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238 Chapter 10 Working With Instruments and Effects
Replacing Setting-Compatible Plug-ins
When you replace a plug-in with another plug-in that is setting-compatible, the new
plug-in automatically uses the setting of the replaced plug-in.
As an example: When you replace an ES2-based GarageBand instrument with the ES2,
the inserted ES2 uses the same setting as the replaced ES2-based GarageBand
instrument. It also works for most EXS-based GarageBand instruments, with two
exceptions: Hybrid Morph and Hybrid Basic.
To compare changed plug-in parameters with the original settings:
1 Make adjustments to the desired plug-in parameters.
2 Click the Compare button to switch between the originally loaded (with the project)
and tweaked parameter settings.
This feature allows you to audition your audio or instrument track playback through
two variations of a plug-in. The tweaked version can be saved as a new plug-in setting
via the Settings menu, if you decide to keep it.
The Compare button compares the tweaked setting with the reference setting that was
stored when you last saved your project—even if you have saved the setting since
opening the project.
This approach means that you can quickly change the reference setting by saving the
project.
To revert to a plug-in’s default setting:
m Choose Reset Setting in the Settings menu.
To copy the current plug-in parameters:
m Click the Copy button in the plug-in header (or choose Copy Setting in the Settings
menu).
This copies all parameter settings into a plug-in settings Clipboard, which is
independent from the global Logic Express Clipboard.
To paste copied plug-in parameters:
m Click the Paste button in the plug-in header (or choose Paste Setting in the Settings
menu).
Note: This only works between plug-ins of the same type (two Compressor instances,
for example). Some plug-ins, such as the ES2 and some ES2-based GarageBand
instruments, have a number of shared parameters, allowing you to freely copy and
paste parameter settings between them (see “Switching the Contents of the Plug-in
Window” on page 239).