Do one of the following:

• Click the MIDI Effect slot, then choose a plug-in from the pop-up menu.

  

• Place the pointer above or below an occupied MIDI Effect slot, click the green line that appears, then choose a plug-in from the pop-up menu.

  

Do one of the following:

• Click an Audio Effect slot, then choose a plug-in from the pop-up menu.

  

  The last visible empty Audio Effect slot in a channel strip is shown at half its height; use it in the same way.

• Option-click an Audio Effect slot.

  You can now choose legacy plug-ins from the pop-up menu.

Do one of the following:

• Click the Instrument slot, then choose a plug-in from the pop-up menu.

  

• Option-click an Instrument slot.

  You can now choose legacy plug-ins from the pop-up menu.

• Place the pointer over the plug-in slot, click the pull-down arrows that appear to the right, then choose a plug-in to replace the existing one.

  

• Place the pointer over the plug-in slot, click the pull-down arrows that appear to the right, then choose No Plug-in from the pop-up menu.

  

• Drag the plug-in up or down in the channel strip, or to another channel strip.

  For guidance, use the colored line that appears when moving the plug-in.

• Hold down Option and drag the plug-in to an unused slot.

If you want to deactivate a plug-in, but don’t want to remove it from the channel strip, you can bypass it. Bypassed plug-ins don’t drain system resources.

• To bypass a single plug-in, do one of the following:

  • Place the pointer over the plug-in slot, then click the Bypass button that appears to the left.

    

  • Option-click the plug-in slot.

  • Click the center area of the plug-in slot to open the plug-in window, then click the Bypass button at the left side of the plug-in window header.

    

• To bypass multiple plug-ins, click-hold a plug-in slot, then drag the pointer up or down.

  All swiped plug-in slots switch to the same state.