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-title: External Sends
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-<p>
- Like a normal aux send, an <dfn>external send</dfn> taps the signal at a
- specific within a channel strip, but delivers it to an external application
- or piece of hardware rather than an Ardour bus. By itself, an external
- send has no effect whatsoever on the audio signals within Ardour—it is a one-way signal routing that leaves all existing signal processing
- just as it was.
-</p>
-<p>
- Most people will not have much use for this, but it can be useful if you
- want to experiment with external applications or hardware signal processing
- applications.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Adding an External Send</h2>
-<p>
- Context-click on the
- <a href="/working-with-plugins/processor-box">processor box</a> in a
- channel strip (at the desired location, pre or post fader) and choose
- <kbd class="menu">Add new External Send</kbd>. A dialog will appear
- containing the standard Ardour
- <a href="/signal-routing/the-patchbay"><dfn>patchbay</dfn></a> to allow
- you to connect the send to the desired destination.
-</p>
-<p class="fixme">Broken links</p>
-
-<h2>Removing an External Send</h2>
-<p>You can remove an external send in several ways:</p>
-<ul>
-<li><kbd class="mouse mod3">Right</kbd>-click the send in the processor box.</li>
-<li>Position the pointer over the send and press the <kbd>Del</kbd> key.</li>
-<li>Position the pointer over the send and press <kbd class="mod1">x</kbd>.</li>
-<li>Context-click the send and choose either <kbd class="menu">Cut</kbd> or
- <kbd class="menu">Delete</kbd>.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h2>Altering Send Levels</h2>
-<p>
- Just below the send in the processor box is a small fader that can be used
- like all other faders in Ardour to control the gain applied to the signal
- delivered by the send. Drag it to alter the level, Shift-click to restore
- to unity (0dB) gain.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Disabling Sends</h2>
-<p>
- Click the small "LED" in the send display within the processor box to turn
- it on and off. When turned off, silence will be delivered to the send. When
- turned on, the signal within the channel strip will be delivered.
-</p>
-
-<h2>Editing Send Routing</h2>
-<p>
- Double-clicking or Edit-clicking on the send in the processor box will
- redisplay the patchbay dialog that allows you full control over the routing
- of the send.
-</p>
-