Studio One: Applying FX to certain events using Event FX

Sometimes in the mixing process, you want a certain section of audio to have a different sound.
You could create a number of automation moves to create the effect you're going for, but Studio One makes this a little easier for you!
Event FX allow you to drop plugins onto individual events to easily create new sounds without having to write multiple moves in automation.
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[@matthewjoshua1025]

This stuff is gold

[@ΝΙΚΟΛΕΤΤΑΤΡΟΥΜΠΕΛΑ]

Thanks so much man i was looking for this desperately.And after all it was just alt....Anyway you saved me hours or frustration. Subbed.

[@morphderfler783]

If I could “Like” this 10 times I would!!! Been trying to figure this out, like others in the comments I tried automation etc. Clean, straightforward & simple demo, thanks Tim! Subsrcibed 👍👍👍

[@RangerNatural]

Great explanation! I was having issues with other methods. This makes life so much easier when adding delay! Thank you!

[@TimTalksAudio]

You're very welcome!

[@cathywilson1273]

Towards the end of this video, I was thinking to myself, "Oh no! That selection is going to be affected by the effects on the track. That will drown out that special effect. Maybe it could be done on a separate track." Then, Tim addressed that issue and said the exact same thing! I was so happy that what I was thinking, actually is something that could be done, and so I am on the right track in my learning! :-) Thank you once again, Tim Talks Audio!!

[@stuartdickson6251]

Thanks young fella, so pleased to find your channel. I ‘knew’ this could be done, but trying to find it in the manual was nutz. Great talk, You are calm and focused, I will be back for more Tim. Respect😎 Keep it up

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad to help!

[@AlexeySolovievMusic]

OMG! This is super awesome trick! Must try it for sure! Thank you so much Tim for showing this one! 😀👍🔥🔥🔥

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad you liked it!!

[@jonesgotmusic495]

Great Vid & piece of info for Studio One, I don't think I ever would've figured that out.

[@EmarketExpand]

Me either

[@Jaredkfjones]

Exactly the direction I was looking for. Thank you.

[@slipkorn420]

Dude...I've been usiing Studio One for over 2 years and I learnt so much about pro editing just from this 6 min video. More pro editing tips please! I have an SM58 mic too. How do I edit my voiceovers in studio quality that makes it sound like it's from a condenser mic?

[@AnnoyingEdu]

Thanks! I'm new to Studio One and your tutorial videos are always a delight :)

[@TimTalksAudio]

Happy to hear that!

[@jammer777]

Thanks! This video was very helpful!

[@fischergreen4134]

My favourite feature in studio one and at the hear of my productions

[@TNGlive]

Thanks man, very snazzy workflow tip.

[@AmpStak]

Very informative and well-presented, Tim. Thanks.

[@davidrios9033]

Great video. Very well explained and very detailed. Thanks

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thank you so much! And thanks for watching!

[@davidrios9033]

@@TimTalksAudio no problem. Subscribed. Gonna learn a lot from this channel.

[@digitaldesigner5284]

Exactly what I needed, thank you mate, excellent class.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it helped!

[@PTFPhoto]

SUUUUPER helpful! Thank you!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thomastreppenhauerphotosho3972]

great... Previously I was thinking of automation to get my effects applied to just one section of a track. You saved me lots of work!

[@Artek604]

This is nice. But is S1 smart enough, that if you add a temporal effect (say a delay or reverb), it will also render the tail that extends outisde of the event? That would be very useful especially with S1's ability to play overlaping events simultaneously.

[@TimTalksAudio]

I did something just like that when making a reverse reverb effect using Event FX! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZCoXpmDZZ2rY9E

Thanks! I'm working on a mix and there are some problems in a voice track that I've addressed with this method. It helped a lot!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Great to hear!

[@gtizzle101]

Awesome, but why did it change to mono?

[@nastyninjata]

Awesome info Tim. Thank you very much.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@lafamilia1693]

Savage! Needed this video!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad you learned something new!

[@vrayonet]

Fantastic, short tutorial, thanks for that.

[@TimTalksAudio]

You're welcome!

[@creatress_savanna]

Can do apply this to Midi tracks as well? I noticed that I wasn't able to complete the commands as you've laid out here on midi tracks, only vocals or prerecorded samples. thanks!

[@dawvideokanal7369]

How to automate the event FX? Is there a workaround like with MIDI control? If yes, could you show?

[@ulisserigamonti3172]

This is a good thing. It's possible to do the same thing on a midi or instrument track?

[@MCNorad]

Hey tim, do you know maybe why everytime I use a reverse reverb on vocals, it works perfectly. But it changes the entire sound of the instruments/2track beats? It muffles them, and I have no idea why. If I mute the beat chain that has FX's on like, eqs, etc. It goes back to normal.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Are you trying to do this trick across the whole mix?

[@ericsoncarino6831]

thanks man you helped me a lot too.. you earned 1 subscriber

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thanks for the sub!

[@danielharrigan7108]

The best explanation on KZbin so far, thank you. Can I select the same time event on 3 tracks and apply simultaneously? I'm trying to automate dial changes on multiband dynamics for 3 layers of synths simultaneously.

