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| author | Tim E. Real <termtech@rogers.com> | 2013-02-22 06:51:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Tim E. Real <termtech@rogers.com> | 2013-02-22 06:51:28 +0000 |
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diff --git a/muse2/doc/html/split/documentation/node9.html b/muse2/doc/html/split/documentation/node9.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..53c1ca49 --- /dev/null +++ b/muse2/doc/html/split/documentation/node9.html @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> + +<!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) +original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds +* revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan +* with significant contributions from: + Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Plugins</TITLE> +<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Plugins"> +<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="documentation"> +<META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> +<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> + +<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> +<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> +<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> + +<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="documentation.css"> + +<LINK REL="next" HREF="node10.html"> +<LINK REL="previous" HREF="node8.html"> +<LINK REL="up" HREF="node3.html"> +<LINK REL="next" HREF="node10.html"> +</HEAD> + +<BODY > + +<DIV CLASS="navigation"><!--Navigation Panel--> +<A NAME="tex2html305" + HREF="node10.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/next.png"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html301" + HREF="node3.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/up.png"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html295" + HREF="node8.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/prev.png"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html303" + HREF="node1.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/contents.png"></A> +<BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html306" + HREF="node10.html">Automation</A> +<B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html302" + HREF="node3.html">User's manual</A> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html296" + HREF="node8.html">Track soloing</A> + <B> <A NAME="tex2html304" + HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> +<BR> +<BR></DIV> +<!--End of Navigation Panel--> +<!--Table of Child-Links--> +<A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></A> + +<UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> +<LI><A NAME="tex2html307" + HREF="node9.html#SECTION00361000000000000000">The audio effects rack</A> +<UL> +<LI><A NAME="tex2html308" + HREF="node9.html#SECTION00361100000000000000">Audio plugin Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)</A> +</UL></UL> +<!--End of Table of Child-Links--> +<HR> + +<H1><A NAME="SECTION00360000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="plugins"></A> +<BR> +Plugins +</H1> +Plugins are small add-ons which can process a track's data. + +<P> +MIDI plugins operate on midi and drum tracks, and are found in +the <SPAN CLASS="textbf">Midi</SPAN> menu. + +<P> +Audio plugins can be applied to any track handling audio (that is, +inputs, outputs, wave tracks, synth tracks). The effects rack +section describes this. (See effects rack <A HREF="#effects_rack">2.6.1</A>). + +<P> + +<H2><A NAME="SECTION00361000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="effects_rack"></A> +<BR> +The audio effects rack +</H2> +All audio track types (Input, Output, Group, Wave, Synth, and Aux) have +an effects rack into which audio plugins can be inserted in a chain. +Currently each rack can accomodate up to four plugins. + +<P> +MusE currently supports LADSPA plugins and DSSI synth and effects +plugins. + +<P> +Plugins can be added by double-clicking on an entry in the effect rack +in the track info pane (which is shown at the left side of the arranger +when the according track is selected). Right-clicking the rack items +offers a self-explanatory popup menu. + +<P> +All plugin controls can be automated. (See audio automation +<A HREF="node10.html#audio_automation">2.7.1</A>). + +<P> +One must carefully consider how many audio inputs and outputs a plugin +has, and how may channels the particular audio track has (1 mono or +2 stereo), and how MusE uses the plugins in the rack. + +<P> +Learn more about this in the appendix Understanding the Effects Rack: +<A HREF="node12.html#apx_effects_rack">3</A> + +<P> + +<H3><A NAME="SECTION00361100000000000000"></A> +<A NAME="plugin_guis"></A> +<BR> +Audio plugin Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) +</H3> Once a plugin is added, you need a way to +manipulate its controls, which affect its behaviour and operate +on the sound. + +<P> +MusE can show a generic GUI which contains all of the +plugin's controls arranged in a rather plain generic fashion. + +<P> +Some plugins may also have a native GUI which looks much better (it +was specifically designed for the plugin). + +<P> +Both GUI types are opened from the effects rack right-click popup menu. + +<P> + +<DIV CLASS="navigation"><HR> +<!--Navigation Panel--> +<A NAME="tex2html305" + HREF="node10.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/next.png"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html301" + HREF="node3.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/up.png"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html295" + HREF="node8.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/prev.png"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html303" + HREF="node1.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" + SRC="/usr/share/latex2html/icons/contents.png"></A> +<BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html306" + HREF="node10.html">Automation</A> +<B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html302" + HREF="node3.html">User's manual</A> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html296" + HREF="node8.html">Track soloing</A> + <B> <A NAME="tex2html304" + HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> </DIV> +<!--End of Navigation Panel--> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |