Adding Effects in Real-time

And now for the real fun stuff: effects! Metro supports Bundled Audio Effects (OS 9), AudioUnits, VST, and Adobe Premiere Plug-ins. Let's add some from Metro's included Audio Effects suite onto one of our audio tracks. First, make sure that an entire audio track is selected byactivating it in the Graphic Editor or clicking on its track number in the Trackswindow. Once the track has been selected, choose Windows and Plug-ins (or typecommand-9) and Windows and Effects (or type command-0). Feel free to move thesewindows around to suite your screen layout.

To add an effect to your track in real-time:

  1. Double click one of the plug-ins. For this experiment, double-click theStereo Delay Plug-in. Its parameters will appear in the Effects window.

  2. Play your track (or you might just want to Cue a section of your track) andadjust the Wet/Dry mix and the other parameters to get a delay sound you like.

  3. Try adding another effect and playing around with it, too. Notice that theBypass button lets you quickly turn the effect off to compare what it is doing tothe original sound.

  4. When you find an effects setting you like, open the popup window in the topright of the Effect and choose Save Preset As to create your own preset.

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Now let’s try Adding Offline Effects.

Adding Effects in Real-time