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Effect routing – a few tips
A note about stereo effects
Some plug-in effects affect the stereo image, in the form of panning,
stereo enhancement or stereo ambience. However, for this to be
heard, the output of the effect must be routed to a stereo channel or
bus (since otherwise, the output will be mixed to mono). In short: Ste-
reo image effects will not be heard if the effect is used as an insert ef-
fect for a mono audio channel.
• For example, if you want to apply an auto-panner effect to a mono au-
dio channel, there are two ways to do this:
1) Use a send effect (you would probably want to activate the Pre-fader Send switch
and turn down the volume fader for the audio channel).
Or
2) Route the mono audio channel to a group channel and apply the effect as an insert
effect for the group channel.
About group channels and effects
There are certain factors to consider when using send effects from
channels routed to groups. If a channel routed to a group uses send
effects, the effect return signal will still be audible if you mute or pull
down the fader for the group channel, which might be undesirable.
There is a method you can use to remedy this:
• You can remove the send routing from the channels being routed to a
group, and apply the effects to the group channel instead.
This works well if you want all channels routed to the group processed by the same ef-
fect(s) and by the same amount. See below for a practical example on how you can set
up a more flexible effects routing system using groups.