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CFX_Audio_Effects_Pack
FX Audio Effects Pack

The FX Audio Effects Pack provides essential and easy-to-use chorus and reverb effects, and is a taste of the more advanced capabilities of Cakewalk FX Plugins.

Reverb

Chorus

See Also:

Mixing Effects


CFX_Audio_Effects_Pack_Reverb
Reverb

Reverberation, or reverb, adds many small echoes to a signal to create spaciousness.

Parameter	Explanation
Decay Time (sec)	Sets the reverb's length. Increasing the value makes the room sound larger.
Blend	Controls the amount of wet vs. dry signal mixed together in the result. Works much like the wet/dry knobs on effector units. At intermediate settings the signals are combined to create minimal subjective change in volume.
Preset

Use this field to choose and enter presets.

Audition

Click on this to hear the results of the command on the first three seconds of the selected audio.

See Also:

Chorus

Mixing Effects


CFX_Audio_Effects_Pack_Chorus
Chorus

Chorusing “fattens” the audio to make one instrument sound like many. When many people sing together, for example, each of their voices is slightly out of tune and off the beat. Therefore, detuning and delaying the signal makes many instruments sound richer, including guitars, vocals, and strings.

Parameter	Explanation
Mod. Rate (Hz)	Controls the rate of detuning. Variable from 0 to 5 Hz in 0.5 Hz increments.
Mod. Depth (ms)	Controls the amount of detuning. Setting this very high will result in an obviously out-of-tune sound. A lower setting will create subtle chorusing. Variable from 0 to 10ms in 0.5 ms increments.
Blend	Controls the amount of wet vs. dry signal mixed together in the result. Works much like the wet/dry knobs on effector units. At intermediate settings the signals are combined to create minimal subjective change in volume
Preset

Use this field to choose and enter presets.

Audition

Click on this to hear the results of the command on the first three seconds of the selected audio.

See Also:

Reverb

Mixing Effects


Mixing Effects

You can control how audio is routed to effects, whether using effects in realtime or offline. You use the Mixing controls described here to control routing of offline effects.

Process In-Place, Mono to Mono — The effect replaces the original audio with the output of the effect. Settings within the effect control the balance between wet and dry signals.

Process In-Place, Creating Stereo Output Tracks — The original tracks are replaced with tracks created via the stereo effects output. Settings within the effect control the balance between wet and dry signals.

Create a Send Submix — The selected tracks are mixed together in a submix which is “sent” to the effect, and the “return” is used to created a new set of tracks. You can control the Return Track by selecting the desired starting track in the drop-down control. You can retain your original, dry track by selecting the Keep Original Data checkbox.

If you choose to keep the original tracks, it is best to make the effect produce a full-wet signal for later mixing via tracks; otherwise — if you don’t keep original tracks — you can control the wet/dry mix in the usual way within the effect controls.

NOTE: Create a Send Submix automatically chooses a mono or stereo submix for the effects send and a mono or stereo return from the effect based on the effect, i.e. if the effect takes a mono input and returns stereo tracks, that is what will happen.

See Also:

Reverb

Chorus


Generating stereo or mono output

In Cakewalk, audio can be on mono tracks or stereo pairs of tracks. A mono track is just one track. A stereo pair consists of two consecutive tracks; the first track is panned hard-left (0) and the second track is panned hard-right (127). You can convert mono tracks into stereo tracks, and vice versa, under these conditions:

•	If you select a mono track and apply effects, you can choose “Generate Stereo Output from Mono Tracks” from the effects command dialog box. When you click OK, Cakewalk will automatically create a stereo pair for the processed output of each mono track. Cakewalk places each stereo pair on two new tracks, and removes the selected events from the original track.

•	If you select a stereo pair of tracks and apply effects, you can choose “Generate Mono Output from Stereo Tracks.” Stereo events that are spread over two tracks will collapse into one event that is panned to the center (Pan=64.) The new clip will appear in the next unused track, and the selected events will be removed from the original track.

Note that if the stereo pair is already followed by a mono track, Cakewalk will store the results in the existing mono track instead of creating a new one.

If you only select one of a stereo pair of tracks, you can choose “Generate Mono Output from Stereo Tracks.” That track’s data is fed in mono to the effect. The processed audio replaces both tracks in the original stereo pair.

See Also:

Reverb

Chorus


Real Time
realtime — the effect takes place while recording or playing back, whenever playing or recording.


Offline
offline — the effect takes place immediately, and processes tracks once given data at that time, whether modifying tracks or creating new ones.


Wet
wet — the output of the effect, exclusive of the original unmodified signal.


Dry
dry — the original, unmodified signal, which is the input to the effect.