Working with plug-ins

Let's have a quick chat about several plug-in features that are handy to know…when mixing, and really when using Pro Tools in general.…First, I want to show you that we have ten inserts or ten places where you can put…plug-ins onto one individual track.…Right now, we are just showing inserts A-E, but if we go to View > Mix Window…Views > Inserts F-J, we can show all 10.…And as we add inserts down this row, that's how they are processed on the track,…so the very first one is the one that is processed first.…

So if I go down here and add another plug-in, let's say an EQ, then the track…goes through the phaser first, then to the EQ, and then out the main outputs.…When you have a plug-in open and then you open another plug-in like this, the…first plug-in closes.…If you want to have both plug-ins open at once, all you need to do is click…this Target button.…Now I can open the second one and have both of them open at the same time.…

This also applies to virtual instruments, sends, and output windows.…