I need help with using the sound effects

terryleemartin wrote on 2/3/2011, 7:02 PM

After I have all of my instrumental parts and my vocal tracks laid down, I would like to add some effects to the vocals. Usually that is just some reverb, but sometimes I play with the chorus effect on the voices.

I am having a problem sometimes when selecting individual sections of the recording and adding the effects to just that particular section, and then going to others, selecting them, and adding the effects I want to those sections. The problem is that I will get everything to where I think I want it, and then play it back again and then find out that some of the effects are no longer applied to some of the sections that I had applied them to.

Obviously I am using the program incorrectly. When I add the effects I use the Object effect rack. Should I be using the Master Audio effect rack instead perhaps? I really don't know the difference between the two, and would appreciate it if someone can explain the difference.

I've been told that to apply the effect to an section I am to just click the OK button.

Also Is there a way to set the audio effects so that when I open up, for example, the reverb, to have it be the way that it was set when I last opened it up? Certain things have to be re set each time I open it up.

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nihon94 wrote on 2/4/2011, 1:35 AM

Hi,

First of all what is your Music Maker version?

For how to use effects on indvidual object or entire track watch this video tutorial. Though it is showing MMM 17 but work same for older version.

http://www.magix.com/us/music-maker/

Click on video & tutorials

when video uploaded click on Mixers and effects

You will learn surely.

You said,

I've been told that to apply the effect to an section I am to just click the OK button.

Yes that is correct after applying effects use ok button. Me too was told by user here.

No, I do not think only possibility is when you save your audio as Take, when you will open takes will have effects.

If need help send message.

Thank you

nihon94

CBY_TLSE wrote on 2/4/2011, 5:24 AM

Hi,

If you apply an effect on objects, it allows to tune differently these same effect on each object, and to apply or not the effect on some objects of the track.

If you apply the effect at track level, this effect is apply constantly with the same parameters on all the objects of the track.

Some effect can have automation : volume, pan, distorsion, FX1...but not reverb.

Using Fx1 (or FX2) :in the mix section of a track, drag the FX1 volume : it defines the volume of the track you send to a virtual track named FX1. You can send different tracks to FX1. In the mixer the FX1 section appears only if the volume of FX1 on a track is >0.

In FX1 section of the mixer : all the track you have send with their own volume are mixed. On this mix you can define for example a reverb or an other effect.

The track volume of each track you send to FX1 can be tuned through an automation (FX1 volume) of this track. You can tune the volume of the effect along the track by this mean by the mean of the automation curve.

For your problem : on your voice track you send for exemple 80% of the volume to FX1.

In the FX1 section of the mixer, click on Fx and tune the reverb. At the moment the reverb is constant.

On your voice track, apply an automation selecting FX1 parameter. Now the automation curve of the voice track allow you to tune the volume of the reverb from 0% to 80% along the curve : you apply your reverb where you want.

In the final mix, you can mix and pan your virtual FX1 track where you want with all the other tracks of your project.

Regards