Need help with Hardware sends

[Cal D]

Ordinarily it's not the case that I am running close to the edge. More about learning about how to integrate hardware.

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by Cal D

Ordinarily it's not the case that I am running close to the edge. More about learning about how to integrate hardware.

I'm all for learning(and I do applaud you for the effort), but I think you are putting the cart before the horse here. Plugins will meet or beat the hardware you have and these pieces are not going to make better recordings(that's up to the operator...you). I suggest keeping things simple in this early learning stage so you master the software. Once you reach a point where your skill level is giving you the best results with your current setup, that's the time to look into improving your hardware. And it probably won't be by adding a cheap reverb or the antares unit, because you will reap bigger improvements by getting better microphones, better preamps, better acoustics in your recording space and maybe a killer "recording channel"(combination of preamp, EQ and compressor) so you get the best sound on the way in(which takes much less "fixing" when it comes time to mix. Just one guy's 2 cents