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Automating plugins

Automating plugins

From the course: Audition: Mixing a Short Film

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Automating plugins

Sometimes when you use plugins for your film mix, you want them to change parameters in real time. This attribute could be very useful as a sound design tool. In this movie, I'll show you how to use plugin automation to change a reverb plugin in real time. Here in this scene we have a ticking clock to close out the dream sequence. Let's listen to it. (video playing) (clock ticking) (Male speaker: Here are the copies of the Bell contract you asked for.) And this clock sound effect is cool, but wouldn't it be cooler if we can make it really sound like it's in the character's head and then fades to normal as the scene progresses? If we could only make it have reverb that gradually decreases until we see the clock. Actually, using plugin automation, we can do this sort of thing. Let's insert a real-time plugin on the clip. Go to the Effects Rack, choose Track Effects, and activate the first slot, and let's choose Reverb > Convolution Reverb. Now, in the Reverb plugin, select the preset…

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