Adding an Assignable Effects Chain

From the Insert menu, choose Assignable FX (or click the Insert Assignable FX button in the Mixing Console window) to create an effects chain to which you can route tracks in your project.

NOTE You can add up to 32 assignable effects chains, and you can change the number of chains at any time. Each chain can have up to 32 plug-ins.  

WARNING

When input monitoring is on during audio recording, audio effects chains that contain non-in-place plug-ins are displayed in yellow () to indicate that automatic plug-in delay compensation is being used. Chains that cannot be used for live monitoring are automatically bypassed and are displayed in red ().

When using Acid software as a ReWire device, any effects chain that includes non-in-place plug-ins is automatically bypassed to prevent synchronization problems with the ReWire mixer application. The effects chain icon is displayed in red (). Apply the plug-ins within the ReWire mixer application.

Create an assignable effects chain Closed

  1. From the Insert menu, choose Assignable FX. The FX Plug-In Chooser window appears.

  2. Select each plug-in you want to add and click the Add button or browse to a packaged effects chain. The plug-ins appear at the top of the window in the order you added them.

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

  3. Once you have added plug-ins and set the chain order, click the OK button. The new assignable effects chain is added to the Mixing Console window, and the Audio Plug-In window appears.

  4. Adjust the settings for the effects. For more information about using specific plug-ins, click the Plug-In Help button .

Edit an assignable effects chain Closed

  1. Click the Assignable FX button on an bus track to open the Audio Plug-In window.

  2. Use the Audio Plug-In window to enable/bypass effects, edit effect parameters, and add/remove effects from a chain. For more information about using specific plug-ins, click the Plug-In Help button .

For more information about using the Insert FX control region in the Mixing Console to edit the effects chain, please see Assignable Effects Strips.

Automate effect parametersClosed

If a plug-in supports automation, you can add envelopes to an assignable effect chain's bus track to automatically adjust effect parameters over time.

For more information about using automation envelopes on tracks, see Adding Audio Track Envelopes.

Delete an assignable effects chainClosed

Right-click an assignable effects channel strip in the Mixing Console window and choose Delete from the shortcut menu, or select an assignable effects channel strip and press the Delete key.