Soundboard Help
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# Using the Soundboard Control Drawer

All of Soundboard's controls are now conveniently located in the control drawer beneath the Soundboard. Open and close the control drawer by clicking or clicking and dragging on the drawer button.

Duck - use this button to reduce the volume of all Soundboard audio to a user defined level. Set the Ducking volume in the Playback pane of the Preferences.

Pause All - use this button to pause all Soundboard audio.

Volume Slider - use this slider to set the master volume for Soundboard. This slider does not affect your System audio level.

Balance Slider - use this slider to set the output balance for Soundboard. This does not affect the balance of your System audio.

Now Playing - this field will display all audio currently being played by Soundboard.

Use the X button next to listed audio to stop that audio and remove it from Now Playing. To stop and remove all audio, Option-click on any X button, or press the esc key.

NOTE: When stopped, audio will fade to zero for the duration set in the Stop Fade Duration option in the Playback pane of the Preferences. When audio has been stopped it will be grayed out in the Now Playing list as it fades to zero.

Use the Pause button next to listed audio to pause or resume just that audio.

Effects - this field will display any Audio Unit audio effects loaded by Soundboard. Audio effects will be applied to all audio played by Soundboard.

Add Effect - use this menu to add any Audio Unit audio effects. Audio effects will be applied to all audio played by Soundboard.

Custom - use this menu to create custom presets of audio effects. Click the plus button to save the currently selected audio effects with all of their settings as a custom audio effect preset. Click the minus button to remove the currently selected audio effect preset.

Audio Units are explained more fully in the section called Audio Unit Audio Effects.

Soundpipe - use this button to turn the Soundpipe option on or off. The Soundpipe option is fully explained in the sections called Installing Soundpipe and Using Soundpipe.

Output - use this menu to set the output device for Soundboard. This does not affect the output device set in the Sound pane of the System Preferences.

## See also

Discover Soundboard
Using Soundboards
Adding and Removing Audio