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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Eves" data-source="post: 139727" data-attributes="member: 4463">Single-Channel FX *SEND* Mute on User Button?Hey everybody,In the final throes of a show set-up, and trying to find a way to do an on/off control of a single channel&#039;s send to a bus FX (13) with a User Button.The effect (a multi-tap delay/reverb) has to be only on certain words of dialog, and as the operator is inexperienced, I figured it would be too risky for him to have to switch layers and fumble with SOF to find the send mute button manually in this context.Right now, we have the FX set up as an in-line and has placed the channel&#039;s insert on/off on a button, which is fine except that this effectively controls the return not the send, so the effect cuts off when you release it (and also, strangely, you immediately hear the effect from the channel audio&#039;s PRIOR to engaging it, but that&#039;s a separate issue, and hopefully a moot point).I figured you could put Channel Bus Send Mutes in either a Mute Group or on a User Button, but apparently you can&#039;t, and I ran out of time last night, resulting in the temporary solution above. What I have subsequently realized is that you CAN put the Bus&#039;s own Mute on a User Button, and also the FX Return Mute. I&#039;m guessing the latter wouldn&#039;t be what I want, but would the former work?There will only ever be that channel going to this FX, so it doesn&#039;t really matter whether it&#039;s muted before or after the channel contributions are combined, as long as it&#039;s muted BEFORE the effect rather than after, so that the delay/reverb tail will continue after releasing the button.Any feedback on this warmly welcomed, please, as I only just thought of it, and will have about 15 minutes to implement it before tonight&#039;s rehearsal, in which I&#039;m really supposed to be an actor!Thanks!Simon</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simon Eves, post: 139727, member: 4463"] Single-Channel FX *SEND* Mute on User Button? Hey everybody, In the final throes of a show set-up, and trying to find a way to do an on/off control of a single channel's send to a bus FX (13) with a User Button. The effect (a multi-tap delay/reverb) has to be only on certain words of dialog, and as the operator is inexperienced, I figured it would be too risky for him to have to switch layers and fumble with SOF to find the send mute button manually in this context. Right now, we have the FX set up as an in-line and has placed the channel's insert on/off on a button, which is fine except that this effectively controls the return not the send, so the effect cuts off when you release it (and also, strangely, you immediately hear the effect from the channel audio's PRIOR to engaging it, but that's a separate issue, and hopefully a moot point). I figured you could put Channel Bus Send Mutes in either a Mute Group or on a User Button, but apparently you can't, and I ran out of time last night, resulting in the temporary solution above. What I have subsequently realized is that you CAN put the Bus's own Mute on a User Button, and also the FX Return Mute. I'm guessing the latter wouldn't be what I want, but would the former work? There will only ever be that channel going to this FX, so it doesn't really matter whether it's muted before or after the channel contributions are combined, as long as it's muted BEFORE the effect rather than after, so that the delay/reverb tail will continue after releasing the button. Any feedback on this warmly welcomed, please, as I only just thought of it, and will have about 15 minutes to implement it before tonight's rehearsal, in which I'm really supposed to be an actor! Thanks! Simon [/QUOTE]

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