Newb Riding The Yellow "Buss"

[Sinistah]

In the case of ProTools, it's just an empty channel where you can assign your effects or send to outboard devices and whatnot. Works that way on standalone mixers, too.

lol, i'd assume the purpose is unified amongst DAW's....... so in pro-tools, can you assign different effects to the same "aux" or does each one need an independent aux to function......

 

[Sir_Matthew]

lol, i'd assume the purpose is unified amongst DAW's....... so in pro-tools, can you assign different effects to the same "aux" or does each one need an independent aux to function......

You can theoretically assign up to five effects/samplers/EQs/whatevers per aux, but my guess is that most CPUs will only put up with a couple per aux, depending on what else you've got running. That's assuming you're using internal plugins rather than outboard gear, which you can also route in through an aux. I do a little of both, since I like some of the weirder effect settings on my old Roland VS-880, therefore I bring it in as an outboard on the odd occasion.

 

[Sinistah]

You can theoretically assign up to five effects/samplers/EQs/whatevers per aux, but my guess is that most CPUs will only put up with a couple per aux, depending on what else you've got running. That's assuming you're using internal plugins rather than outboard gear, which you can also route in through an aux. I do a little of both, since I like some of the weirder effect settings on my old Roland VS-880, therefore I bring it in as an outboard on the odd occasion.

oh ok, so i have a channel strip which is just a pre-amp, compressor, and panametric EQ if i'm not mistaken, but i do know it has an equalizer, i use an A/D converter to get my pre-amp jumped off into the PC, so can i route the settings from my Analog strip to the digital buss?

and yeah i can see how a PC wont be too happy about a maximized buss, maybe once i get some new headphones i'll fool around with using two busses, one for digital processing and the other for my analog strip just to see what works for me better.......

the only piece of analog i do have is my Presonus Eureka strip and that was just to power up my condensor mic, i really have no vast knowledge of different equiptment brands...... especially cause i have like 4-5 different Waves bundles, some Izotope stuff, PSP stuff, Antares stuff, you get what i'm sayin, most of my processing is done via plug-ins, so i haven't been blessed to learn about different hardware peices....

 

[Sir_Matthew]

oh ok, so i have a channel strip which is just a pre-amp, compressor, and panametric EQ if i'm not mistaken, but i do know it has an equalizer, i use an A/D converter to get my pre-amp jumped off into the PC, so can i route the settings from my Analog strip to the digital buss?

Should be able to. Not sure of the specific hook-up method on your machine, but it ought to be theoretically possible.

the only piece of analog i do have is my Presonus Eureka strip and that was just to power up my condensor mic, i really have no vast knowledge of different equiptment brands...... especially cause i have like 4-5 different Waves bundles, some Izotope stuff, PSP stuff, Antares stuff, you get what i'm sayin, most of my processing is done via plug-ins, so i haven't been blessed to learn about different hardware peices....

I only have outboard gear because I'm old...

Seriously, though, there are pros and cons, depending on the piece of gear in question. I personally would rather use plugins most times, since I'm more comfortable with a computer interface. But as we've discussed, there are limitations to what your average home-recordist's CPU will put up with at one time, so you kind of have to do your plugin rigging piecemeal. Whereas with outboards you can have all kinds of crap running at once.

I have a ball running vocals out through an aux into my guitar pedalboard and seeing what sort of Frankenstein can arise. But honestly, the plugins win most times.

 

[Sinistah]

Should be able to. Not sure of the specific hook-up method on your machine, but it ought to be theoretically possible.



I only have outboard gear because I'm old...

Seriously, though, there are pros and cons, depending on the piece of gear in question. I personally would rather use plugins most times, since I'm more comfortable with a computer interface. But as we've discussed, there are limitations to what your average home-recordist's CPU will put up with at one time, so you kind of have to do your plugin rigging piecemeal. Whereas with outboards you can have all kinds of crap running at once.

I have a ball running vocals out through an aux into my guitar pedalboard and seeing what sort of Frankenstein can arise. But honestly, the plugins win most times.

lmaoo, you alter vocals with your guitar pedals, thats funny and interesting at the same time.... i do hip-hop music, and i don't produce or make beats, so i just got the channel-strip for the purpose of a pre-amp, but the compressor and EQ are "extra's" for me, being that i had most of my plug-ins before my actual hardware i became used to dealing with the software... and a few of my last recordings before my headphones broke were done with using slight compression from the outboard and then post compression after actually recording the vocals, and maybe just a bit more on the mixdown because i liked the way one of the presets made the finished tracks sound.

and yeah the plug-ins will be my main preference because of the interface alone is more convienient for me!