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The Plugins Menu, Plugins Ctrl+P

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The Plugins Menu Plugins (Ctrl+P) • This command opens the Plugin Configuration window. It is here that plug-ins are selected, input sources are chosen to feed plug-ins, stereo or mono modes are selected, and plug-in output destinations are selected. • There are sixteen plug-in slots-four dedicated to each FX card. Card one is allocated plug-in slots 1-4. Card 2 is allocated plugin slots 5-8. Card three is allocated slots 9-12. Card four is allocated slots 13-16. • For each active plug-in, the SLOT number button opens and closes the plug-in window. • MODE toggles between STEREO and MONO when using the UFX card. Each UFX card is divisible into two halves. Either half can be selected as stereo or two-channel mono. In other words, each UFX card can be configured as two stereo, four mono, or one stereo and two mono plugins. • The MODE selection is not applicable to the MFX cards. • MODE selection determines the plug-in options from the UFX card. • Select the desired plug-ins in the PLUGIN column. The available options are dependent on the installed plug-in card(s). • Each of the four card slots is allocated four possible inputs and four possible outputs. MFX cards are automatically configured with two mono inputs, each feeding a separate user-selected effect. Each MFX effect has a stereo output, automatically returning to two faders in the control surface EFFECTS bank. UFX cards offer a potential of four discrete inputs and outputs, configurable into plugin-specific stereo and mono configurations. • When using the MFX card, each mono input feeds a stereo effect; each stereo effect returns to two faders on the EFFECTS bank by default. For example, with an MFX card installed in mixer card slot 1 and selected in the Plugin Configuration window, INPUTs are available at slots 1 and 2. If Aux 1 is selected for SLOT 1, the Aux 1 send feeds the input to Stereo Effect 1, whereas the returns enter the mixer at EFFECTS bank faders 1 and 2. • Once the plug-in is selected, the plug-in-specific input options appear in the INPUT menu. • In addition to an aux send, a plug-in can also receive its input from a channel pre- or post-DSP insert, the main stereo left and right bus, or a Bus 1-8. When a plug-in is inserted "in-line" in this manner, its output is routed directly back into the channel or bus by default. • A plug-in can also receive its input from an FX Return. This allows two or more plug-ins to be chained. For example, assign a plug-in output to its default FX Return, and assign the input source of the next plug-in to the FX Return of the previous plug-in. • In addition to an FX Return, a plug-in output can be routed to a channel pre- or post-DSP insert, the main stereo left and right bus, or a Bus 1-8. Caution: Use extreme caution when assigning plug-in outputs to channel inserts to avoid creating feedback loops! D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 63

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D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page
63
The Plugins Menu
Plugins (Ctrl+P)
•
MODE toggles between STEREO and MONO
when using the UFX card. Each UFX card is
divisible into two halves. Either half can be selected
as stereo or two-channel mono. In other words,
each UFX card can be configured as two stereo,
four mono, or one stereo and two mono plugins.
•
The MODE selection is not applicable to the
MFX cards.
•
MODE selection determines the plug-in options
from the UFX card.
•
Select the desired plug-ins in the PLUGIN column.
The available options are dependent on the
installed plug-in card(s).
•
Each of the four card slots is allocated four pos-
sible inputs and four possible outputs. MFX cards
are automatically configured with two mono inputs,
each feeding a separate user-selected effect. Each
MFX effect has a stereo output, automatically re-
turning to two faders in the control surface
EFFECTS bank. UFX cards offer a potential of
four discrete inputs and outputs, configurable into
plugin-specific stereo and mono configurations.
•
When using the MFX card, each mono input feeds
a stereo effect; each stereo effect returns to two
faders on the EFFECTS bank by default. For
example, with an MFX card installed in mixer
card slot 1 and selected in the Plugin
Configuration window, INPUTs are available at
slots 1 and 2. If Aux 1 is selected for SLOT 1, the
Aux 1 send feeds the input to Stereo Effect 1,
whereas the returns enter the mixer at EFFECTS
bank faders 1 and 2.
•
Once the plug-in is selected, the plug-in-specific
input options appear in the INPUT menu.
•
In addition to an aux send, a plug-in can also
receive its input from a channel pre- or post-DSP
insert, the main stereo left and right bus, or a Bus
1-8. When a plug-in is inserted “in-line” in this
manner, its output is routed directly back into the
channel or bus by default.
•
A plug-in can also receive its input from an FX
Return. This allows two or more plug-ins to be
chained. For example, assign a plug-in output to
its default FX Return, and assign the input source
of the next plug-in to the FX Return of the
previous plug-in.
•
In addition to an FX Return, a plug-in output can
be routed to a channel pre- or post-DSP insert, the
main stereo left and right bus, or a Bus 1-8.
Caution:
Use extreme caution when assigning
plug-in outputs to channel inserts to avoid
creating feedback loops!
•
This command opens the Plugin Configuration
window. It is here that plug-ins are selected, input
sources are chosen to feed plug-ins, stereo or
mono modes are selected, and plug-in output
destinations are selected.
•
There are sixteen plug-in slots—four dedicated to
each FX card. Card one is allocated plug-in slots
1–4. Card 2 is allocated plugin slots 5–8. Card
three is allocated slots 9–12. Card four is
allocated slots 13–16.
•
For each active plug-in, the SLOT number button
opens and closes the plug-in window.