User Manual

Chapter 42: AudioSuite Processing 933
Plug-Ins Settings Select Button Accesses the
Plug-In Settings dialog, which lists the presets for
the current plug-in. From this list, you can select a
new preset, or audition a series of presets.
Compare Toggles between the original saved
plug-in preset and any changes you have made to it
so you can compare them.
Target Button
Pro Tools lets you view multiple AudioSuite
plug-in windows at the same time. The AudioSuite
plug-in window provides a Target button. Untar-
geted plug-in windows remain open, while the tar-
geted plug-in window can switch between differ-
ent AudioSuite plug-ins and receive keyboard
input.
To target or untarget AudioSuite plug-in windows:
 Click the Target button in the AudioSuite plug-
in window so that it is lit (targeted) or unlit (un-
targeted).
Other AudioSuite Controls
In addition to the standard AudioSuite controls that
are common to all AudioSuite plug-ins, there are a
number of special-purpose controls found only on
certain plug-ins:
Key Input Selector
Selects a track/bus to be used to trigger processing.
In order to use this feature, the key input source au-
dio must occur at the same time as the target audio.
Side-chain input is monophonic. See “Side-Chain
Input” on page 1107.
Channel Mode Button
The Channel Mode button lets you process contig-
uous channels within a selected clip as though they
were mono or stereo tracks (and in some cases
greater-than-stereo tracks), regardless of the type
of tracks they occupy.
Mono Mode Processes each contiguous channel
within a selected clip as a separate mono track. For
example, a clip comprised of six mono tracks
would be processed as six mono tracks.
Stereo Mode Processes each contiguous pair of
channels within a selected clip as a stereo track.
When applied to an odd number of channels, the
plug-in processes the last odd, unpaired channel as
mono, using the left channel settings of the stereo
plug-in. If you want the last track to be processed
in stereo, you must select an additional track to pair
it with—an empty one if necessary.
For example, a clip comprised of two mono tracks
would be processed as a stereo track, with the first
mono track processed as the left channel and the
second mono track processed as the right channel.
Multi Mode Processes each set of three or more
contiguous channels within a selected clip as a
multichannel greater-than-stereo track, with the
number of selected channels determining the type
of track. For example, five contiguously-selected
channels would be processed as a 5.0 track, while
seven contiguously-selected channels will be pro-
cessed as a 7.1 track.
Side-chain inputs for plug-ins have no effect
on AudioSuite processes when the Selection
Reference is set to Clips List.
Multi mode is available only for certain plug-
ins, such as Dynamics III.