Adding an assignable effects chain

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

You can create up to 32 assignable effects chains in your project, and each chain can contain up to 32 effects.

TIP To add effects quickly, you can drag plug-ins and plug-in packages from the Plug-In Manager window to the Mixing Console window. Drop on an existing assignable effects control to add plug-ins to the chain. For more information, see The Plug-In Manager Window

IMPORTANT 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 ().

Creating an assignable effects chain

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

  2. Click each plug-in you want to add, and click the Add button, or browse to an effects package. The plug-ins appear at the bottom of the window in the order in which you added them.

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

  3. Once you have added all of the plug-ins and specified the plug-in chain order, click the OK button. The new chain is added to the Mixing Console window, and the Assignable FX window appears.

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

When you create an assignable effects chain for your project, the Remove Assignable FX command is enabled on the Tools | Audio submenu so you can delete a chain from the project.

TIP If the Mixing Console window is visible, click the Insert Assignable FX button in the toolbar. For more information, see The Mixing Console Window

Editing an assignable effects chain

  1. Click the Assignable FX button located on the effect chain's audio bus track. For more information, see Audio bus tracks

    The Assignable FX window is displayed.

  2. Use the Assignable FX window to enable/bypass effects, edit effect parameters, and add/remove effects from a chain. For more information, see Editing audio effects

TIP If the Mixing Console Window is visible, you can use the Insert FX control region in the assignable effects channel strip to edit the assignable effects chain. For more information, see FX send (assignable effects) channel strips

Deleting an assignable effects chain

When you remove an assignable effects chain, it is deleted from the project. You must recreate the chain if you want to use it again. If you want to keep the chain, but do not want to use it in your current project, you may save the chain as a preset. For more information, see Creating and using effects packages and FX chains

TIP To bypass an assignable effects chain without removing it from the project, select the Mute button in the Faders control region of the assignable effects channel strip. For more information, see FX send (assignable effects) channel strips

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.

Automating effect parameters

If a plug-in supports it, you can use envelopes to automatically adjust effect parameters over time. To automate assignable effects, add automation envelopes to the assignable effect's audio bus track. For more information, see Audio bus tracks

For more information about automating effect parameters, see Automating audio effect parameters