Ive been engineering my own music for over 13 years now. I guess I just stuck with some bad habits and became comfortable with them. I was getting great mixes but I was definitely overloading my CPU not utilizing Busses and Sends. The concept always kinda confused me so I just ignored it. Today I decided to crack down and really try to understand it and this was by far the best explanation Ive seen on youtube. Thank you so much for helping me grow as an engineer!
This is exactly why we do what we do! So happy to see that this training was helpful. This topic was one that we see a lot of engineers get stuck on or overwhelmed with. Proud of you sticking to it! Hope this makes your workflow 10x more efficient 🔥
I swear Im on this video cause of same thing Im 27 and been producing my own music my whole life and I kinda understand wat they are but I never mess Antoine with it because I was still getting great mixes but since I downloaded one of these templates on here now Im really interested just so I know and not be dumb about it 💯💪🏾
First things first, I finally learned how to bus because of this video so I really appreciate it. Second, the way I put it to help me understand ''sends'' is adding a bus on top of the original bus.
Cool info very useful, but why does Avid not allow you to solo those Aux tracks? So you can hear just the wet Aux signal not the incoming Dry track, Logic makes this very easy
Hi, came across your page and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have been with PT for awhile, but never fully engaged so from time to time it is good to get a refresher. Thank you for clarifying Buses, sends and Aux, I got it. Julio Matta - The Julio Matta Project
Honestly, I've been dabbling with other DAWs while somewhat avoiding Pro Tools over the years mainly due to what I called the tedious learning curve. I wasn't willing to invest the time even while understanding cross-referencing information really translates from one platform to another . I came across your channel and it has been a game changer for me. The Template alone is a valued time saver in and of itself. However, the recording track hack took things to the next level for sure. Much appreciated!!🔥❤🔥
@@MyAudioAcademy For me, I would like to see the video about Pro Tools and USB mics: ways to connect, settings information, etc. There is currently not even one video on UA-cam covering this topic correctly so maybe you can be the one?
are aux's parallel channels, that is where the audio is copied through it? Or is it receiving the actual signals from tracks bussed to it? So that it controls all the audio signal like a master fader would?
I appreciate the feedback my man! I'm glad to hear this was helpful. I struggled with these concepts longer than I'd like to admit 😅 so hopefully this saved you some of that time!
So I’ve been sending my lead vocals and lead hook to a mono bus then bus that bus to a main vox stereo bus. I insert my hardware that is mono on the mono lead bus and plugins on the main vox stereo bus.. If that makes since is that a correct way of doing it? I feel like it’s wrong but it works..
Can I ask a question? What if I just want to change the EQ of LEAD A and not the LEAD B? do I need to duplicate the compressor? I mean by dragging down another compressor for the LEAD A? or is there any way to do that in just one BUS?
Hi everyone!! I always had been a question about that, i understand that use a lot of plugins to each track is so heavy and obiously for this reason we use a buses, but for example in this case if considered to change different specific parameters of each plugin to modelating a better signal in each track i needed necesary use the automation or it will be a mistake? Or which could be the best way to do that, thanks a lot.
Thank you so much, i still dont understand how to listen only the bus signal, is very confusing, if i solo a bus track cant hear nothing even if the meter is peaking, crazy stuff
Hey, your tutorials are great, no doubt but I had a question that what would be the difference between routing folders and aux input then? Because both work in almost same fashion, right?
This cleared things up a lot. I have one question though. Say I don’t want as much reverb and delay on the verse as I do on the hook, how would I go about effecting that differently? Would I have to make another aux track?
Yes 🎯 That would be the easiest way to do it! Just be sure to update your input to a new unused Bus Track (ex: Bus 2-3, 3-4). Then route relevant audio tracks to this new "Hook"/"Verse" bus.
so the send tracks (both the reverb send and parallel compression send) are going out directly to master bus? what happened if we output them back to the vocal bus? do you do that in some scenario?
What’s the difference between having Autotune on the track vs the vocal bus? Also, does adjusting the reverb send on the vocal bus do the same thing as adjusting on the actual reverb aux track like you did?
