5.1 DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide - Digidesign Support Archives

TC/E Selects the Time Compression & Expansion
plug-in and default settings used when editing
with the Scrub Trimmer.
Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins
AudioSuite plug-ins can be applied to whole regions,
partial regions, or selections that are
made up of whole and partial regions across one
or more tracks.
When audio selected in the Edit window includes
partial regions, the regions will automatically
be split into two or more regions when
they are processed. Processing will occur only
on the selection, leaving other regions unchanged.
Only audio files on locally connected hard
drives can be processed with AudioSuite plugins.
You cannot process audio files on remote
hard drives over a network.
Processing a locked region will cause the region
to become unlocked. For more information
about locked regions, refer to the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.
Selecting Tracks for AudioSuite
Processing
Because AudioSuite processes are performed on
the specific regions that you select, it is important
that you select only those regions you actually
want to process.
Selecting a region in the Audio Regions List will
automatically select it in a track (if it currently
resides on one). This is Pro Tools default behavior.
You can change this, however, using the Region
Selection Follows Track Selection, and
Track Selection Follows Regions List Selection
options in the Editing page of the Preferences dialog.
See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for an explanation
of these Preferences.
When processing a single audio channel
with an AudioSuite plug-in, make sure that
the plug-in is set to Mono mode (if available).
Selecting Tracks for Delay or Reverb
Processing
Because some AudioSuite effects such as delay
and reverb add additional material to the end of
the selected audio (a reverb tail or a delay tap), it
is very important that you make a selection that
is longer than the original source material so that
the plug-in can write it into the audio file.
If you select only the original material, without
leaving additional space at the end, a reverb decay
or delay that occurs after the end of the region
will be cut off.
To accommodate for this, place the region in a
track, and select the desired audio plus an
amount of blank space at the end of the region
equal to the amount of delay or reverb decay
that you have added in the plug-in. The plug-in
will then have space at the end of the region in
which to write the final delay or decay.
If you select more blank space than you need,
you can remove it using the Trim tool after applying
AudioSuite processing.
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