sends and returns......help!

[ALProducer]

this is pretty embarrassing since i know everyone knows how to do this, but i watched all the pro tools videos and i haven't used sends and returns in 2 months cause i was taking a break. could someone briefly explain how to send an effect from an aux channel to other audio channels?
all help is appreciated

[Ted Spencer]

this is pretty embarrassing since i know everyone knows how to do this, but i watched all the pro tools videos and i haven't used sends and returns in 2 months cause i was taking a break. could someone briefly explain how to send an effect from an aux channel to other audio channels?
all help is appreciated

It works the other way around: you send the other channels to the aux channel containing the effect. Here's the setup for a reverb as an example:

-Create an aux channel and instantiate your reverb plugin on it
-Set its input path to buss 1 (or whichever)
-Set its output path to your mix or monitor buss
-Select the tracks you want reverbed (or simply all the mix tracks) and hold shift/option while assigning send A to buss 1 on any of them, which will assign it to all of them
-Repeat for as many reverbs you want, using buss 2,3 etc.

Now you can dial up the send fader on any channel in your mix and you'll have the corresponding effect. This way, even with only one reverb, any or all tracks can have it. The same setup is ideal for delays, choruses etc.

Ted Spencer, NYC
www.tedspencerrecording

[ALProducer]

thats for the help!