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Hi everyone,

Just wanted peoples thoughts on using buses in Logic when mixing. I set up like this... I use plugins on individual track inserts (EQ, dynamics) and then set output of track to a bus for reverb.
So I can end up with multiple buses... e.g. acoustic guitars, drums, vocals.

How do you guys set up your mixers?

PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Feb 2, 2009 3:56 AM

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Feb 2, 2009 5:16 AM in response to Gary Moore2

You have indeed just described the most conventional set-up. I take it this is a discussion rather than a problem with a question?

My only caveat is that with reverb on several different busses, you might end up with several different reverbs rather than just one. Not that that's wrong or anything, but it's less likely to produce a convincingly 'natural' sound (if that's what you're after, which to be honest, most people aren't)…

Feb 2, 2009 5:57 AM in response to Caramby

Yes more of a discussion than a question really... there are so many permutations during mixing and although there are guidelines, I think everyone approaches it differently.

How about if you want to take a group of guitar tracks, send a reverb to them via Bus 1 (so you can control the amount of reverb you send) but also send all of those guitars to a sub mix group to then apply a stereo comp? Would you then just send each tracks output to a different Bus?

Feb 2, 2009 7:06 AM in response to Gary Moore2

Sounds good (& "if it sounds good, it IS good")… although I'm not sure I followed the last sentence. But in the case you describe, you will be deriving your reverb from the uncompressed guitars — whereas if you apply the reverb later in the chain, the guitars will already have been compressed. Again, it's not that it's wrong; it just might not give you the control you were expecting.

The only real reason not to use as many busses & groups as you feel like is that it might affect your budget: you might run out of resources before you've finished experimenting (or the overhead might be too high for your processor). But some people advocate using as few resources as possible simply because economy is good for the soul (& simpler for the understanding)!

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