[@TimTalksAudio]

I don’t believe so, but I would have to check.

[@SkylerMills]

Dude that's so cool

[@alexchanboth]

thank you. you've saved my time

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad I could help!

[@whiteplayon]

Thanks very helpful. Did the effected clip become mono after the event effect?

[@TimTalksAudio]

It did because I had used a mono version of the plugin when using the Event FX. If you use a stereo plugin, you'd get a stereo file.

[@markzuckerman559]

Tim...you are just awesome...thanks

[@TimTalksAudio]

My pleasure!

[@damenkindell6190]

PURE GAME, TY BRO

[@pebblewreck7893]

Really useful! Thanks mate.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it helped!

[@marin4311]

You speak GOLD.

[@therealjackfisher]

WOW! And I was making seperate channel for stuff like that.

[@ransbarger]

Very cool! thank you.

[@bobby-k-mastering]

Thanks Tim, You're a legend!!!!!

[@music7studios]

Great vid, subscribed.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Awesome, thank you!

[@JimsMusicLegacy]

Wow! does this help. Thank you. Sure beats Gregor's explanation. lol.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it helped!

[@bubinga_basher]

You've been super helpful! This is exactly what I was wondering. I want to cover "Walking on the moon" Police. The end, the drums have a delay the finsl 1/4 :of the song. I have a question on Polarity, so hopefully You've made one

[@TimTalksAudio]

You'll want to check out my video on the Phase Meter, and then feel free to join the discord server to ask more questions! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpWtZItpZrunjK8

[@bubinga_basher]

@@TimTalksAudio 1st, I gotta tell you, you kick ass! Super helpful, and really know what you're doing! I actually did watch that vid a couple times. Is there a way for me to test my entire kit? Or sets of mics? I'll watch it a fee more times. I'm guessing you'll know this.....I went to upgrade to V 5.2, but kept getting error message, as I couldn't sign in on my laptop. On the app on my phone I could get to My.presonus.com, but I keep getting an error on my laptop. BTW, that app is great. Since I got the app, does that mean my laptop has 5.2? I still should be able to sign in. Right?

[@BrandonGoodmusic]

Very Helpful. Thank you

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bubinga_basher]

Oh wow. I think I just ask you this question on a different video? So I'm tracking a small drum kit. If I were doing a song (think Every Little thing She Does is Magic, at the end), and wanted my drums to have the delay Copland used, I would just go to the point of the song I wanted the effects to start, I could just have the effects start where I mark it? Yes, I'm a complete newb with no audio, let alone DAW experience. Thank

[@TimTalksAudio]

For something like that, I would use a send to a Delay. Event FX in my opinion, are for when you want to imprint an effect onto the file itself or for little spots here and there. If you want to effect a whole instrument, you can send a copy of that instrument to a delay or which ever effect you want!

[@vipakat3498]

When I press ALT (for pc) all I get is a circle with a slash in the middle. Do you have any idea what may be preventing me from adding effects to specific channels?

[@TimTalksAudio]

Are you trying to do this to a midi event or to an audio event? You can also try selecting your event and putting the effect in the inspector pane on the left. If you are applying some event FX, you should see an orange "Render" button that will allow you to commit the changes.

[@audiokemestry]

Is there a way to process events when working on mastering tracks in the project page? For example, if I split a track into two events and want to process one of the events only (but not the entire track). Thx

[@TimTalksAudio]

That's a great question that i'll have to research more. I'll let you know asap!

[@mr-valentine]

how can we add notefx to certain part event like arpegiator

[@serikz]

is it possible to create a buss chanel, and send some events to this bus? And, into this buss chanel, will add any effects i wont.

[@HuguesLemoine]

Cool... thanks for the video

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@rizenentertainmentltd3918]

Awesome info

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@ordreancien]

Hello Tim, thanks. When you add an event fx on a section, does this section also keeps the effects added on the whole channel insert ? If I don’t want any other effects than the one I just added on the fx section, how I do that ? Many thanks ! 🙏

[@TimTalksAudio]

It will only print an event with the plugins on the "render chain" and will not print the effects on the mixer channel to the event, although the channel plugins will still be effected by the event with the newly rendered event FX.

[@ordreancien]

@@TimTalksAudio Thanks. So what can i do to only get the effect i added on the event and not the "main" one applied to the whole track ? let's say, on the whole track i have a reverb plugin and on a particular section i just want distorsion but without the reverb effect, how i do that ?

[@TimTalksAudio]

At that point, I would make a new track and cut the event out and move it to the new track. Copy all of your other settings to the new track, and just delete the reverb plugin.

[@ordreancien]

@@TimTalksAudio Yes, i thought about that but transition and volume can be an issue. Maybe another solution is automation : setting bypass effects just before the eevent arrives. Thank you

[@bijucity]

How can i send you a personal message, I need a small help on adding plugin effect on my track in professional way

[@TimTalksAudio]

You can either email me or ping me through the discord! discord.gg/HjfMsm5qFt

[@mikeciresi3697]

How do you highlight more than one event without losing the first one selected? Also can you just highlight a section of a track that where there are no events? In other words: I played the guitar track straight through without stopping and I just want to highlight a section of that....can I just hold down alt over the highlight.

