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Audio effects
Send effects
4. Click the Add Track button.
An FX channel track is added to the track list, and the selected effect, if any, is
loaded into the first insert effect slot for the FX channel (in that case, the lit Inserts
tab for the FX channel track in the Inspector indicates that an effect has been
assigned and automatically activated).
• All FX channel tracks you create will appear in a dedicated “folder” track in the
track list.
This makes it easy to manage and keep track of all your FX channel tracks, and
also allows you to save screen space by folding in the FX Channel folder.
FX channel tracks are automatically named “FX 1”, “FX 2” etc., but you can rename them if
you wish. Just double-click the name of an FX channel track in either the track list or the Ins-
pector and type in a new name.
Adding and setting up effects
As mentioned above, you can add a single insert effect when you create the FX
channel track. To add and set up effects after the FX channel track is created, you can
either use the Inspector for the track (click the Inserts tab) or the Channel Settings
window:
1. Click the Edit button for the FX channel track (in the track list, MixConsole, or
Inspector).
The Channel Settings window opens.
On the left in the window you can find the Inserts section.
2. Make sure that the FX channel is routed to the correct output bus.
This is done with the Output pop-up menu on the toolbar of the Channel Settings
window (also available in the MixConsole and Inspector).
3. To add an insert effect in an empty slot (or to replace the current effect in a slot),
click the slot and select an effect from the selector.
4. When you add an effect, its control panel opens. When you set up send effects,
you normally set the wet/dry Mix control to all “wet”.
This is because you control the balance between the wet and the dry signal with
the effect sends. For more information, see
“Editing effects” on page 242.