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Here's a bit of a guideline to get you on the track of clean sessions...:


As a general rule, every track should be routed to a bus that will group different frequency areas:

kicks
drumloops (as well as parallel comp drumloop bus)
guitars (divided into more buses if using acoustic + electric, both then router to a master guitars bus)
piano
synths
bass

reverb1
reverb2
delay (really short that acts like reverb)
delay (FX, usually triplets with low feedback)
delay (FX, quarter note with longer feedback)

master fader



Every bus should have:
HPF on it, where you put that filter depends on the instrument being processed.
EQ should be applied with "niche EQ" techniques.
transient designer (only on some buses though)
Compressor
brightening EQ
Tape saturation


Master should have:
EQ
Comp
Harmonic enhancer
Brightening EQ
tape saturation
Limiter








But then again, this is only a guideline and may not work in every situation. But at least it'll give you a good starting point...

Good Luck!