M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 904)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 886
Using a Key Input for External Side-
Chain Processing
To use a key input for external side-chain
processing:
1 Click the plug-in’s Key Input selector and se-
lect the input or bus carrying the audio you
want to use to trigger the plug-in.
2 Click the External Key to activate external
side-chain processing.
3 Press the Spacebar to begin playback. The
plug-in uses the input or bus that you chose as a
key input to trigger its effect.
4 During playback, do any of the following to
fine-tune key input triggering:
• To hear the audio source you have selected
to control the key input, enable Side-Chain
Listen or Key Listen (depending on the
plug-in). When finished, disable Side-
Chain Listen/Key Listen to resume normal
plug-in monitoring.
• To filter the key input so that only specific
frequencies trigger the plug-in, use the fil-
tering controls (if available) to select the
frequency range.
5 Adjust the plug-in’s Threshold control (if
available) and other controls as needed.
Plug-in Presets
Pro Tools makes it easy to create your own li-
brary of plug-in settings, or presets. Using the
Plug-in Settings menu, you can copy, paste,
save, and import these settings from plug-in to
plug-in, or from session to session.
Once you create and save settings files to disk
(and tell Pro Tools where to find them by assign-
ing to a root folder) they appear both in the Plug-
in Librarian menu and in the Plug-in Settings di-
alog. They also appear as plug-in settings files
(.txf) in DigiBase browsers.
Plug-in Settings Menu
Use the Plug-in Settings menu commands to
save, copy, paste, and manage plug-in settings as
presets (plug-in settings files).
Plug-in Settings menu commands include:
Save Settings Saves the current settings. This
command overwrites any previous version of
the preset.
Save Settings As Saves the current settings as a
new preset under a different name.
Selecting a Key Input
You can use the Plug-in Settings dialog to
audition and select plug-in settings (see
“Plug-in Settings Dialog” on page 889).
Plug-in Settings menu