Reference Manual

228 Working with Instruments and Effects
The Plug-In Unfold Button.
You can view or hide the plug-in’s parameters by toggling the button in the plug-in’s title bar.
The X-Y control field can be used to control two plug-in parameters at once and is therefore
especially well-suited for live control. To assign any two plug-in parameters to the Live panel X-Y
field, use the drop-down menus directly beneath it.
Showing Plug-In Panels in Separate Windows
The Plug-In Edit Button.
The Plug-In Edit button opens a floating window that shows the original VST or Audio Units Plug-
in panel. Changing parameters on the floating window has the same effect as changing them in
the Live panel, and vice versa.
There are a few important Plug-In Preference settings for working with plug-in edit windows:
•If activated, the Auto-Open Plug-In Custom Editor Preference assures that plug-in custom
editor windows open automatically when plug-ins are loaded into tracks from the browser.
•If the Multiple Plug-In Windows option in the Plug-In Preferences is activated, you can
open any number of plug-in windows at once. Even with this option off, you can hold
down the [CTRL](PC) / [CMD](Mac) modifier when opening a new plug-in window to
keep the previous window(s) from closing.
•Using the Auto-Hide Plug-In Windows preference, you can choose to have Live display