You can use DirectX and VST audio plug-ins at the track level, on busses, soft synths, or as assignable effects chains.

If the plug-in you want to use isn’t displayed in the Plug-In Chooser, you can use the Plug-In Manager window to indicate where your plug-ins are installed and scan for plug-ins.

Be aware that using non-in-place plug-ins (such as Time Stretch, Pitch-Shift without preserving duration, and some Vibrato settings) will cause audio to play out of synchronization with the waveform display in the timeline and with other tracks. If an effects chain includes non-in-place plug-ins, the effects chain icon will be displayed in yellow ().

When using ACID software as a ReWire device, any effects chain that includes non-in-place plug-ins will be automatically bypassed to prevent synchronization problems with the ReWire mixer application. The effects chain icon will be displayed in red (). Apply the plug-ins within the ReWire mixer application.

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What do you want to do?

Add effects to a track

Add effects to a bus

Add effects to a soft synth

Create an assignable effects chain

Edit effects in the Audio Plug-In window

Bypass all audio effects

Overview