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Add an effect

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Good to know

  • On an instrument track ⌥S has a searchable tab for each kind: instruments, samples and presets. ⇥ switches tabs, and what you typed carries over. A sample loads into the built-in Sampler; an instrument preset brings its instrument and its effects.
  • An instrument from the Instruments tab loads onto the selected instrument track if it has none. Otherwise it gets a new instrument track. Its window opens.
  • ⌥E puts the effect after the selected card, or at the end of the chain when no card is selected.
  • Saved effect presets sit under their plugin in the ⌥E list. The Sample Library inserts one too, with Insert on Selected Track.
  • Notes can be shaped before the instrument. Arpeggiators and chord generators go in front of it: MIDI Effects.
  • ⇧⌘T (New Instrument Track…) makes the track and opens the same list. One ⌘Z removes the new track too. See Tracks.
  • Every track except an automation track takes effects. Automation tracks have no Plugin Strip.
  • The lists are sorted into plugin categories, with Favorites on top and uncategorized plugins under Other. You set both in Settings ▸ Plugins.
  • Plugins are scanned on first launch. After installing new ones, click Scan for New in Settings ▸ Plugins, or run Command Palette → Scan for New Plugins.
Last modified on October 22, 2026