Digidesign 2 Manual De Usuario

Basic Signal Routing

Signal routing is accomplished by assigning 
track inputs and outputs. Audio track inputs can 
be from any hardware input. Once recorded, an 
audio track’s input is its audio file on disk. Aux-
iliary Track inputs can be any hardware input or 
internal mix bus. For all types of audio tracks, 
outputs can be routed to any hardware output 
or internal bus send.

Together, these signal routing features let you 
set up virtually any mixer architecture needed 
for your projects, including submixing, and 
sends and returns for effects processing.

Creating a Send

Pro Tools LE provides up to five sends per audio 
track. A send can be mono or stereo, routing to 
an output or one of sixteen internal bus paths 
(as configured in Setups > I/O Setup). 

When you are submixing for reverb, delay, and 
similar effects processing, use sends to achieve 
traditional send/return bussing. You can use a 
real-time plug-in (see “Plug-Ins” on page 78) or 
a hardware I/O insert (see “Using External Ef-
fects Devices” on page 48) as a shared resource 
for all tracks included in a submix. The wet/dry 
balance in the mix can be controlled using the 
track faders (dry level) and Auxiliary Input fader 
(effect return, or wet, level).

To assign a send on a track:

1  

Make sure Sends View is enabled in the Mix 

window (Display > Mix Window Shows > I/O 
View). 

2  

Click the Send button on an audio track and 

choose a path from the pop-up menu.

3  

Set the output level of the send. You can set 

the send level to zero by Option-clicking (Mac-
intosh) or Alt-clicking (Windows) the send 
fader. When you create a new send, its output 
level is automatically set to –

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