Inserts vs. Auxiliary effects.

In this episode we're looking at the differences in the use of insert-effects and auxiliary-effects. First we will look at the signalflow and what both the insert and the aux actually do, in order to conclude why we chose to use either one of them depending on the situation.
We will look at some typical insert effects, typical aux-effects and we'll answer the question why you generally would want to use an aux-send for a reverb rather than an insert.
Also we will take a look at what patchbays are, as with using much outboard gear we have a lot of cabling and a lot of climbing behind desks.
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OK, this is actually good info. The insert actually interrupts the signal while aux copies it. The manuals and only articles so often say "like a compressor" that it all blurred together and I now have 1 Y-cable / insert cable too few (though with the extra cables I guess I can just use one of the spare channels until I stumble upon another insert)

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[@arexpressionsphoto]

Great explaining there, thanks! My question is, is there a reason why you wouldn’t want to run a compressor as an auxiliary, for use on multiple tracks, like drums? I’d like to compress two different drum machines, but my mixer only has inserts on tracks 1 and 2. My Akai I run stereo on a stereo track 11/12…and my Arturia Drumbrute to a mono track.

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Thank you for your video! It’s really well explained. For my Part I want to create an aux on my behringer 8200 that is connected to my Audient iD22 on ada..but I do not know how to create a channel that will affect all of my synths that are plugged into my behringer. Do you know ho to do it? Thank you

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any one know how i would use a kaos pad quad as my aux fx ? the kaos has got phono inputs. also is it better to get a mixer with stereo aux sends ?

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AVSbeats Yeah I can, I have it on the to-do list.. -Besides some plugin walkthroughs I'm picking up this season with many new tutorials!

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May i connect the preamp to aux out and return to stereo channel? So i can put preamp to all microphone?

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Does the insert effects is adding signal to mainout fronthouse speaker? Or only in the monitor speaker?

[@madmac66]

One thing worth pointing out that I have run into and struggled with, aux sends are typically mono, while returns are stereo. This is usually not a problem unless I have a stereo synth channel which has some kind of stereo effect - tremolo, panning, ping pong delay - that is built into the synth. Once the channel is sent to the aux bus it gets summed to mono, thus losing all of the cool stereo field movement. In the DAW this is not a problem, digital is not prone to these limitations. If anyone has suggestions to get around this in the analog mixing world...

[@KutAnimus]

So if you have a pre-fader Aux send, you can send entire signal to an effects unit and leave out the original signal. That would be essentially the same as an insert right?

[@patrickhartmann5470]

What kind of effects are best suited for the group inserts ? I have 8 on my mixer

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hii may u explain,how to hookup external hardware to audio interfaces and how to route ...

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SamplesandWhatNot Yes indeed, I will be talking some mastering sessions later in this season. There will still be a lot of mixing stuff before the actual mastering tutorials, but I surely have it planned!

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SamplesandWhatNot Maybe the gains on effects?

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Richard Hargis still having trouble its like when my drums come in brings everything lower

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How would it be if you used compressor on an aux channel?

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[@tuneroneff]

Inmazing xplanation!!!!! Just to have beter undertanding of this Conection, is insert ??? Pre or post fafer???? Thanks in advanse.

[@WickiemediaNet]

Hi tuneroneff, thats a great question.As oppose to AUX busses, Inserts are usually always PRE-fader. A good way to remember that is you don't want your fader position to influence the amount of signal sent to a gate or compressor that you have inserted. (as you would have to adjust the processors settings again. ) Larger consoles can even offer some options to change the order of the EQ - DYN and the INS. This seems pretty 'do-able' in a digital mixer, but as you can imagine these options require a lot of internal cabling on analogue consoles therefor smaller mixers won't offer these options.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. Is beeng a long time trying to figure this up, I finaly have it clear. I dont know if you have any video tha explaint diference In -10, +4 audio signal. thank you for reply.

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Great videos as always. Can I offer a suggestion? Can you lower the volume of the intro/outro music somewhat? I typically have to turn my volume down for the intro, up for the main content, then down for the outro, especially when I'm not at home.

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Hi *****, thanks for your suggestion. It has actually never bothered me before but thanks for pointing it out. Even though no-one has pointed this out so far I'll try to keep it in mind. Cheers!

[@keanuman1]

Another question. What is the difference between Insert FX and Master FX?

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