User Manual
Avid AudioSuite Plug-Ins
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Most AudioSuite plug-ins automatically select the appropriate processing mode and label the
values in the Processing Mode Selection menu. For example, the Normalize plug-in offers two
choices: Level On Each Chan-Track and Levels On All Chans-Tracks (default).
You select the processing mode from a menu in the AudioSuite window as described in the next
section.
Using AudioSuite Plug-ins to Create New Master Clips
To create new master clips using the AudioSuite plug-ins:
1. Drag one or more master clips or subclips into the AudioSuite window.
Your Avid editing application automatically enters Master Clip Processing mode and
expands the AudioSuite window, if necessary.
2. If you dropped more than one master clip in the AudioSuite window, select a clip to work on
from the Clip Selection menu.
3. Select the input sources from the Input Source Track selectors.
4. (Option) Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Macintosh) the Input Source Track selector
to change the preview source track.
5. (Option) Type a value in the Handle Length text box to lengthen the clip by a specific
amount.
For example, type
2
if you plan to add a 2-second reverb trail.
If you are using Time Compression/Expansion plug-ins, the plug-ins automatically lengthen
or shorten the clip.
6. Click the Plug-In Selection menu, and select a plug-in.
7. Click the Activate Current Plug-In button to open the plug-in’s dialog box.
For more information, see “Common Buttons in the AudioSuite Plug-In Dialog Box” on
page 927.
8. Make any changes, and click the Preview button to preview the effect.
9. Either render the plug-in from the Plug-In dialog box, or return to the AudioSuite window.
For more information on rendering, see “Rendering AudioSuite Plug-in Effects” on
page 929.
When you click the Render Effect button, your Avid editing application creates a new master
clip in the target bin. Your Avid editing application names the new master clip by combining
the original clip name with the effect name, for example, Test Audio clip_Normalize
(Windows) or QuietClip.Normalize (Macintosh).
Your Avid editing application also creates an AudioSuite effect template in the bin as
described in “Using AudioSuite Effect Templates” on page 934.