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About Cubase VST’s Implementation of Insert Effects
Inserts are serial
You can apply up to four effects per channel. The signal passes through the effects
in series from the top downwards.
Each Channel has its own Insert Effect Rack
Each channel has its own rack of four effects which are totally independent of the
other channels. This means that (in a system where additional effect plug-ins have
been added) Channel 1 can be routed through distortion, gating and compression,
whereas Channel 2 can be routed through tremolo, compression and a spectral en-
hancer, etc.
Insert effects require the same processing power as any other effect type. This
means that applying insert effects on many channels uses up far more processing
power than the send effects (four in total for the whole program). Remember that
you can use the Performance window to keep an eye on the CPU load.
Which Effect Plug-ins can I use for Insert Effects?
Most effect plug-ins will work fine as Insert Effects. In general, the only restric-
tions are with the number of Inputs and Outputs in the Effects:
• For a Plug-In to be usable as an Insert Effect, it has to have 1 or 2 inputs
and 1 or 2 outputs.
This may seem obvious, but it is also possible to have effect plug-ins either
with more than two inputs or outputs, or even no inputs or outputs at all.
These cannot be used as Insert effects.
The number of inputs and outputs can also determine whether you use the Insert ef-
fects on a single (mono) audio channel or on a stereo channel pair:
• For stereo audio channels, you need to use an effect with stereo inputs
(e.g. one of the master effects).
It is possible to use a mono-input effect with a stereo channel pair, but then
only the left channel in the pair will be processed, which is probably not what
you want.
• For mono audio channels, you can use mono- or stereo-input effects.
However, since the audio channel is in mono, the output of the effect will
also be in mono. For stereo output effects, the left channel will be used.
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