X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Faux-sends.html;h=6b37c0b31f0d28118a3ab278b08e53ae3a725b7c;hb=f8d53fa7c3f6bde67827efe1a03cffc3cd4c1de2;hp=3b8ca702391e7865bc22c3481320d09a5a35e23d;hpb=7414d4c17e9eb61c0207c2aa148d7efa10b9f5fb;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/aux-sends.html b/include/aux-sends.html index 3b8ca70..6b37c0b 100644 --- a/include/aux-sends.html +++ b/include/aux-sends.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

- Auxilliary sends are simple Auxiliary sends are simple processors in a bus or track channel strip. They tap the signal at a specific point in the signal flow (pre-fader, post-fader, before or after EQs and other plugins, etc.) @@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ Aux sends from several tracks are collectively sent to a bus in Ardour, to create a monitor mix for a musician, or to feed an effect unit. A bus used in this way is considered - an auxilliary bus or Aux bus even though it is the same as + an auxiliary bus or Aux bus even though it is the same as any other bus. The output of such a bus might be routed to separate hardware outputs (in the case of headphone or monitor wedge mixes), or returned to the main mix (in the case of an effect).

- Aux sends are not JACK ports, - External Sends should be used to send audio to Jack ports. External Sends can + Aux sends do not show up outside of Ardour either on the audio device + or as JACK ports, External Sends should + be used to send audio to the audio device or Jack ports. External Sends can send the tapped signal somewhere else directly, which is not usually possible on hardware mixers.

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Using the Send Fader

Every send processor has a small horizontal fader that can be adjusted in the -usual way. It is not very big and so this can be a little unsatisfactory if you want +usual way. It is not very big and so this can be a little unsatisfactory if a very fine control over the send level is required.

Map Aux Sends To Main Faders

- In Mixer mode, pressing the button marked Aux on a aux bus will + In Mixer mode, pressing the button marked Show Sends on a aux bus will alter the channel strip for every track or bus that feeds the aux bus. Many aspects of the strip will become insensitive and/or change their visual appearance. More importantly, the main fader of the affected channel strips will now control the send level and not the track gain. This gives a larger, more configurable control to alter the level. Clicking the - Aux button of the aux bus again reverts the + Show Sends button of the aux bus again reverts the channel strips to their normal use.