1. Auto tune on the vocal bus means your auto tune will try to tune multiple vocal signals at once. This can sometimes be problematic. 2. In basic terms, yes. We could get super technical about the differences, but they ultimately get you the same result 😎 Hope this helps!
@@MyAudioAcademy Thank you! I guess it’s good to have the autotune on the track instead also in case it’s not needed on the bus for a specific song. Avoids touching the vocal bus much 🙏 Lastly, does it matter where the reverb/delay sends go? On the tracks or vocal bus?
Hey man super great video! Quick question on your gear you have, what kind of control surface do you use for pro tools? Looking at an actual hands on system but I know nothing about the actual consoles themselves that are compatible with pro tools! Appreciate it!
Here’s a video that would be helpful! ua-cam.com/video/hFwhMPUM9bc/v-deo.html You may want to check out the “Radio Ready Vocals” training in the description for an in depth training + Pre made templates and other bonuses.
Excellent video. I'm a bit new to some of the terminology and your explanation cleared up a lot of questions that I had. However, I do have a question for you. In your demo you have 3 vocal tracks and you created a bus track, then moved all the plugins to the bus track. What if you wanted to boost the highs on one of those vocal tracks instead of all 3. wouldn't you still need to have an EQ for example on one of the vocals to do this?
Excited to hear this cleared some things up for you, as these concepts can easily get confusing 😅 In that case, yes, you would just add the EQ to that single audio track 👍
OK, so i maybe looking at this the wrong way. Each of the three vocal tracks have the same effects on them, but different levels of effects, vocal 1 delay 20 ms, vocal 2 50 ms when they all go to the same bus will that not affect the output, as you only have one delay on the aux track, but being fed by tracks with different settings, or am i not seeing this correctly?.
Thank you for this video Jordan, I've been a musician for a long time, but very new to recording myself and I appreciate this easy-to-understand videos. I have a question, do you record on clean tracks (no plugins) or do you use all sends/auxs/plugins while recording? Thanks in advance!
I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH!!! This was the best explained and most helpful video about aux tracks, sends, and buses. I even got some extra info about reverb (just starting out on Pro Tools 🙌🏿)! Thanks again! Like and sub from me for sure! 🤙🏿 Blessings my friend, about to go watch some other of your videos!
Yes! It should give you the option to get that setup within your Members Area. If it's not showing, shoot me an email at info@introtorecording.com and I'll be sure to get you taken care of! 😎
when I solo my guitar aux track I can still hear the reverb from my vocals which are all routed through the same Bus Aux...what am I doing wrong??? I feel that it is muddying my mix.
@@MyAudioAcademy I just checked by dragging a mono plug in from the vocal track to the send and it doesn't automatically change from mono to stereo so I'm assuming you just dragged them over like that for demonstration purposes and wouldn't ACTUALLY drag them and instead just pull up the stereo version from inside the aux track
Escuse me i have one question, When I try to send my tracks to a bus aux and I select the bus in ‘solo’ all tracks get mute but when I deselect the tracks sound normally,, I’m don’t know why it happens upside down , I have a new interface and I setuped everything for default.. 🤷🏻♂️ what should i do?? I know is something easy to fix but I cant find this joke!!
This didn't work for me. I wanted to put fab filter on certain parts of my instrumental. I wanted to automate it. My workaround? Also simple. Just duplicate the track and add the fab filter to one of the tracks then either touch, write or even delete parts of the track that didn't have the filter. I think with this style you made, it blends in with the track almost like parallel compression. I didn't want that. In Reason or FL or maybe even Logic, I can actually automate the VST by right clicking and creating an automation lane. That's how I do filtering.
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Ive been engineering my own music for over 13 years now. I guess I just stuck with some bad habits and became comfortable with them. I was getting great mixes but I was definitely overloading my CPU not utilizing Busses and Sends. The concept always kinda confused me so I just ignored it. Today I decided to crack down and really try to understand it and this was by far the best explanation Ive seen on youtube. Thank you so much for helping me grow as an engineer!
This is exactly why we do what we do!
So happy to see that this training was helpful. This topic was one that we see a lot of engineers get stuck on or overwhelmed with.