[@TimTalksAudio]

You could use the range tool to select just the area you want, then hit option-x on max or Alt-x on pc to split the selection. Then you can follow the steps in the video!

[@mikeciresi3697]

Thank you!@@TimTalksAudio

[@djrage73]

Thanks for this tip!!!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Happy to help!

[@mardstudio4806]

Hi sir ,how to copy event fx to another

[@phillipnorman7423]

very helpful, ta fella.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it helped

[@emerimeriya9931]

Thank you

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@eddiehall7982]

Thanks

[@patrickwilliams1886]

Great Tip, Thanks

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ДенисКим-р6я]

Nice feature, but I think bypass automation on FX is better, cause this way you have more control on routing and also can throw temporary effects on MIDI events without rendering.

[@brianpatrick6102]

Is it changing the signal to mono when you render it? Thank you.

[@TimTalksAudio]

I believe in this example, i did use a mono plugin somewhere in my plugin chain, so if you use a mono version of a plugin, it will render to a mono file. If you use a stereo, it will render stereo.

[@brianpatrick6102]

@@TimTalksAudio Got it. Thank you.

[@laconciencia226]

Thank you!!!

[@TimTalksAudio]

You're welcome!

[@bf4lvr]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@TimTalksAudio]

You're very welcome!

[@Henry-et2bb]

Great

[@charlesgraham4286]

Great video appreciated thanks

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thank you for watching and learning!

[@rubberplant6375]

Unfortunately it only seems to work on the first event. When trying to apply FX to subsequent Events to doesn't seem to work.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Correct. Event FX are “assigned” to specific events. If you were looking to apply the fx to the whole track you could try a few options. First would be to bounce the track, combining all of the events into one audio file or event. Second, you could insert the effect on the channel and everything that’s on that track would be effected. Third, depending on the effect in question and what you’re going for, you could create an fx channel or bus and use a send from your channel to the fx channel/bus with the effect plugin there.

[@khalidalkaabi5506]

thanks it's very helpful 💖💕

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MsDream1979]

this is very powerful but even better if it could be done with midi events...

[@TimTalksAudio]

You could transform your midi to audio and then use an event FX on that newly created event.

[@EmarketExpand]

Thankyou.

[@TimTalksAudio]

You're welcome

[@burnercomented]

What?!?! Game changer

[@airt100]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thank you!!

[@airt100]

@@TimTalksAudio follow up; is there anyway to click on the segmented piece and view the effects already placed on only that segmented said piece? hope that makes sense lol

[@TimTalksAudio]

Yes it does, and if you are still in a "pre-rendered" state, you can see the event fx chain in the inspector. With the inspector open, select the event, and just like in the video, you'll see the event fx section should have a orange or yellow button that says render, and a arrow that allows you to expand the fx chain. If you have already rendered the event fx, you can always "Restore" the event to it's pre-rendered state and see the fx chain that way. I hope this helps!

[@reiortiz]

Can you automate the FX parameters on the audio event like in Reaper?

[@TimTalksAudio]

Yes!

[@reiortiz]

@@TimTalksAudioHow? Could you please provide me with a video or documentation on how to automate the FXs on a event?

[@reiortiz]

@@TimTalksAudio I’m evaluating S1 but I can’t find info anywhere on how to automate fx params on the event themselves.

[@TimTalksAudio]

@@reiortiz I’ll try to film a quick something for you. Stick it out and have fun in the meantime.

[@Poetry4Peace]

Thanks a billion so simple i thought it was shift or something. Ur god

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it helped

[@artfte]

I needed to know how to creat an event? please

[@TimTalksAudio]

Events are the “containers” for either audio or midi information. If you have an audio or instrument track already made, you can double click in a blank area on the edit window to make a blank event. What are you looking to achieve?

[@davidkeller9469]

I just did this and now I'm getting some crackles and pops in my track. What happened?

[@TimTalksAudio]

There's a possibility that a plugin may have gotten over-driven in your signal chain causing distortion.

[@davidkeller9469]

@@TimTalksAudio it was ampire. I changed the track to mono and that seemed to fix the problem.

[@davidkeller9469]

It definitely wasn't distortion. Like audio artifacts, popping, crackling, etc

[@sammykhachouf3951]

Does not work on midi ?

[@TimTalksAudio]

If you transform to audio, you can do it from there!

[@heanz]

[@voodooclass5788]

or ..,,maybe i should sound like myself..., crazy ideea i know right ?

[@TimTalksAudio]

Pure madness!

[@wickydot]

this video could be 2 seconds long: press alt

[@oleksandrpotylko8054]

The Most Stupid thing - you have event fx but cant automate it .. 90% cases if you want to use event fx it means you want to automate

[@TimTalksAudio]

Best thing to do is to upvote that as a feature request if others have already done so, or adding it to the feature requests if no one else has! answers.presonus.com/studio-one-feature-requests