Surround Effects

All effects can also be used in surround busses and masters. There are some differences here:

• Normal (stereo) plug-in effects are loaded as multiple individual instances into the respective surround channels, and the parameters of the plug-in interface apply equally to all instances.

• Internal effects and surround-capable VST plug-ins such as the 3D Reverb or third-party plug-ins are automatically detected and used as one instance.

• With Sequoia 's internal effects, there is also the option to make separate plug-in settings for each surround channel. In addition, the settings for the different channels can be combined into groups (e.g. one EQ setting for R/L and one for Rs/Ls).

Surround Control Groups

When internal effects are loaded as a surround effect, a new section with controls for the surround channels appears at the top of the effects dialog.

The buttons in the top row, named according to the surround channels, allow you to view the effect settings for the respective channel.

Use the S buttons to solo the individual surround channels.

The surround channels can be grouped together. This causes:

• All channels of the group are calculated together in one instance of the effect you loaded in the mixer. (But of course still in separate channels).

• The parameters set in the effect dialog affect all channels of the group.
• For dynamic effects (Advanced and Multiband Dynamics), the control signals are compiled from all channels in the group, just as they are compiled from two stereo channels with stereo.

Form or disband a group: To form a group, click the + - button in the Surround Effect dialog. Now click on the buttons of the Surround channels that you want to group or ungroup. The corresponding Surround channels will now be marked with points of the same color.

Click the + - button again to end group editing. You can now view the effect settings of each group by clicking on one of the associated channels.