Enable plugins, routing, and sends per individual clip — while keeping color-based processing intact. Clip-level plugins should be additive and non-destructive to the channel’s existing “Color” effects. Additionally, clips should be allowed to reference existing plugin instances used on other clips or color levels (e.g., Color “Orange” uses Plugin X instance “B”, and Clip in Color “Green” can use the same Plugin X instance B with shared parameters).

Currently, plugin effects are applied only at the color level. This makes it difficult to creatively shape individual clips or share plugin instances with consistent settings across different color groups.

– Enable clip-level effects that apply only to that clip, in addition to existing color-level effects

– Allow individual clips to route audio independently

– Allow clips to reference existing plugin instances (shared state)

– Per-clip routing configuration for:

- plugin placement (pre/post-fader)

- send placement (pre-effects, pre-fader, post-fader, post-effects)

- custom source/destination routing

✅ Precision sound design per clip, without altering channel processing

✅ Shared plugin instance = more efficient CPU/memory use

✅ Opens up powerful, modular routing and effects combinations on clip level

✅ Matches the flexibility already present at the color level