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   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, ALSA 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
+  Inserts will incur an additional period of latency, which can be
   measured and compensated for during mixing, but not during tracking!
 </p>
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