By default the FX "sends" of a track are post fader. So by setting
the track volume to -inf. you effectively send silence to the
Assignable FX.

You can change a send to pre fader by right clicking on the track FX
send slider and selecting "Pre Volume".

Let me know if this does what you want.

Thanks
Peter


ted smith wrote:
>>I have seen the routing diagram in the help file, but am
>>not enough of a techie to really grasp why I can't seem to
>>do the following, like I could in ACID:
>>
>>Take a track, lower its main/master volume to -inf. Make
>>an insertable FX setup w/ 3rd party plugins, and route the
>>track to it using the volume level that now appears once
>>you've made the assignable FX (under Pan)... just like I
>>would do in Acid.
>>
>>Play it back and ... no sound! I believe this is because
>>the Insertable FX routing is parrallel, and not serial,
>>like in Acid. So if the track's master volume is all the
>>way down, the insertable FX is not fed any signal, ergo no
>>sound. So this means Insertable effects are for parrallel
>>FX processing only, right?
>>
>>Are there any plans to change this? I guess I am looking
>>for a way to make these insertable fx setups and process my
>>track SERIALLY through them. You can get pretty close by
>>putting the master volume up a few DB's and then cranking
>>the insertable FX send way up, and tweaking the plugin to
>>be pure effect, but it's still not completly "wet", which
>>is what I am looking for. I guess I like to let the
>>plugins mix the wet/dry ratio, as most of them allow you to
>>do.
>>
>>Will there be a way to take a 3rd party plugin and tweak it
>>so it can be run in each track like the 3 SF plugins
>>currently available? I guess I got spoiled in ACID with
>>the serial processing of these effects per track.
>>
>>thank in advance
>>
>>Ted
>>
>>
>>