Adding effects: using inserts, Working with sends, Working with channel strip settings – Apple Logic Express 8 User Manual
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Chapter 25
Mixing
Adding Effects: Using Inserts
Insert slots are shown, and used, in the same way on all channel strip types (except the
master channel strip). If you have enough computer processing capacity, you can insert
up to 15 effect plug-ins per channel strip. An extra blank Insert is created, as soon as all
of the currently displayed Insert slots are used, up to the maximum allowed.
Software instrument plug-ins are inserted much like effect plug-ins, but they can only
be inserted into the Instrument slot of instrument channels. For full details on adding
instrument and effect plug-ins, see “
Inserting, Moving, and Removing Plug-ins
Working With Sends
The Mixer provides auxiliary channel strips, which are used as effect send/returns. Each
individual channel strip can be routed via one or more send/returns (auxiliary channel
strips), in addition to being routed to a particular output. This allows each channel strip
to share the effects processor connected to the mixer’s send/returns (inserted in the
auxiliary channel strip, in the Logic Express Mixer). Full details about working with send
effects can be found in “
Working With Channel Strip Settings
The Channel Strip Settings menu allows you to load and save the entire routing
configuration of a single channel strip, including all loaded plug-ins and settings. This
feature is covered in “