Proud of you sticking to it! Hope this makes your workflow 10x more efficient 🔥
I agree
I swear Im on this video cause of same thing Im 27 and been producing my own music my whole life and I kinda understand wat they are but I never mess Antoine with it because I was still getting great mixes but since I downloaded one of these templates on here now Im really interested just so I know and not be dumb about it 💯💪🏾
Only person who made this make sense
Dude, this video literally was so much better than another video. I watched about the same exact topic.
Very clear and detailed. The best I’ve seen on UA-cam. Thank you!
Very helpful and clear. Thank you
First things first, I finally learned how to bus because of this video so I really appreciate it. Second, the way I put it to help me understand ''sends'' is adding a bus on top of the original bus.
Found this the most informative and useful vid on busses so far. You've conveyed the principles well. Cheers.
Let’s gooo!
I’m happy to hear this was helpful, since these topics can become confusing fast 😅🙏
man your knowledge you shared was amazing
great vid!
Cool info very useful, but why does Avid not allow you to solo those Aux tracks? So you can hear just the wet Aux signal not the incoming Dry track, Logic makes this very easy
ProTools beginner - this is so useful and well explained - step by step. appreciate you!
Hi, came across your page and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have been with PT for awhile, but never fully engaged so from time to time it is good to get a refresher. Thank you for clarifying Buses, sends and Aux, I got it. Julio Matta - The Julio Matta Project
Honestly, I've been dabbling with other DAWs while somewhat avoiding Pro Tools over the years mainly due to what I called the tedious learning curve. I wasn't willing to invest the time even while understanding cross-referencing information really translates from one platform to another . I came across your channel and it has been a game changer for me. The Template alone is a valued time saver in and of itself. However, the recording track hack took things to the next level for sure. Much appreciated!!🔥❤🔥
sir i dont know how else to thank you. this video was a life saver. thank you so much🥺😁
I use a 24 core workstation, so load isn't an issue. However, I still I like this approach because it's thoughtful and strategic.
An actually helpful video!
Straight to point ! the best explanation in UA-cam
really needed this your good
i really like how neat everything is becoming to appear! that is a golden tutorial right here.
Excited to hear that this was helpful 😎More to come!
Any recommendations that you'd personally like to see next?
@@MyAudioAcademy For me, I would like to see the video about Pro Tools and USB mics: ways to connect, settings information, etc. There is currently not even one video on UA-cam covering this topic correctly so maybe you can be the one?
I love this man he just helped me set up my whole template
My guy 😎Making hits?
This one and the one about compression that you did, put me all the way in the car!!! I appreciate it bro frfr
Those two topics were the hardest for me to get too 😅
I’m glad to hear these were helpful my man!
You’re really a goat bro, beyond thankful ❤️🔥🤞🏽
This was exactly what I was looking for so I subbed!
are aux's parallel channels, that is where the audio is copied through it? Or is it receiving the actual signals from tracks bussed to it? So that it controls all the audio signal like a master fader would?
thanks for making it SIMPLE!!!!!
Amazing video! How do you organize background vocals? Do you still use the main Vocal bus or treat them differently?
Thanks bruh💙
Thank you!
Really do appreciate this video man 🙏🏽
I appreciate the feedback my man!
I'm glad to hear this was helpful. I struggled with these concepts longer than I'd like to admit 😅 so hopefully this saved you some of that time!
You are the BEST! What a simple way of explaining ...
You’re incredible
I always refer back to this video ~ thank you 🙏
Cleanest explanation ever thank you!
Wow bro thx, i passed to so many videos, u know what ur speaking of thx a lot
Thank you man I really appreciate it you’ve really been helping me maneuver through PT !
Yesssir! I’m happy to hear the videos are helping 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Got any topics/concepts you’d like to see next? 🤔
So I’ve been sending my lead vocals and lead hook to a mono bus then bus that bus to a main vox stereo bus. I insert my hardware that is mono on the mono lead bus and plugins on the main vox stereo bus.. If that makes since is that a correct way of doing it? I feel like it’s wrong but it works..
Can I ask a question? What if I just want to change the EQ of LEAD A and not the LEAD B? do I need to duplicate the compressor? I mean by dragging down another compressor for the LEAD A? or is there any way to do that in just one BUS?
either on the individual track or on another bus
Just leveled up!! Thanks bro
Great job explaining man 🙏🏼
Your videos are amazing man!
