features on the aux busses

[Rock Star 87]

keep in mind i joined this site 2 weeks ago, the same day i bought cakewalk. i was using Magix hip hop music maker before it, so i'm new to a professional program. I can assign FX to an aux bus, toggle the effect, and rename it, but that's about it. What is pre post, and send and recieve volume. i have no clue what i'm doing here. help! thanks.

[dachay2tnr]

An Aux Bus is typically used with an effect where you want to blend the effected signal together with some of the dry signal. Reverb would be the most common example. With reverb you want some of the signal dry (representing the direct sound) and some of the signal wet (representing the relfected sound).

Normally you would place the plugin on the Aux Bus and set it for 100% wet. Then you use the track send signal to determine how much signal will go to the Aux Bus. This will determine how wet or dry the blend will sound.

Pre and Post refer to where the bus is placed in the signal path relative to the track fader - pre-fader or post-fader. In most normal applications you want to set this to post fader. This way the Track fader will control the volume of both the track and the bus. So once you have the blend set correctly using the Bus send, you can raise and lower the volume without effecting the wet/dry balance.

[Rock Star 87]

that is so much help. thank you so much for you input. whats funny is that magix cost me $15 and i felt like a pro. little did i know that track volumes were just the beginning. hehehe.

[moskus]

Originally Posted by Rock Star 87

whats funny is that magix cost me $15 and i felt like a pro.

That's the problem with Magix and the likes, too many wannabies...

Seriously, the internet is crowded with poorly recorded music from people who thinks they're the next George Martin when they have used Magix for 2 weeks. I have used thousands of dollars on equipment, but at least I know I still suck...

[Rock Star 87]

that's true, i know i'm a beginner. i'm still pretty rough, but i think i have what it takes.

another question is what are the advantages and disadvantages of using an aux bus as compared to adding the effect directly onto the track (besides the volume control)

[moskus]

Originally Posted by Rock Star 87

another question is what are the advantages and disadvantages of using an aux bus as compared to adding the effect directly onto the track (besides the volume control)

If you're using the same effect (reverb, for example) on more than one track, it will save you alot of CPU cycles...