Can you add an FX without opening its control panel?

[norfolkmastering]

Is there any way to add a track or bus FX without having it open its control panel immediately?

I'm particularly interested in having this 'minimised add FX' for use with FX Chain Presets.

[msmcleod]

The CTRL key should do that for you:

- When using "Insert Audio FX" from the context menu, hold CTRL while choosing the effect
- When dragging from the browser, hold down CTRL after you've started dragging.

However... what is actually happening here, is it's treating the insert as a quick-group operation - so make sure you've only got the one track in the selection before doing this, otherwise you'll get the effect added to all selected tracks.

[norfolkmastering]

Thanks Mark, that will be fine for my use.

 

[norfolkmastering]

I now use the CTRL key when adding FX to a track so the control panel doesn't open immediately.

Is there any way to do something similar when adding an FX Chain Preset?