Plugins greyed out

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rspagnuolo
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2017/02/25 16:39:47 (permalink)

Plugins greyed out

Hello fellow Cakewalkonians,
I thought it might help to post a problem and solution I encountered.
 
My plugins were all greyed out and not receiving the inputs I was sending to them.
Somehow the right-click menu items, "Bypass FX Rack" and "Bypass Effects Rack of This Type"" had been selected.
 
I don't know how I activated those options, maybe a short-cut key-combo that Mr. Thumbs here accidently used, but I wasted 30 minutes figuring it out.
 
Learning the hard way, as usual. LOL!
Ray

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    scook
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    Re: Plugins greyed out 2017/02/25 16:44:34 (permalink)
    The keyboard shortcut is "E"
    The FX button in the Mix module also toggles FX bypass.
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    Re: Plugins greyed out 2017/02/26 09:09:16 (permalink)
    I did an E instead of an F yesterday and my mix went wonky.
    I thought, "Oh no what did I do?" I know I had missed with my finger / brain and used an E so
    I hit E again and "Ah... that's better..."
     
    Unfamiliar key bindings are an adventure. Maybe I should have my wife test me with keybinding flash cards. I'll bet she'd like that.
     
     

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    Re: Plugins greyed out 2017/02/26 09:18:09 (permalink)
    Single key shortcuts are a mixed blessing. For example O for offset mode, a change so subtle users could really mess up their projects before realizing what had happened. This default was finally removed a few versions ago. Fortunately, it is possible for users to do the same with many of the single key shortcuts. If the "Bypass All Audio Effects" binding to E is a problem consider binding E to "Do Nothing: Use to block pre-defined accelerators."
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    Re: Plugins greyed out 2017/02/28 22:40:18 (permalink)
    Great info.
    It's comforting to know that I am not the only Mr. Thumbs.
    And I think I will go to the "Do Nothing" route. Good idea.
     
    Thanks so much,
    Ray
     

    Ray (aka Oluon)
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