click the OK button. The Audio Plug-In window is displayed to allow you to edit the chain.

Edit an event effects chainClosed

When you click the Event FX button on an event, the Audio Plug-In window is displayed to enable/bypass effects, edit effect parameters, and add/remove effects from a chain.

Learn more about a specific plug-inClosed

For more information about using specific plug-ins, click the Plug-In Help button in the Audio Event FX window to display the plug-in's help file.