3 title: Comparing Aux Sends and Subgroups
4 menu_title: Auxes vs. Groups
8 Auxes and Subgroups share a common concept — they both provide a way
9 for one or more tracks (or busses) to send their signal to a single bus so
10 that common signal processing can be applied to the mix of their signals.
13 <dfn>Aux sends</dfn> leave the existing signal routing to the main mix in place,
14 and are typically used to create a separate mix to send to (for example)
15 monitors or headphones (for performer monitor mixes):
17 <img width="300px" src="/files/manual/a3/images/aux_routing.png" alt="aux signal routing" />
19 <dfn>Subgroups</dfn> usually remove the original signal routing to the main mix and
20 replace it with a new one that delivers the output of the subgroup bus to
23 <img width="300px" src="/files/manual/a3/images/subgroup_routes.png" alt="sub group signal routing" />