PreSonus StudioLive AI Series - Manual (Page 113)

8 Studio One Artist Quick Start
8.4 Adding Virtual Instruments and Plug-in Effects to Your Song
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8.4 Adding Virtual Instruments and Plug-in Effects to Your Song
You can add plug-ins and instruments to your Song by dragging-and-dropping
from the browser. You can also drag an effect or group of effects from one
channel to another, drag in customized effects chains, and instantly load your
favorite virtual-instrument patch without ever scrolling through a menu.
Opening the Browser, Editor, and Mixer
In the lower right corner of the Arrange window are three buttons.
The Edit button opens or closes the audio editor or the MIDI piano-
roll editor, depending on which type of track is selected.
The Mix button opens and closes the mixer window.
The Browse button opens the browser window, which displays all of the
available virtual instruments, plug-in effects, audio files, and MIDI files,
as well as the pool of audio files loaded into the current session.
At the bottom of the browser window, you will find six category tabs:
• Home opens hot links to the other five tabs.
• Instruments opens a list of all the available Virtual Instruments
that you have installed on your computer.
• Effects opens a list of all the available plug-in effects
that you have installed on you computer.
• Sounds opens a list of the audio and MIDI loops that
came with your Studio One content packages.
• Files provides you with quick access to every file on your computer.
• Pool opens a list of the audio files that have been recorded
and imported into your current session.
8.4.1 Drag-and-Drop Virtual Instruments
To add a virtual instrument to your session, click the Browse and Instrument
buttons to open the instrument browser. Select the instrument or one
of its patches from the instrument browser and drag it into the Arrange
view. Studio One Artist will automatically create a new track and load the
instrument as the input. For more information on Instrument and MIDI
configuration, please review the Studio One Reference Manual.