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9 Working With Audio Effects
You can modify the sound of your project in many ways
using audio effects. Soundtrack Pro includes a complete
set of professional-quality audio effects you can use in
your projects.
You can use audio effects to add both subtle and dramatic changes to audio clips in a
multitrack project or to an audio file project. Soundtrack Pro includes effects for
equalization, compression, reverb, and other effects you can use to clean up audio,
perform sound design, and enhance the sound of your audio. You can also use third-
party Audio Units effects plug-ins in both multitrack and audio file projects.
Realtime and Processing Effects
Soundtrack Pro gives you two ways to use audio effects in your projects: realtime
effects and processing effects.
Realtime Effects
You can add realtime effects to tracks, busses, and outputs in a multitrack project, or to
an audio file project. Realtime effects modify the audio as it passes through them, so
you hear any changes you make, or any new audio you add, through the sound of the
effect. Each realtime effect has effect parameters you can adjust to control how the
effect modifies the audio. You can also automate effect parameters to create changes
over time.
You can create effects chains on a track, bus, output, or audio file using realtime effects.
An effects chain is a series of effects that modify the audio in a set order. Using busses
in the Timeline and Mixer, you can create submixes, and apply the effect to all the
tracks in a submix with one set of controls.
For information on working with realtime effects in both multitrack and audio file
projects, see “Working With Realtime Effects” on page 207.