Re: AUX: A Scenario and a Question
Originally Posted by
mr_es335
Michael,
You stated, ...Okay!
For this "test" I am not inserting anything on R-01.
Whether I used PRE or PST fader on I-01/AUX1, I still have to set the R-01 level to -13.00db so that I no longer hear any actual increase in the output.
Just for interest, has anyone actually tried the scenario I posted at the beginning of this posting?
Lastly, someone suggested that I use a gain plugin after Valhalla's reverbs to add the output control that this plugin appears to be missing.
PS: I have tested this scenario in both SAW and SAC and am getting the same end results.
Dell, there seems to be a point of confusion, here. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but indulge me...
First you say, "For this "test" I am not inserting anything on R-01." Okay. So, it sounds like you just want to test the reverb as an insert effect.
Then you say, "Whether I used PRE or PST fader on I-01/AUX1, I still have to set the R-01 level to -13.00db so that I no longer hear any actual increase in the output."
HUH? If you have nothing inserted on R-01, why are you using R-01 at all? All that will do is add extra dry signal into your mix. Which is what it sounds like you're complaining about. So -- don't do that!
There are two ways to use a reverb plug-in: as an insert effect on a patch point on an input channel (adjusing wet/dry to taste in the plugin interface), OR at a patch point on a return channel (adjusting wet/dry by setting the plug-in's control to full wet, then adjusting the relevant input channel's aux send to taste). If you choose the former (insert on input channel) you do not use the return channel at all. You leave it alone.
It sounds like you're saying you did the insert on the input channel, and then sent signal via the aux send to a return channel that has nothing patched on it. Yes -- this will most definitely add more dry signal to your mix. There is not typically any good reason to do this. Why are you doing this?
It sounds like the reason you're getting what you want when you turn the return level down to -13 is that it's finally low enough that you can't hear it. Try this: turn the channel aux send to -inf (send nothing to the return). How does that sound?
UPDATE: Just got off the phone with Dell. Dell -- now that I have a better understanding of your misunderstanding, this post seems kinda obnoxious. Not meant that way!
Last edited by Dave Labrecque; 06-15-2018 at 08:06 AM.
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