AudioSuite Controls for Creating New Master Clips
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When you drag a master clip onto the AudioSuite window, the window automatically expands to display additional controls. You can also click the Display/Hide Master Clip Controls button to display or hide the additional parameters.
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Track Selection Menu button: This menu is not active in Master Clip
Processing mode.
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Clip Selection pop-up menu: This menu allows you to select the
active clip. It lists the current active clip and other clips you dragged
into the AudioSuite window. The window controls change to reflect
the active clip.
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Input Source Track selectors: These buttons allow you to select the
input source tracks for the effect.
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The system automatically selects a preview track and displays a blue
Speaker icon on the track. To change the preview track, Alt+click
(Windows) or Option+click (Macintosh) the appropriate source track.
If the source track that is set as the current preview track is deselected,
the system selects the lowest available track.
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Target Bin for New Master Clip pop-up menu: This menu allows
you to select the target bin. The system places the new media and a
corresponding AudioSuite effect template in the bin. The template
allows you to modify the effect at a later time.
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Toggle Master Clip Mode button: This button activates the master
clip processing mode. The button is yellow when master clip
processing mode is active.
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Mark IN to OUT indicators: These lights change to green when a
mark IN or mark OUT exists on the current master clip.
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Find Source button: This button allows you to find the master clip
associated with an AudioSuite template. When you drop an
AudioSuite effect template into the AudioSuite window, the system
activates this button. Click the button to load the master clip into the
AudioSuite window as the active master clip.
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The template you drop in the window must reference an existing master
clip in an open bin.
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Load in Source Pop-up Monitor button: This button loads the
current source master clip into the Source pop-up monitor. This is
useful if you want to add or change IN to OUT points on the clip.
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Load Result check box: Click this box to instruct the system to
automatically load the resulting master clip into the Source pop-up
monitor.
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Handle Length for End of Master Clip text box: This text box
allows you to add filler at the end of a master clip. The value represents
the number of seconds to add. For example, use this feature to add
filler at the end of a master clip when you use a reverb effect to add a
reverb trail to the end of the clip. Select the value before you run the
plug-in.
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Status display: This display provides information about the current
state of the DAE application and the currently applied effect. For
stereo and multichannel processing plug-ins, the Status display
identifies the maximum number of tracks that can be processed. If
more than the maximum are initially selected, the system
automatically disables tracks until it reaches the plug-in's maximum
number.
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