Best way to use effects with limited aux sends

sunnyb · 29th July 2009

My board only has 2 aux sends pre fade and 2 post fade. i want to get some more outboard gear, so how should i go about connecting it all? i'd like be able to rackmount it all and not have to plug and unplug constantly. i too used to do everything on my DAW and recently got analog gear, so im still learning a lot of the basics.

Kronos147 · 29th July 2009

I use a tt patchbay to route my interface outs to my mixer ins. It is normalled. Sometimes I take the outs and run them direct to effects. The out is still normalled to the ins so the patchbay becomes a splitter.

Ca$h Marty · 29th July 2009

My TRS patchbay makes my life a lot easier in the exact application you are talking about.

shanabit · 30th July 2009

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Originally Posted by sunnyb

My board only has 2 aux sends pre fade and 2 post fade. i want to get some more outboard gear, so how should i go about connecting it all? i'd like be able to rackmount it all and not have to plug and unplug constantly. i too used to do everything on my DAW and recently got analog gear, so im still learning a lot of the basics.

Use the 2 Pre Aux Sends for your Monitor Mix( Headphones) and the 2 Post Aux Sends for Reverb/Chorus units.

Use the stereo out on the board to go to your I/O box to the computer and come back from the I/O stereo out back into two channels on the board, pan L and R.

Main out ont he board goes to your monitors

Connect any pre-amps directly into the I/O

You may need a patchbay if you get too much gear

RTR · 30th July 2009

Don't use the mixer, get a patch bay!!

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sunnyb Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 421 Thread Starter	Best way to use effects with limited aux sends My board only has 2 aux sends pre fade and 2 post fade. i want to get some more outboard gear, so how should i go about connecting it all? i'd like be able to rackmount it all and not have to plug and unplug constantly. i too used to do everything on my DAW and recently got analog gear, so im still learning a lot of the basics.

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