Reference Guide

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External Insert plug-in (Producer and Studio only)
Mixing
Send VU Meter. This meter shows the signal level being delivered to the external send. Since this
is feeding a sound card output, it is important to avoid clipping at this stage.
Send Port Picker. This control lets you choose an audio output that currently has nothing routed
to it. This is the port that you should connect to the input(s) of your external gear. All output ports that
are already used in the project are excluded (except for master buses that have other instances of
the External Insert plug-in routed to them).
Return Phase Control. This control flips the phase of the signal being returned to the external
return input. This parameter is automatable.
Return Level. This is a +/- 24dB trim to the level that is passed from the external send. This
parameter is automatable.
Return VU Meter. This meter shows the signal level entering the external return.
Return Port Picker. This control lets you choose any available hardware input. This is the port you
that you should connect to the output(s) of your external gear. All input ports that are already used in
the project are excluded
Delay Measurement. This control shows the last measured round-trip delay through your audio
hardware. Click the control to initiate a new measurement.
Manual Delay Offset. The center control displays and resets the manual delay offset. The buttons
to the left decrease the manual offset by 1 or 10 samples. The buttons to the right increase
the manual offset by 1 or 10 samples. All delay buttons are disabled during playback.
Note: Output ports that are used by the External Insert plug-in are excluded from all track and
bus Output controls.
Note: Input ports that are used by the External Insert plug-in are excluded from all track and bus
Input controls.
Note 1: Time-based effects such as reverb and delay can artificially increase the latency
measurement. Before manually measuring the delay, you may want to bypass the external gear
(if Bypass is supported by your external gear).
Note 2: The delay is automatically re-measured if the Buffer Size setting is changed in Edit >
Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings or if ports are changed.