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Effects chains
Mixing
To rename an FX Chain container
1. Right-click the FX Chain container in an effects bin and choose Rename on the pop-up menu.
2. Type a new name and press ENTER.
To save an FX Chain preset
Do one of the following:
• To save an effects bin as an FX Chain preset, right-click any blank space in the effects bin and
choose Save as FX Chain Preset on the pop-up menu. Specify a preset name and location in the
Save FX Chain Preset dialog box. All plug-ins in the effects bin are consolidated into a single
new FX Chain.
• To save an FX Chain container as a new FX Chain preset, right-click the FX Chain container in an
effects bin and choose Save as FX Chain Preset on the pop-up menu. Specify a preset name
and location in the Save FX Chain Preset dialog box.
• Click the Browse Plug-ins button in the Browser, then drag the FX Chain container from the
Track view to the Audio FX section in the Browser. The FX Chain is added to the FX Chain folder.
To load an FX Chain preset
Do one of the following:
• Right-click an effects bin and choose Load FX Chain Preset on the pop-up menu. Select the
desired FX Chain Preset file (*.fxc) in the Load FX Chain Preset dialog box and click Open.
• From the Plug-in tab of the Browser, under Audio, expand the FX Chain branch and drag the
preset to an effects bin.
Note: FX Chain presets are stored as FX Chain Preset files (*.fxc). For track and bus effects
bins, the default name for the FX Chain preset is the track/bus name. For clip effects bins, the
default name is the clip name.
Note: You can automatically extract plug-ins when loading an FX Chain preset. To do so, hold
down the SHIFT key while loading the preset. For more information about extracting plug-ins
from an FX Chain container, see “To extract plug-ins from an FX Chain container” on page 888.
Caution: If you load a SONAR X2 project in an older version of SONAR, SONAR will report the
FX Chain as a missing plug-in and the contents of the FX Chain will be unavailable. Resaving
the project will permanently remove the FX Chain.