Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 - Manual (Page 269)

A corresponding action appears in the Actions tab for the clip.
For more information about working with processing effects, see Processing Audio Files .
For information on working with actions, see Working with Actions .
Applying Realtime Effects
You can add realtime effects to entire tracks, busses, and submixes in a multitrack project
or to an entire audio file project. You can automate realtime effects parameters to create
changes over time. Realtime effects modify the audio as it passes through them, so you
hear any changes you make, or any new audio you add, through the sound of the effect.
Each realtime effect has effect parameters you can adjust to control how the effect
modifies the audio.
You can create effects chains on a track, bus, submix, or audio file using realtime effects.
An effects chain is a series of effects that modify the audio in a set order. Using busses in
the Timeline and Mixer, you can create submixes, and apply the effect to all the tracks in
a submix with one set of controls.
For information on working with realtime effects in both multitrack and audio file projects,
see
Working with Realtime Effects .
Note: This chapter describes the various categories of effects included with Soundtrack Pro.
For complete information on the details of each realtime effect, see the Soundtrack Pro
Effects Reference document, available in the Help menu.
Rendering Realtime Effects to Actions
You can also convert any realtime effect that you have applied in the File Editor project
view to an action in the Actions list, which enables you to turn these effects on or off,
reorder them in the list, and save them with the audio file project. For more information,
see
Working with Realtime Effects .
Working with Effect Presets
Many effects come with several combined parameter settings called presets. Presets are
a handy way to get up and running with Soundtrack Pro effects without having to learn
a lot of details about their various parameters. For example, the MatrixReverb effect (in
the Mac OS category) has presets for various sizes of room, hall, and chamber settings,
as well as Plate reverb and Cathedral settings. If an effect has presets, the presets appear
in a Factory Presets pop-up menu in the list of effect parameters.
You can show an effect’s presets, add and delete presets, apply a preset, adjust preset
parameters, and create your own presets.
To show effect presets from the advanced settings window
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Click the Show Presets button in the advanced settings window.
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