Audition 1.5 - Using the Busses

[Silverwulf]

Ok, so I'm hoping someone here can answer a few questions for me regarding the bus system in Adobe Audition 1.5, seeing as how the manual is pretty vague on all the details.

The busses seem to be stereo busses. So, it looks like you pan everything how you want it, adjust the volumes relative to one another, etc. Then, you can configure a bus for the tracks (let's use drums, for example) and route all of your drum tracks to the "drum bus." Once routed there, the volumes should still stay relative to one another, and everything should retain it's place in the stereo field where you panned it. Am I correct in this assumption?

Now a few questions...first, for the wet/dry send on the out to the bus. It always starts with 100% wet and 0% dry. Does this apply to the processing to the signal prior to sending to the bus? For example...let's say I decide to apply some reverb to the snare track. Then, I'm going to send all my drum tracks to my drum bus. Does the wet/dry control how much of the reverb on the individual snare track is going to the drum bus? If so, wouldn't you want to keep the levels relatively in check (like 70% and 30% dry), or is there a reason to have both at say, 70%?

Finally, do all of the tracks that get sent to the busses still go to the master in the end, or does only the bus get sent there? For example, is my original snare track going to be present in the master, or will it only be present in my overall drum bus?

Thanks for any info guys!

 

[Silverwulf]

Ok, after some more reading different boards, is it safe to assume that the Wet/Dry function is basically what is determining how much of which signal is making it into the final mix? For example, I have a snare track that is being sent to the drum bus. Let's say I apply some reverb to it, set the volume and pan it where I want it (although that would probably be center), etc. Then I send it to the bus by making it 70% Wet and 30% Dry. Does this mean that only 70% of the snare track is being processed by the bus and having effect added to it, while the other 30% is getting sent to the master unprocessed? If so, then I guess that would answer my question above as to whether the original track is also sent to the master along with the tracks in the bus. You can determine how much of which you want sent to the master, then you can adjust the volume of the 70/30 split by using the volume in the bus?

So in essence, this would allow users to determine how much effect is applied to each track and still adjust the overall volume with a single fader? For example, let's say I send all of my drums to a drum bus to compress them. I've decided that my snare needs more compressed than my kick does. I'll first add some reverb to my snare track (since I don't want 'verb on the others in the bus), and I can send the snare track to the bus with a 70% Wet, 30% Dry mix and the kick to the bus with a 25% Wet and 75% Dry mix...compress the bus accordingly, then control the overall level of my drums in a mix using the drum bus fader and have my snare compressed more than the kick?

Just want to make sure I'm not way off base here. Wish the manual was written more in-depth!