inside a channel strip. Unlike Auxes, they will interrupt the signal flow,
feeding the signal from before the insert point to its <dfn>Insert
send(s)</dfn>, and connecting the remainder of the channel strip to the
- <dfn>Insert return(s)</dfn>, both of which are JACK ports which are
- visible to other JACK applications.<br />
- Inserts are the JACK equivalents of normalized switching jacks on an
- analog console.
+ <dfn>Insert return(s)</dfn>, both of which are either audio device or JACK ports.
+ While jack ports are visible to other JACK applications, ALAS ports are only
+ useful for patching in audio equipment external to the computer. If inserting
+ a software processor is required, a plugin would be the first choice. If a plugin
+ is not available then the jackd audio backend would have to be used. This is
+ not very common any more but there are some older jack clients that require
+ using jack.<br>
+ Inserts work the same as the inserts on analog consoles except they are not
+ normalled like most jacks on an analog console.
</p>
<p>
- An insert allows you to either use a special external DSP JACK
+ An insert allows to either use a special external DSP JACK
application that is not available as a plugin, or to splice an external
- analog piece of gear into your channel strip, such as a vintage
- compressor, tube equalizer, etc. In the latter case, you would first
- connect your inserts to a pair of hardware ports, which are in turn
- connected to the outboard gear.
+ analog piece of gear into a channel strip, such as a vintage
+ compressor, tube equalizer, etc. In the latter case, the inserts would first
+ be connected to a pair of hardware ports, which are in turn connected to the
+ outboard gear.
</p>
<p>
- To disable (bypass) an insert, click on its LED in the processor box.
+ Disabling (bypassing) an insert is done by clicking on its LED in the processor box.
</p>
<p class="note">
- When you create an insert, the signal will be interrupted until you make
- the relevant connections to the insert ports!
+ When an insert is created, the signal will be interrupted until the relevant
+ connections to the insert ports are made!
</p>
<p class="note">
- Inserts will incur an additional JACK period of latency, which can be
- measured and compensated for during mixing, but not during tracking!
-</p>
-
+ Inserts will incur an additional period of latency, which can be
+ measured and compensated for during mixing, but not during tracking!
+</p>