DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 581

Target Button When multiple Plug-in windows
are open, clicking this button selects that plug-
in as the target for any computer keyboard com-
mands. For more information, see "Targeted
Windows" on page 547.
Key Input Selector Lets you select audio on a
particular input or bus and route it to trigger the
plug-in. This menu only appears on plug-ins
that feature side-chain processing. Key inputs
are monophonic.
Key Input selector
MIDI node
MIDI node display in a plug-in header (Bruno shown)
MIDI Node Display Shows MIDI node informa-
tion for MIDI-enabled plug-ins. MIDI nodes are
virtual connections from Pro Tools to software
instruments and other MIDI-enabled plug-ins.
MIDI nodes are useful for routing multiple MIDI
tracks to different channels of a single virtual
MIDI device. MIDI node numbers are also dis-
played in a track's MIDI Output selector.
Master Link Button When enabled, links the
controls on all channels of a multi-mono plug-
in so that they can be adjusted in tandem.
Master Link button
Link Enable buttons
Channel Selector
Plug-in window (multi-mono 1-Band EQ shown)
Link Enable Buttons Let you selectively link or
unlink the controls of specific channels of a
multi-mono plug-in. Each square represents a
speaker channel. The Master Link button must
be disabled to use the Link Enable buttons. See
"Linking and Unlinking Controls on Multi-
Mono Plug-ins" on page 575.
Channel Selector Accesses a specific channel
within a multichannel track for plug-in control
editing. This menu appears only on multi-mono
plug-ins inserted on tracks with more than one
channel. Shift-clicking this selector opens a sep-
arate Plug-in window for each channel of the
multichannel track on which the plug-in is in-
serted.
Plug-in window (multichannel Compressor shown)
Phase Invert Button Inverts the phase polarity of
the input signal on some plug-ins.
LFE Enable Enables plug-in processing of the
LFE (low frequency effects) channel on a multi-
channel track formatted for 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 sur-
round formats on some plug-ins. To disable LFE
processing, deselect this button.
Phase
Tempo Sync Enables compatible plug-ins to au-
Invert
tomatically synchronize to the session tempo,
for rhythmic delay, echo, and similar effects.
Chapter 26: Plug-in and Hardware Inserts
Phase Invert buttons
LFE Enable
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