Hi there, On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 01:19 AM, markizack wrote: >> + Effects: i.e., an FX Bus: >> >> By creating a stereo Bus with say a Reverb effect (i.e., Bus outputs >> 1-2 >> where 1 is the left channel and 2 is the right) you can then assign a >> variable level of reverb to any track in your mix by using that >> channel's 'send'. > > thanks for all the help lachlan.... here is my situation. > > I have 2 string samples running on esx24's on audio instrument 1 + > 2 ... there > out puts by default go to out put 1+2...... Now I liked to have a stero > image by > panning hard left and hard right. Instead of using 2 reverbs on each > esx24, > and hogging more cpu power, how do I correctly use the bus? The notion of saving CPU power is by simply using buses. e.g., say you have 10 mono audio tracks and you want to apply some level of Reverb, Chorus and Delay to each of them. - The silly way to do this .. would be to assign these 3 types of fx to each track which would mean you have 10 x 3 fx instances open in Logic. (i.e., 30). It's silly because most of the time you will not be requiring a different setting on the effect but rather a different level for each track. So you cut out the duplicate instances and therefore can adjust your levels accordingly. - The smart way to do this ...would be to use 3 stereo buses. You then have in effect 3 x 2 fx open - though I don't know if it's more efficient for Logic internally if you actually open a stereo instance of an effect (on a stereo track e.g., Bus1-2) as opposed to two mono effects panned hard left and right respectively on two mono tracks such as Bus 1 and Bus 2. > I know I should have it to post fader There is no should. You just need to bear in mind the differences between the two behaviours. > .... should I add bus 1 to audio insert 1 > (thats panned left)have the reverb on that unit, remove the reverb from > audio > insert 2 (thats panned right), and add another bus 1 to audio insert 2 > and > control the reverb from the busses? See above. If you want to use busses well, remove fx from audio instruments and instead set them up to 'send' to Stereo Bus 1-2. And have their outputs going to Outputs 1-2 say. That way you'll get a Wet-Dry ratio.... They will by nature because of their panning send to the correct side of the stereo image. with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ldeck@...