2 Faders for same Midi Instrument? -ACID Product Family

Subject:2 Faders for same Midi Instrument? Posted by: donde Date:11/20/2015 10:35:21 PM Is it possible to route a DLS Soft Synth midi guitar to 2 mixdown faders, one being for Dry signal, the other for applying Effects. Essentially I guess I'm trying to split the midi guitar's audio into 2 paths so I can control the amount of distortion via its own fader. If its not possible I suppose I could just duplicate a midi track routed to another DLS to achieve the same result, but seems a lot easier IF it can be done in the mixer. Thanks. - Don
Subject:RE: 2 Faders for same Midi Instrument? Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:11/21/2015 7:20:00 AM You want to look at using FX Sends. Add the FX to a Bus and then redirect part of the track audio through the bus via a send. (I think ACID calls the "assignable effects") This will allow you to control the amount of wet/dry going to the mix via the bus. The track will have the dry and the bus will have the wet signal. The assignment fader decides how much goes to each. Sorry, I don't have ACID Pro handy so I can't look and be more accurate but that's how you would accomplish this. Look up "assignable effects" in the help file. ~jr Message last edited on11/21/2015 7:20:18 AM byJohnnyRoy.
Subject:RE: 2 Faders for same Midi Instrument? Reply by: donde Date:11/22/2015 7:52:52 PM Thank you JohnnyRoy! Based on your suggestion I figured the rest out. Here's the procedure I used which others may find helpful (and serves as a note to self): * Create your Soft Synth instrument track as usual (ACID creates a Synth fader for it automatically in the Mixing Console In the Mixing Console: * Label your Soft Synth track as ... ___ DRY * Click on Insert Assignable FX... This appears to do nothing but increases the number of assignable FX channels by one, there should be FX1 (created by default and assigned to all your bus chanels) and FX2 (the one you just created). * At far left is the Hide Channels List... open that by clicking the triangle and enable FX 2 (if its not already shown) * In your Soft Synth bus channel change FX 1 to FX 2 and drag the slider in the FX box to 0.0 (or just double click it). Beneath that, it should say PRE. This is sending a 0.0 VU signal to the FX 2 channel. * Find and drag the Fx2 channel next to your DRY channel... label it ... ___ WET * Add effects to the FX2 channel You now have a DRY and Wet Fader for the same instrument. - Don

Subject:2 Faders for same Midi Instrument?

Posted by: donde

Date:11/20/2015 10:35:21 PM

Is it possible to route a DLS Soft Synth midi guitar to 2 mixdown faders, one being for Dry signal, the other for applying Effects.

Essentially I guess I'm trying to split the midi guitar's audio into 2 paths so I can control the amount of distortion via its own fader.

If its not possible I suppose I could just duplicate a midi track routed to another DLS to achieve the same result, but seems a lot easier IF it can be done in the mixer.

Thanks. - Don

Subject:RE: 2 Faders for same Midi Instrument?

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:11/21/2015 7:20:00 AM

You want to look at using FX Sends. Add the FX to a Bus and then redirect part of the track audio through the bus via a send. (I think ACID calls the "assignable effects") This will allow you to control the amount of wet/dry going to the mix via the bus. The track will have the dry and the bus will have the wet signal. The assignment fader decides how much goes to each.

Sorry, I don't have ACID Pro handy so I can't look and be more accurate but that's how you would accomplish this. Look up "assignable effects" in the help file.

~jr

Message last edited on11/21/2015 7:20:18 AM byJohnnyRoy.

Subject:RE: 2 Faders for same Midi Instrument?

Reply by: donde

Date:11/22/2015 7:52:52 PM

Thank you JohnnyRoy! Based on your suggestion I figured the rest out. Here's the procedure I used which others may find helpful (and serves as a note to self):

* Create your Soft Synth instrument track as usual (ACID creates a Synth fader for it automatically in the Mixing Console

In the Mixing Console:

* Label your Soft Synth track as ... ___ DRY
* Click on Insert Assignable FX... This appears to do nothing but increases the number of assignable FX channels by one, there should be FX1 (created by default and assigned to all your bus chanels) and FX2 (the one you just created).
* At far left is the Hide Channels List... open that by clicking the triangle and enable FX 2 (if its not already shown)
* In your Soft Synth bus channel change FX 1 to FX 2 and drag the slider in the FX box to 0.0 (or just double click it). Beneath that, it should say PRE. This is sending a 0.0 VU signal to the FX 2 channel.
* Find and drag the Fx2 channel next to your DRY channel... label it ... ___ WET
* Add effects to the FX2 channel

You now have a DRY and Wet Fader for the same instrument.

- Don