So when you bouce the song after that how do you bounce the mix as?
This was super clear and concise. Props to you man!
Great video bro. The best explanation of “bus” I’ve heard.
Hi everyone!!
I always had been a question about that, i understand that use a lot of plugins to each track is so heavy and obiously for this reason we use a buses, but for example in this case if considered to change different specific parameters of each plugin to modelating a better signal in each track i needed necesary use the automation or it will be a mistake? Or which could be the best way to do that, thanks a lot.
brooooooo thanks a million and i love the video editing lmao
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Josue! Thanks for the feedback 🤙 Any topics you’d like to see covered next?
Yo u are super clean with articulating the tricks of the trade.
Keep me plugged in with u as I tap in your line.
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how to take noise from your mic?
You just helped me actual come back too pro tools and create a simple recording template so I only have to rap eidt
Thank you so much, i still dont understand how to listen only the bus signal, is very confusing, if i solo a bus track cant hear nothing even if the meter is peaking, crazy stuff
check your I/O settings, maybe it’s not properly set up
Bro! you help me a lot! but I need to ask more question..
Clear & concise explanations!
still need this in 2024 ty bro
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This helped a ton. Thank you!
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Hey, your tutorials are great, no doubt but I had a question that what would be the difference between routing folders and aux input then? Because both work in almost same fashion, right?
this was really helpful
Do you have video "how to print mix in ProTools?"
idk what im doing wrong... everything is set up exactly the same as i can see and yet no reverb.. unless i turn on track input monitor
This cleared things up a lot. I have one question though. Say I don’t want as much reverb and delay on the verse as I do on the hook, how would I go about effecting that differently? Would I have to make another aux track?
Yes 🎯 That would be the easiest way to do it!
Just be sure to update your input to a new unused Bus Track (ex: Bus 2-3, 3-4).
Then route relevant audio tracks to this new "Hook"/"Verse" bus.
so the send tracks (both the reverb send and parallel compression send) are going out directly to master bus? what happened if we output them back to the vocal bus? do you do that in some scenario?
nice tutorials. thanks I learned a lot that's made me your subscriber
Would you create another reverb send/aux for your backs? Or use the same Reveb send/aux from the lead? Which gives u a cleaner mix?
I’d recommend using the same for overall consistency and cohesiveness in most cases 👍
What’s the difference between having Autotune on the track vs the vocal bus? Also, does adjusting the reverb send on the vocal bus do the same thing as adjusting on the actual reverb aux track like you did?
1. Auto tune on the vocal bus means your auto tune will try to tune multiple vocal signals at once. This can sometimes be problematic.
2. In basic terms, yes. We could get super technical about the differences, but they ultimately get you the same result 😎
Hope this helps!
@@MyAudioAcademy Thank you! I guess it’s good to have the autotune on the track instead also in case it’s not needed on the bus for a specific song. Avoids touching the vocal bus much 🙏 Lastly, does it matter where the reverb/delay sends go? On the tracks or vocal bus?
@@harveysoto 100% 🎯
Nope! That's the perk of using sends. You can add them wherever you'd like to get the desired result.
@@MyAudioAcademy Thank you! I appreciate the help 🙏
Thank you
Great job.
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Hey man super great video! Quick question on your gear you have, what kind of control surface do you use for pro tools? Looking at an actual hands on system but I know nothing about the actual consoles themselves that are compatible with pro tools! Appreciate it!
5:58 I don't get the RENAME option when I click on "Bus 1" ...?
can you do a video on a making a tracking template and how you turn the tracking template into mixing?
Here’s a video that would be helpful!
ua-cam.com/video/hFwhMPUM9bc/v-deo.html
You may want to check out the “Radio Ready Vocals” training in the description for an in depth training + Pre made templates and other bonuses.
Excellent video. I'm a bit new to some of the terminology and your explanation cleared up a lot of questions that I had. However, I do have a question for you. In your demo you have 3 vocal tracks and you created a bus track, then moved all the plugins to the bus track. What if you wanted to boost the highs on one of those vocal tracks instead of all 3. wouldn't you still need to have an EQ for example on one of the vocals to do this?
