Should you use Inserts or Send FX? Think smart 😉
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2021
- In this video, we talk about the eternal question: Should you use Inserts or Send effects???
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This is definitely great for vocals. The more I know,, the more I realize how little I know.👍
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At last some body explained it in a way that I understand :) Thanks a lot
I like that you start with, there are no rules. So true and one of the greatest parts of making music.
There's something wonderfully reassuring when Dom opens a new Cubase video. You know you're in good hands. 😊
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thank you for being so emphatic
I learnt this for myself years ago and it's good to get confirmation that I'm on the right track
Thank you! This is by far the best explanation I have found on inserts vs. sends.
As a producer who has started mixing other people’s projects, the biggest issue I’ve encountered is with delays printed as inserts. You have no control over the delays at that point, you start compressing things and suddenly that echo is stepping on the legibility of certain words. I always ask for dry vocals too, but then I need to recreate their effects chain just to automate one delay phrase that got in the way. Reverbs? If it’s not drowning in it I can usually work around it. I only send to reverbs when it’s a shared reverb between tracks, my sort of “global ambience” chain. But delays, always a send or a separate track for the big throws
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Even knowing this process quite well, I still love watching your videos. It’s almost like having that first “Aha!” moment again. People, listen to this advice! It’ll save you so much hassle and re-doing of things. Trust me. Actually, trust Dom. Awesome video. 👏🏼
The issue mentioned only affects some reverb plugins. The SSL Flexverb, for example, allows the dry signal to bypass the reverb processing, to be mixed in, as the final stage before output. There may be other plugs which do the same.
Also to consider: If you record onto mono tracks, the inserts will always be in mono. I do my vocals in mono because it's more efficient & easier to automate the volume with the pen tool. If I want a reverb or delay that has stereo separation, I have to use a send to an FX channel that routes to a stereo bus/group so I'll actually get the left/right separation.
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Great tutorial. I might add that it can save cpu resources to use a single send instead of several inserts. Still, every time I thought, "...and you can do this..." It was the next thing you said. I love the way you teach, Dom!!
Took the words outta my mouth! I do this to put less pressure on the cpu 👍🏼
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Much appreciated!
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This video was very helpful.
Please we need the video on how to create the automations from the send
I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.
Beautifully explained Dom.
Kuddos :)
The video I’m looking for. Thanx Dom
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Thank you so much for the kind words- glad the videos help and thank you for the support
Clarity finally. Thanks!
Thank you Dom
I'm glad you addressed the guitar example in the end because I had stuck to the rule that delay and reverb should always be on Sends, but struggled in my mixes with balancing the soundscape of ambience and depth. Reintroducing such on Inserts really helped me not being so square with "what's right", and I think the perfect question to ask is, where do the want the location of the sound to be in the soundscape and do you want to be able to distinguish the sound source? If so, keep dry, if not, put it on Insert and through it far back and give focus to other instruments in the forefront.
Thanx Dom, this was an important information!
More of these “simple” questions answered please! Thank you!
This is the best explanation I've heard for this, thank you!
Great instruction man. Thanks alot. "know what you're doing!"
great explaination, why I should use the Send-Way instead of the Insert-Way for Reverb on vocals - because of remeining the same Volume of the Dry-Signal - Thank you so much
Also, using as a send instead of an insert saves on CPU/processing power. You can make one reverb and dial in the amount via send on multiple tracks.
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When I'm doing reverb throws on audio post projects, I usually quickly dupe the track, edit the clip to the sound I want to trigger the throw, and insert a reverb plugin (blend to taste). It's faster than automation, especially on tight deadlines!
This would be a tough sell approach in some daws for sure
Thank you again for a helpful video! You always open my eyes on something...........
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Very useful stuff for me, as always, thanks Dom!
Thanks Dom, perfect timing with this vid!
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Very helpful video mate!
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This was very helpful, thank you.
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One way as just a good practice. One way as a creative effect, that gets used less often. ...But also don't forget to enjoy it. Thank you for explaining these things for those of us who are new...or even for those who just need to be reminded. 😅 These are the videos we need.
Great, simplified explanation! Thanks, Dom!
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Thanks friend, very useful tutorial !
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Thanks so much for this Dom!😊 Brilliant, such a great demonstration of the differences you can achieve!
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Thanks so much dom for breaking this down for us I use really get confused elot with with inserts and send,especially with reverb and you just clarify and made it really easy to understand.😍😍😍😍
Very clear and informative video. . I will wait for more this high clarity videos. Fantastic. Just blowed my mind.
Oh boy, this was just what I needed right now! Thanks. I loved the advantages and disadvantages for both ways, too: I can see how I can use both now. Thanks much.
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finally a very good explanation between insert / send effect ! thank you very much !
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You're good! Dam....very clear now, thank you!!
Good video. Thanks.
Super clear!
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Great explanation! Clear as a bell.. 👍
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I'm a beginner and am glad to know this, thanks. Man this stuff is so complicated!
Again a great advice. Even if i used it in an intuitive way this sounds logical now. Many thanks
The Valhalla Reverb is impressive. And I don't even work for that company.
But adding reverb as a send increases overall volume of the (vocal) track; thus affecting the overall balance. Dry/Wet keeps the overall volume stable...
