aux,bus,inserts,outserts....what does it all mean?

[rekloos]

i'm getting ready to jump into a 'upgrade'
frenzy after years of strictly digital music
production and performance and i would like
to be on top of it before i start making purchases.
now, this is not gonna happen at once, most likely
for the next year or so but i'm preparing myself
for it and one of the things has been making my
head turn are all the ins and outs of a mixer with
all their options of busses and auxes and inserts
and returns and.......well, you know what i'm talking
about.
so for those who'd like to help me out understand
it better maybe you could describe what does it all
mean and do, in short sentences. and even more,
point me to the right literature for further investigation.
i believe the more i understand it the better i can visualize what i need to get and how i should set it up.

thanks in advance_




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[peat]

basically, insert point
a place in the signal path where you can insert a piece of gear
usually a compressor

aux send
a split of the signal that can be sent somewhere else
usually reverb

busses
where the signal leaves the mixer
usually you send to the master buss (stereo buss, 2 buss, 2mix)
but you can send a collection of things to subgroups
if your mixer has 8 busses, you could send all the drum channels to busses 1 and 2, then the buss faders for 1 and 2 would control the overall level of your drum kit

feel free to ask any questions
once you understand these basic concepts, the door will open and youll be able to look at it in a very logical way

[larry b]

http://www.modrec.com/


Modern Recording Techniques

great book, when you finish it you should have a much better idea of what you need and how it will work.

I say start with something like that, rather than trying to scour web forums for tidbits here and there.

[rekloos]

thanks to all for the info. i'll be checking that book soon.
it looks like it's being used in a lot of courses throught the country.




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