Effects

MultitrackStudio features a large number of built-in high-quality effects. In addition VST Plugins and DirectX Plugins can be used.

Effect Slot

Effects are reached via Effect Slots. Effects can be added by dragging them from the Shelf to an Effect Slot. Leftclicking the slot's button will show the effect's user interface. All effects have a Bypass Button. If the effect is not actually active (it's either bypassed or its controls are in neutral position) the text in the effect slot's display appears dimmed. Inactive effects do not use any processing power.

Effects can be moved using drag-and-drop, keeping the CTRL key down while doing this will copy the effect instead of move it. Adding or removing effects can be done while the Transport is running.

The following effects are available:

Presets
Presets can be created by dragging the Effect Slot to the Shelf's Effect Presets item. Presets not only contain the effect's settings but the type of effect (like EQ or reverb) as well.

Controlling the Transport
You can use either the keyboard or the mouse to control the Transport without hiding the effect's user interface. In particular the ALT-Left Cursor key combination will be useful when setting up effects. Some VST or DX plugins can gain "keyboard focus", which makes it impossible to control the Transport using the keyboard. You can click the righthand part of the plugin window to restore keyboard focus.

Unified Selector
A unified selector will appear if you drag the Shelf's Effects section indicator to an effect slot. All native MultitrackStudio effects, VST and DX plugins, Convolutor impulse responses and effect presets appear in this selector. A search text can be entered to filter the list of effects.
When an effect's user interface is visible you can press the F3 key to pop up the unified selector. The selector remembers the search text, so you can try the next effect which matches the search text easily.