User Manual

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The Audio Montage
Removing an effect from a slot
You can’t actually manually remove created effect slots,
only the slot’s effect. Here’s what you do:
1. To remove a clip effect from a slot, open the clip speed
menu and select the effect you want to remove from a slot.
To remove a track effect from a slot, click the “Add effect
slot” button (in the Track Control area) and select the ef-
fect you want to remove from a slot from the menu that ap-
pears.
The effect window opens.
2. Click on the “Effects” button, and select “Remove”
from the pop-up menu that appears.
The effect is removed from the slot. You can now either select a new ef-
fect for the slot or leave the slot unused.
• You can also remove effects from slots in the Plug-ins
view – see “Managing effects in the Plug-ins view” on
page 181.
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 178).
• 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 in-
sert 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 automated using ef-
fect envelope curves (this applies to clip effects only). Typical Split mode
effects would be reverb, chorus or delay, etc.
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 playback 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 delayed response when you start playback (especially in a Mon-
tage 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” command 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 activate this
option before rendering (see “Mixing down – The Render function” on
page 192). This makes WaveLab Studio reload all plug-ins before ren-
dering the file(s).
Note that this requires twice the amount of memory (since the Montage
is in effect opened twice).
The Effect dialog
The Effect dialog
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Unused slots are automatically removed the next
time WaveLab Studio is launched, and do not con-
sume any CPU power.
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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.