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Plugins
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Plugins are small add-ons which can process a track's data.
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MIDI plugins operate on midi and drum tracks, and are found in
the <SPAN CLASS="textbf">Midi</SPAN> menu.
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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>).
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The audio effects rack
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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.
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MusE currently supports LADSPA plugins and DSSI synth and effects
plugins.
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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.
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All plugin controls can be automated. (See audio automation
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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.
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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.
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MusE can show a generic GUI which contains all of the
plugin's controls arranged in a rather plain generic fashion.
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Some plugins may also have a native GUI which looks much better (it
was specifically designed for the plugin).
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Both GUI types are opened from the effects rack right-click popup menu.
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