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Originally Posted by taylor4814
When I set up a Send to an Aux channel with reverb plug-in Insert, but then bypass the plug-in, there's still signal coming through the Aux channel..., is that expected behavior...? I guess I thought the plug-in bypass would mute any signal
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It's all about signal flow and components along that signal flow.
Bypass
A Plugin is a component that is inserted into the signal chain to applies all its processing. When you BYPASS that component, the signal goes around that component, hence the name "bypass" and has noe effect on the signal along the signal chain. Keep in mind that the Plugin still receives the in input signal and processes that signal and, therefore, eating up CPU cycles.
This is necessary for automating the Bypass Control. Making a Plugin "Inactive" will also bypass it, but now it doesn't receive any signal and is not processing anything.
Mute
To mute a signal along the signal chain, you would have a Mute switch/button in the signal chain and by enabling that component, the signal flow is interrupted at that point.