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Subject:What is a 'bus'? Posted by: rusty Date:7/10/2001 12:46:10 PM Hi! I've read the manual but am still not clear on what a 'bus' is, what they do, and what you'd ever want to use one for. Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks, Rusty
Subject:RE: What is a 'bus'? Reply by: xxFT13xx Date:7/10/2001 1:20:00 PM hey man...so ya wanna know what a bus is eh? well ill tell ya.. basically a "bus" is an extra track...so to speak. but its an effect track that you can assign to any track you want. so for example, you insert a bus. it defaults to a letter. so your first bus is A, next bus is B etc etc. and you assign it an effect such as DELAY or DISTORTION or if you wanna get fancy, a DIRECT X PLUGIN. once you make a bus, you go to your track and click on the bus button and make it whatever bus you want.. for example, if you have 3 busses, A, B and C and have a delay on A, a distortion on B and EQ on C, you go to track 1, click on the bus effect and assign it to either bus a, b or c...your choice.. understand? if not, reply and ill see if i can clear it up even more. -Sin PS. When in doubt, experiment. hit buttons and see what they do. thats the best way to learn! Good luck!
Subject:RE: What is a 'bus'? Reply by: Ted_H Date:7/11/2001 10:08:03 AM Busses can be used for more than effects. You can also send multiple tracks to the same bus. Say you have all of your drum tracks mixed the way you want them. You can assign all of these tracks to one bus and control the volume of all of the tracks with one fader. You can also route the busses to different outputs on your sound card. Ted

Subject:What is a 'bus'?

Posted by: rusty

Date:7/10/2001 12:46:10 PM

Hi!

I've read the manual but am still not clear on what a 'bus' is, what they do, and what you'd ever want to use one for. Can anyone clear this up for me?

Thanks,
Rusty

Subject:RE: What is a 'bus'?

Reply by: xxFT13xx

Date:7/10/2001 1:20:00 PM

hey man...so ya wanna know what a bus is eh? well ill tell ya..

basically a "bus" is an extra track...so to speak. but its an effect track that you can assign to any track you want.

so for example, you insert a bus. it defaults to a letter. so your first bus is A, next bus is B etc etc. and you assign it an effect such as DELAY or DISTORTION or if you wanna get fancy, a DIRECT X PLUGIN.

once you make a bus, you go to your track and click on the bus button and make it whatever bus you want..

for example, if you have 3 busses, A, B and C and have a delay on A, a distortion on B and EQ on C, you go to track 1, click on the bus effect and assign it to either bus a, b or c...your choice..

understand? if not, reply and ill see if i can clear it up even more.

-Sin

PS. When in doubt, experiment. hit buttons and see what they do. thats the best way to learn! Good luck!

Subject:RE: What is a 'bus'?

Reply by: Ted_H

Date:7/11/2001 10:08:03 AM

Busses can be used for more than effects. You can also send multiple tracks to the same bus. Say you have all of your drum tracks mixed the way you want them. You can assign all of these tracks to one bus and control the volume of all of the tracks with one fader. You can also route the busses to different outputs on your sound card.

Ted