Thanks for sharing your Cubase wisdom. I would really love to see a video on how to approach the procuction of an album or EP in Cubase. Having all tracks in one project supports good consistence between tracks but you have to use automation a lot. Having all tracks in seperate projects is more flexible but quite timeconsuming if you make mix decisions for one song that need to be applied to the other songs. Would be great to see a video on that topic.
Thanks Dom. Another great tutorial. I'm from the 80's studio where lexicons etc were v expensive! Hence we used aux sends cos we didn't have many FX! Also, if you use the same reverb in on various tracks, they sound as if they are coming from the same room 👍. Thanks again 👍
Thanks for the nice content!
as a beginner in Cubase you help me a lot and as a 1 year doing mixing i always doing wrong. ( what i want is dry vocals with reverb but i always put in insert )
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thank you!
Thank you for your support. I appreciate your videos. I am not a Pro and I (just) like to make and publish my own songs. After working with Cubase for quite a long time I now finally know the difference between insert and send.
Yo Dom! T'es solid!
Hi Dom, thanks for the video!!. This has helped me a lot!! I have been working on a Christmas song( that i wrote) and have done in my home studio, and although i am by no means a singer, i have had to do the vocals myself, so the vocals are not perfect! I had the vocals with insert reverb effects, and although it did not sound too bad, something wasn't quite right, the vocals were not sitting right? I changed all the settings so that the vocal tracks were using a reverb send effect, and on that send i placed my 2 favourite reverbs, The change has made things much better, the vocals are sitting much better in the mix!!!!!!! The overall result has made me happier with the vocals, especially as i am not a singer!!!!! Dom, thank you so much!!!! You're the best!
Absolutely addinh Fx s to the send fx track is better way
thanks bro
In general, I think of inserts as being track specific, groups as ... well, a group of similar tracks, and sends as when I want use the same process on a bunch of different tracks. I know that the sends are a carry-over from consoles and when you only had one particular reverb. The digital domain definitely gives a lot more leeway and flexibility =]
Another technique I've used - and maybe continue to use - is to do parallel processing. It's the same idea as parallel compression but it's just broader to include anything you want to process. You just duplicate the track and on the duplicate track, you can insert whatever effects you want and, if they have a wet/dry mix knob, set them to 100% (or whatever to taste but it should be greater than 50%). Then you can use your channel faders to blend the two parts together. That way you still get the clarity of the original dry signal on top of the effects you want. Similarly, this is a way not to have the effect overpower the track.
I've also played around with the "Abbey Road reverb trick", which is a deep cut below 600Hz and below and above 10,000Hz (hi-pass/low-pass respectively) before the reverb. This is done so you only want to the "juicy" stuff to get the reverb, which is all in the mid-range. Similarly, this avoids the muddiness that occurs when you send low (and even low-mid) frequencies as well as the loss of clarity for the high end. Unless the reverb plugin gives you a pre-EQ option, you would use it with the reverb set up as a send option.
If need to do automation on a track, use as insert, say a reverb that needs the parameters to be modified as you go along that track. If the effect has to reflect same atmosphere, say the room, then use as send effect. Regards.
I learned that "Abbey Road" technique from Bobby Owsinski and it really is kind of a magical thing. Thanks for sharing your concepts.
Nice sir
Comment yes. Upvote. Not only would i like another video like this one, I want more videos like this in general.
I want to practice mixing and creating.✌️ Instead of looking at more stuff...that will let me do allll the Same Stuff... that I can already do. With stuff I already have. 😅
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One way as a good practice. One way as a creative effect, that gets used less often.
But don't forget to enjoy it.
Hi Don, thanks for this, again great learning video.
I guess I have been very lazy. I have always used revers as an insert. The problem as you wellicht said was that always ended up losing the volume of the track I was hoping to enrich. (Lossing dry signal).
I now understand the importance of using this effect, (also delay) as a send.
I am sure my tracks will sound 99 % more clear, (less muddy) and that is whay we all want at the end, a very balanced sing. Thanks man, gretige from Amsterdam.
Great video again even though I'm late to the party: Always great to repeat and see if you know what you take for granted.
I nuss one thing though. If you have ONE FX track you can run a heavy FX like reverb on in and use Send on hundreds´of tracks and your computer will not get bogged down and catch fire. Run hundreds of tracks with one heavy reverb on each track ... Goodbye Computer!! It's a way to save CPU power so I like to add it ... over a half year too late. Oh, well .... :D
Great tutorıal! Bıg thanks!
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Thank you for the information. Unfortunately I use garage band still and there is no send a fax, so I just tried to use the insert effect and just bring down the mix.
Dom please make a video "how to make a color bass in cubase"
Another nice vid. Some good ideas about post-processing the reverb send channel that are often overlooked.. adding chorus, saturation, etc. I think the vid missed out on one point that is very important for people running older systems, and that's CPU. If you start putting a bunch of different reverbs across channels as inserts, you might start running into problems. 2 or 3 different reverb channels setup up as sends will take the load off the CPU in large projects... though I sometimes wonder about build up problems that might occur if you are feeding a lot of tracks into one effects send.