How to open ERA Bundle plug-ins in Avid Media Composer

Before launching Avid Media Composer, make sure that you have installed the AAX format of ERA Bundle plug-ins. You can find more information about the ERA Bundle installation process in the How to install & uninstall ERA Bundle section.

Once installed, you can launch Media Composer. ERA Bundle plug-ins should automatically be available as:

1. AudioSuite Plug-in
2. Track Insert

Great! But what’s the difference between those two?

1) AudioSuite 

This is a Media Composer feature for offline processing with audio plug-ins. The AudioSuite offline processing is suitable for: 

• Processes that introduce too much latency
• Processes with plug-ins that use a lot of CPU (e.g. High Quality of ERA DeClipper)
• Applying effects to selected regions of audio (e.g. repair clipped samples in a vocal recording)  

1. Open the AudioSuite Window from the Tools menu

2. Select an audio track in the Timeline, and then choose the ERA plug-in from the Plug-in Selection menu.

3. Click the Activate Current Plug-in button to open the plug-in UI. Click preview and adjust the settings.

4. When you are sure about the amount of processing, apply Render to the track.

2) Track Insert

This is the standard way to load a plugin in an audio track of the Audio Mixer in Media Composer. You have to:

1. Open Audio Mixer Window from the Tools menu. 

2. Click an Insert Slot of the selected track to open the Audio Track Effect Tool.

3. The plug-in UI will open. Adjust the plug-in processing settings.

You are ready to repair your audio!