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 by activating it in the Graphic Editor or clicking on its track number in the Tracks window. Once the track has been selected, choose Windows and Plug-ins (or type command-9) and Windows and Effects (or type command-0). Feel free to move these windows 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 the Stereo 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) and adjust 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 the Bypass button lets you quickly turn the effect off to compare what it is doing to the original sound.

  4. When you find an effects setting you like, open the popup window in the top right 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