Soundhound Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Is there a way to automate just turning a plugin off and on? I've got an izotope plugin I want to turn off at the very end of a piece, just want to turn it off just before the very last hit. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Yes. Choose an automation mode such as Latch or Touch. Press play, and at the desired moment, click the plug-in on/off button, either at the top left of the plug-in window, or if the plug-in window is closed, to the left when you mouse over the plug-in insert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundhound Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Thank you Daivd. Would I need to automate it turning on at the beginning of the track as well, to ensure it's on until the end? Yes. Choose an automation mode such as Latch or Touch. Press play, and at the desired moment, click the plug-in on/off button, either at the top left of the plug-in window, or if the plug-in window is closed, to the left when you mouse over the plug-in insert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 No, that shouldn't be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundhound Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Than you sir. No, that shouldn't be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yes. Choose an automation mode such as Latch or Touch. Press play, and at the desired moment, click the plug-in on/off button, either at the top left of the plug-in window, or if the plug-in window is closed, to the left when you mouse over the plug-in insert. I guess the exception to this is the Arpeggiator plugin, since it has an On and Off button? I tried the method above and it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 It will work with any plug-in, in fact the plug-in on/off is not part of the plug-in itself, but of the host (Logic). The Arpeggiator needs to be fed notes after you turn it on. If the notes started before you turn on the plug-in, then the Arpeggiator has nothing to arpeggiate. But as long as you feed it MIDI notes, when it's on, you can automate it on and off like any other plug-in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 It will work with any plug-in, in fact the plug-in on/off is not part of the plug-in itself, but of the host (Logic). The Arpeggiator needs to be fed notes after you turn it on. If the notes started before you turn on the plug-in, then the Arpeggiator has nothing to arpeggiate. But as long as you feed it MIDI notes, when it's on, you can automate it on and off like any other plug-in. Oh yes of course. Duh! and Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Some plugins may cause clicks when turning on/off. Some have a lot of delay, that seems not to be properly implemented. Like Flux Ircam Trax. For this one you cannot automate the bypass, it goes off-time pretty heavily. When that happens try to automate the mix of the plugin. Automating mix parameter won't work of course for MIDIFX plugins. But they shouldn't cause clicks anyway. They just handle MIDI-data, not audio data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickenbacker360 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 To avoid clicks: Use a send to the plugin on an AUX, then automate the send volume down to zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Also some plug-ins have their own internal bypass, like for example Logic's Pitch correction plug-in has a "Bypass All" button that doesn't click like Logic's on/off button. Or the Tape Delay has a wet slider that you can turn all the way down... etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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