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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>