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WAVELAB
The Audio Montage 19 – 477
Effect type: Insert or Split Mode?
Clip and track effects can be configured either as Insert or Send effects.
This is done using the “Split mode” setting in the Effect dialog (see “The
Effect dialog” on page 478).
• When Split mode is deactivated for an effect, it is treated as an insert effect.
This means the whole clip signal is routed through the effect. Typical insert effects would
be compressors, auto panners or distortion units, etc.
• When Split mode is activated for an effect, it is treated more as a send effect.
In this mode, you can adjust the send level to the effect. Note that Split mode is different to
conventional send effects in that the effect signal is mixed directly into the audio path and
not to an effect return section. When Split mode is activated, the send level can be auto-
mated using effect envelope curves (this applies to clip effects only). Typical Split mode ef-
fects would be reverb, chorus or delay, etc.
Some effects are always in Insert mode or always in Split mode. For these
effects, the Split mode setting is greyed out and cannot be changed.
The Reset Plug-ins options
On the Edit view : Options menu, you will find two options related to the
plug-in effects:
• Reset plug-ins when starting playback.
When this is activated and you start playback, the program asks the plug-ins to first release
any samples in plug-in memory. Activate this if you get a small click or noise when the play-
back position reaches the start of a clip with effects (typically reverb or delay effects). If not
needed, you should leave this option off, since having it activated could result in a slightly de-
layed response when you start playback (especially in a Montage with many plug-ins used).
• Reset plug-ins before rendering.
Unfortunately, a small number of plug-ins do not respond properly to the VST “Reset” com-
mand sent by the option above. These plug-ins are only properly initialized when they are
created (in effect, when the Montage is opened). If you have activated “Reset plug-ins
when starting playback” and still get clicks on playback as described above, you can acti-
vate this option before rendering (see “Mixing down – The Render function” on page 527).
This makes WaveLab reload all plug-ins before rendering the file(s).
Note that this requires twice the amount of memory (since the Montage is in effect opened
twice).