[Ardour-Users] How to add an effect to a track

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 08:21 +0100, Michael Neumeier wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I am quite new to really using hd-recording, so please understand that I may ask some questions that are easy for you to solve.
> 
> The first thing I want to do is to add an effect to a recorded track. Details: I have recorded a bass track and now, I want to add eg a flanger to a part of the track. How can I do this?

In the channel strips on the mixer window there are boxes above and
below the fader.  Right-click and "Add Plugin..." - pretty
straightforward.  Why are there two boxes?  Pre- and post-fade effects.

If you want to send a channel to an effect bus (like maybe a reverb),
create a bus, put the effect in the pre-fade slot, then in the track add
a Send.  Hook its outputs to the input of the bus, enable it, and
reverberate away as much as you like.

Gordon MM0YEQ