Adding External Effects

You can use the external FX bus as an insert effect or as a send effect, which is an insert effect on an FX channel track.

Prerequisite

Set up your external effects in the VST Connections window.

Procedure

  1. In the Inspector, open the Inserts panel.
  2. Open the Select Insert menu.
  3. Select an external effect from the External Plug-ins submenu.

    External effects are indicated by an x icon in the list next to their names in the Select Insert pop-up menu.

Result

The external FX bus is loaded into the effect slot.

A parameter window opens, showing the Delay, Send Gain, and Return Gain settings for the external FX bus. You can adjust these settings while playing back.

The audio signal from the channel is sent to the outputs on the audio hardware, through your external effect device, and back to the program via the inputs on the audio hardware.