Reference Guide

868 Mixing

Using real-time effects

Plug-in property pages have a couple of other controls not related to presets:

• Open View button. This button lets you open a MIDI editing view for a soft synth’s

corresponding MIDI track. Click the small down arrow to specify the default editing view from the

menu. The following views are available:

• Step Sequencer (default)

• Piano Roll View

• Staff View

• Event List

• Automation read and write buttons. These buttons enable or disable automation playback

and recording for the plug-in’s parameters. See “Automation” on page 1001 for more information.

• Keystrokes button. Enabling this button sends all keystrokes to a particular instance of a plug-

in when the plug-in’s property page has focus.

To solo track/bus from plug-in window

When tweaking an effect, it is often desirable to only hear the audio that is passing through the

effect.

A Solo button is available on all plug-in property pages, which allows you to quickly solo the

track or bus that the effect is inserted on while adjusting the plug-in. The Solo button functions the

exact same way as the Solo button on the source track/bus.

Figure 256. A Solo button is available on each plug-in property page

A. Solo button

See:

“Soloing tracks” on page 198

“Muting and soloing soft synth tracks” on page 813

“Audio effects (audio plug-ins)” on page 797

Note: If you solo a software instrument in the Synth Rack, the Solo button will also affect all

associated MIDI and audio tracks.