Effects on audio tracks

anybody know why when i pull a wav into an audio track the plug ins won't work on it? it's driving me nuts.

deathmetalbrian wrote:
seriously? nobody's got a answer for this?
Well, it's not a common occurrence, and it's never happened to me... ever. So to reiterate....
You drag a wave file from the audio bin to an empty track. The track plays back fine with no plug-ins. You add a plug-in, and you hear nothing? Or you hear the wave file, but no plug-in?
Which plug-in? Do they all do this?
Have you tried doing this in a new song?
Let's start there...

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Data Stream Studio wrote:
I have a button for it on my transport bar.
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If it is not there, rightclick or control-click anywhere in the Transport and choose *Customize Transport Bar* , and tick *Software Monitoring* on the ensuing list.

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Here's a link that describes it:
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Hi. Where should I look for them? I haven't had much success finding things on my own, so please spell it out for me.
I just find this so odd... it would be one thing for the tracks to be silent or garbled, then I would think this was a cable issue or the camera. But I can't even imagine why the audio tracks would just not be there. If I saw a preference for "Video Only Capture" somewhere, it would make sense.
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