Chapter 8: Working with Pro Tools LE 91
You can use these signal routing features to set
up virtually any mixer architecture for your
projects, including sends and returns for effects
processing and submixing.
Send and Return Submixing for Effects
Processing
When you are submixing for reverb, delay, and
similar effects processing, you can use sends and
Auxiliary Inputs to achieve traditional send/re-
turn bussing. You can use a real-time plug-in
(see “Plug-Ins” on page 92) as a shared resource
for all tracks included in a submix. The wet/dry
balance in the mix can be controlled using the
track faders (dry level) and Auxiliary Input fader
(wet, or effect return level).
Creating a Send
Pro Tools LE provides up to five sends per audio
track. A send can be mono or stereo, routing to
an output or one of 16 internal bus paths.
To assign a send on a track:
1 Make sure Sends View is enabled in the Mix
window (Display > Mix Window Shows > Sends
View).
2 Click the Sends button on an audio track and
choose a path from the pop-up menu.
3 Set the output level of the send. You can set
the send level to zero by Option-clicking the
send fader.
Creating a Return
Auxiliary Inputs can be created to act as return
channels for busses, as well as for inputs from
hardware sources.
To create a return:
1 Choose File > New Track and specify 1 mono
or stereo Auxiliary Input, then click Create.
Assigning a send to a stereo bus path
You can configure the default level for new
sends to be
–∞ or at unity gain (0 dB) by
enabling or disabling the Sends Default To
“–INF” option under the Operation
Preferences.
Audio and Auxiliary Input tracks configured for a send
and return
Send
Aux Input
to bus 5–6
input from bus 5–6
Send window
Real-time plug-in
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