{"id":30,"date":"2018-09-06T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/send-fx-or-track-fx\/"},"modified":"2018-12-26T20:23:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T20:23:42","slug":"send-fx-or-track-fx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/send-fx-or-track-fx\/","title":{"rendered":"Send FX or Track FX"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The diagram below shows the routing of a project where the vocals and synths are sent through some reverb on a return track:<\/span><\/p>\n The red line indicates where the audio goes to as if a wire was connecting the output of the drum track to the send FX on the return track.<\/span><\/p>\n Multiple tracks can send their audio to a return track.<\/span><\/p>\n You can, of course, have multiple effects plugins on a return track, and they are processed left to right in a similar fashion to the track FX rack. <\/span><\/p>\n A good example of this is an EQ removing the bass frequencies before the Reverb to stop the FX send contributing muddiness to the mix.<\/span><\/p>\n In Ableton, to send audio to a return track, just use the send volumes under the track volume and pan controls. <\/span><\/p>\n These will control how much that particular track is sent to each return track.<\/span><\/p>\n The benefit of using Track FX is that you can really sculpt the sounds in a way that you can’t with a send. If you want a particular reverb on a vocal, that you don’t want to be applied to anything else then the ideal scenario is placing it directly onto that track. Effects can be blended in with the raw sound using a dry\/wet knob and all the effects are pre-fader, so once you have the perfect blend, any volume changes after will retain that blend.<\/span><\/p>\n A big benefit of track FX is that you can freeze a track and it doesn’t affect the sends. You are unable to freeze a return track and then proceed to continue editing the tracks which feed into it.<\/span><\/p>\n Effects you would typically include in your track effects would be things like EQ, Compression<\/a>, Saturation, Chorus, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat is Track FX?<\/span><\/h2>\n
Track FX in Ableton<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Track FX in Reaper<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
What is Send FX?<\/span><\/h2>\n
Send FX in Ableton<\/span><\/h4>\n
Send FX in Reaper<\/span><\/h4>\n
When to Use…<\/span><\/h2>\n
Track FX<\/span><\/h3>\n
Send FX<\/span><\/h3>\n
The Bottom Line<\/span><\/h2>\n