Making a plug-in INACTIVE?

[blairl]

I had heard that one of the features of 5.1 was the ability to make a plug-in inactive without taking it off the track or messing with any of it's automated data. I can't seem to find out how to do this. I know that if there is not enough DSP or if the plug-in isn't in the DAE plug-ins folder then the plug-in will show up as inactive. But I'm wondering if there is a way to force a plug-in to be inactive when I still have plenty of DSP available. Any ideas?

[Dave Lebolt]

Hi Blair,
It's simple (works for sends too). Just hold down Command and Control (Control and Winkey on PC), and click on the Plug-Ins state plate (rectangle) in the Mix Window (or Edit Window if you're using I/O in that view).

Hitting it again with those modifiers held down will toggle the Plug-In back on (into the "active" state). BTW, I'm pretty sure this is in the User Guide, but I understand if you were too jammed...

[Noiz2]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dave Lebolt:
BTW, I'm pretty sure this is in the User Guide, but I understand if you were too jammed...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It is in the manual but Very hard to find - not in the index at all. I think it mentions how to make a track inactive and somewhere implies the same will work for plugins. Anyway it should be in the index, maybe next time digi?

[Przemek]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dave Lebolt:
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It's simple (works for sends too
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Are you sure? I cannot make a send inactive...
(5.1TDM)
Thanks,
Przemek.

[blairl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dave Lebolt:
Hi Blair,
It's simple (works for sends too). Just hold down Command and Control (Control and Winkey on PC), and click on the Plug-Ins state plate (rectangle) in the Mix Window (or Edit Window if you're using I/O in that view).

Hitting it again with those modifiers held down will toggle the Plug-In back on (into the "active" state). BTW, I'm pretty sure this is in the User Guide, but I understand if you were too jammed...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks! I knew I had heard or read about that feature somewhere. But as mentioned in a previous post it's hard to find. I tried looking in the index of the manual but couldn't find anything. Thanks for the info.