User Manual

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Master Section
• You can change the order of the slots (and thus the or-
der in which the signal passes through the effects) by
clicking a slot and dragging it to a new position.
When you drag, a dotted outline shows the position of the slot.
• To remove an effect from a slot, right-click the slot and
select Remove from the pop-up menu that appears.
This is the same as selecting “None” from the effect selection pop-up
menu.
Making settings – The Effect control panels
The control panel window is where you make settings for
an effect. Plug-ins can either have specialized control
panels (with any combination of knobs, sliders, buttons
and displays) or use standard panels.
Bypass, Mute and Preset
As you can see in the figure above, the three buttons
above the actual panel are common to both kinds of con-
trol panel windows. They have the following functionality:
• Clicking the Bypass button will temporarily bypass the
effect.
Unlike turning off the On button for the slot, the bypass function does not
free up any processing power. Note that you can bypass all effects ex-
cept one by using the Solo button for a slot. It’s also possible to bypass
all effects by using the global bypass button in the Effects pane. Also
note that bypassing effects is for playback only, and does not affect ren-
dering. To deactivate an effect when rendering, use the On/Off buttons
in the Master Section effect pane.
• The Mute button turns off the signal output from the ef-
fect.
This means that you will no longer hear your signal because it won’t even
reach the next stage (either another slot or the master faders).
• The Preset button allows you to select and edit presets
for the effect.
This is described in the section “Working with effect processor presets”
on page 98.
Standard panels
A standard panel shows parameter names and values in
the display to the left. To make settings, use the slider be-
side the corresponding parameter.
Custom panels
An effect plug-in can actually have any control panel that
the plug-in designer desires. There are several examples
of custom panel plug-ins included with WaveLab Studio.
For information about the panels for additional plug-ins,
see the documentation for each plug-in.