Excited to hear this cleared some things up for you, as these concepts can easily get confusing 😅
In that case, yes, you would just add the EQ to that single audio track 👍
OK, so i maybe looking at this the wrong way. Each of the three vocal tracks have the same effects on them, but different levels of effects, vocal 1 delay 20 ms, vocal 2 50 ms when they all go to the same bus will that not affect the output, as you only have one delay on the aux track, but being fed by tracks with different settings, or am i not seeing this correctly?.
Thank you for this video Jordan, I've been a musician for a long time, but very new to recording myself and I appreciate this easy-to-understand videos. I have a question, do you record on clean tracks (no plugins) or do you use all sends/auxs/plugins while recording? Thanks in advance!
I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH!!! This was the best explained and most helpful video about aux tracks, sends, and buses. I even got some extra info about reverb (just starting out on Pro Tools 🙌🏿)!
Thanks again! Like and sub from me for sure! 🤙🏿 Blessings my friend, about to go watch some other of your videos!
Brodie, are you still offering the virtual 1 on 1 sessions for members of your website? I'm tryna get down with that bro..
Yes! It should give you the option to get that setup within your Members Area.
If it's not showing, shoot me an email at info@introtorecording.com and I'll be sure to get you taken care of! 😎
@@MyAudioAcademy I have the same question bro lol
So if I pay for the classes I’ll still be able to get in on it? Or it’s to late?
when I solo my guitar aux track I can still hear the reverb from my vocals which are all routed through the same Bus Aux...what am I doing wrong??? I feel that it is muddying my mix.
Do you use mono or stereo plugins on your aux track?
Stereo 👍🏼
@@MyAudioAcademy ok because you just dragged them up from the vocal track and I didn't know if the plugins on the vocals were stereo or mono
@@MyAudioAcademy I just checked by dragging a mono plug in from the vocal track to the send and it doesn't automatically change from mono to stereo so I'm assuming you just dragged them over like that for demonstration purposes and wouldn't ACTUALLY drag them and instead just pull up the stereo version from inside the aux track
the red color adlib had me lmao
My panning is messed up it only pans to the left but its mono and when i pan to the right there is no audio
I can't find how to select a small portion of vocals to playback without having to click multiple times to bring it back to a certain point
I WISH YOU MAKE TENPLATES FOR LOGIC PRO 😬
Escuse me i have one question, When I try to send my tracks to a bus aux and I select the bus in ‘solo’ all tracks get mute but when I deselect the tracks sound normally,, I’m don’t know why it happens upside down , I have a new interface and I setuped everything for default.. 🤷🏻♂️ what should i do?? I know is something easy to fix but I cant find this joke!!
How can I color the whole track? When I change colors it only changes the recording
Check out this video, super simple! 👉 ua-cam.com/video/zp-uRwhN0Y4/v-deo.html
@@MyAudioAcademy Thanks 🙏
why I can't solo the bus track tho?
it wont let me select bus when i click on no input. why is that??
What is that song I need that plz tht hit
Here you go 🤙🏼
ua-cam.com/video/pgUOfL2aU5c/v-deo.html
This didn't work for me. I wanted to put fab filter on certain parts of my instrumental. I wanted to automate it.
My workaround? Also simple. Just duplicate the track and add the fab filter to one of the tracks then either touch, write or even delete parts of the track that didn't have the filter. I think with this style you made, it blends in with the track almost like parallel compression. I didn't want that. In Reason or FL or maybe even Logic, I can actually automate the VST by right clicking and creating an automation lane. That's how I do filtering.
Great Video new to the channel an you do some beat mixing with 808 centered tutorials for say producers in near future peace!
WHATS THE NAME OF THIS SONG
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This is still too hard for me. I got lost so quickly :(
I cant see the letters on his screen and he just goes "Bam bam" wtf? is the bus an output or an input? I dont get it
the language is partly responsible for the confusion because we often send things back, which is the same as when we return them....
the quality look blurry
Yeh, really not clear......slow down and make your graphics clearer...
Way to many plugins.........
The comments here all look like paid reviews for a commercial product ….
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