title: Inserts
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+<p>
+ <dfn>Inserts</dfn> are signal tap points that can be placed anywhere
+ 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.
+</p>
+<p>
+ An insert allows you 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.
+</p>
+<p>
+ To disable (bypass) an insert, click 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!
+</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>