1 year of audio engineering schooling and I have always had some confusion with sends/routing signals ETC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERFECT EXPLANATION !

Thanks, Jon! I am finally learning PT for my band's recording. You have cleared up my confusion in trying to translate my analog studio experience to the digital world. It is all very simple but sometimes one can over-think (or under-think) the process.

I've been trying to understand this concept for years and it's finally making sense. Thank you!

You been the most helpful so far after a ton of youtube vids. #1 THUMBS UP. Thanks.

definitely, I must say this, yes, this is the best tutorial I've ever seen .this is exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks a million! I just started using pro tools heavy and I'm tired of using AUX presets to save ram space. This video taught me how to mix and organize from a blank session. AWESOME TUTORIAL.

This actually Taught me how to use mix bus.I’ve been looking for a good tutorials all day. Thank you so much I’m subscribed

Man thank you. I've been looking for simple tutorials for busses and sends forever.

Thanks. For this particular track I used a Rode NT1a on the body of the guitar about 6in away. then a Rode NT5 on the 12th fret about 4 in away. those two were then blended together.

This was such a fantastic and clear explanation of how to Buss and use AUX sends and most importantly WHY this is done. Really great for beginners, thank you so much.

This is much a simpler explanation than that FX Returns video from Lynda. Thanks

a seemingly complicated process that is simply explained and now super understandable! Thank you!

wow those buses and sends make a lot of sense now, never really understood them well before, thanks man.

THANK YOU JOHN! U REALLY HELPED ME. I WISH THE BEST. CHRIS FROM GREECE.

Awesome,you break it down and explain step by step…cannot thank you enough!

Wow! Now your gonna make me re-edited all my songs! Thanks! It sounds much FULLER NOW! I've been trying to figure this out for awhile. Not everyone understands all that FANCY TECH TALK. That's why I never understood it. Until you came along and broke it down in small dummy terms. Your the best! :-)

i can't tell you how much i am thankful for this video, thanks alot man

Yikes! Such an excellent video! Thank you ten times over, Jonathan. As Ross said, I too was stumped about routing, and am thankful for your PERFECT EXPLANATION! God bless.

AWESOME lesson Jon, eggxatly what I needed man. I appreciate your effort and this video. Blessings

Normally I hate the way some people explain elements of a Pro Tools setup. They leave stuff out, jump around, no focus etc. This video is perfect for a barebones understanding of something really quite complex. Thank you

Logical, Great Flow, Very Concise & Thorough!! Keep It UP!!

John this was EXCELLENT! Thanks for explaining this!

The best explanation yet , very easy to understand, thank you so much.

Wow you explain this perfectly, i watched many others and still couldnt get it until i found your video. thanks again im new to pro tools, teaching myself how to use it!

FANTASTIC video! Clear, simple and to the point. This also works well for creating drum buses. You could do a bus for SD/BD/HH and a bus for toms. THANK YOU!!

I learnt so much in those 8 minutes! Thank you John! :)

continued: so if you are using structure there should be an option in the routing panels to route from the individual channels. for example, you create an audio track, then in the Input menu u can choose, insert, then structure, then the individual channel. you do that for each MIDI channel and then press record to convert the MIDI to Audio. Then you can apply EQ to the individual audio tracks and treat them as you would any other track.

thank you very much for taking the time to create this video!!

the main thing I use Pre Fader for is headphone mixes. I put a pre fader send across all tracks and can make a separate mix for the artist's headphones. pre fader can also be used if you want to mult the track to another place for processing. Post Fader is usually used for efx because when you adjust the fader on the track it also adjusts the efx. Although its personal preference and can be done anyway. Just play around and find your style.

Super helpful thanks. Your method of teaching makes this easy to understand.

you can do it that way if you wish, but only if you are certain you will be using that reverb only on the tracks being sent to the bus. In the professional world it is bad form to put reverbs directly on the tracks or busses. This is because there are usually more than one type of track being sent to a reverb, for example drums and guitar. if you placed the reverb only on the drum bus, then you would have to create another instance to put on the guitars.

Thanks Jon for a simple and clear explanation of buses!

Thanks! I try to explain it in a way so people can understand the concept of bussing and aux sends. Anyone can learn how to set up a track in Pro Tools. But once they understand the meaning and concepts, then they can start using the technique to its full potential, and even create their own ways of using it.

Thank you for the video. It was very clear and to the point. I appreciate the step by step and the KISS principle. Thank you again.

Hi, to put the reverb on track one, just send track1 to the reverb aux track. then to put compressor on just track 2, simply place the compressor directly in the insert section for track 2. hope this helps

Thank you! I needed this

This was so helpful. THANK YOU!

Extremely well done. Thanks!

PERFECT! Clear explanations....so, thank you

I like the way you present this. There's a lot of little cocky geeks out there that try to do it, but they are so hyped up on their ego, that they lose focus of what they are presenting.

Dude, your very good at explaining this stuff! thanks! God bless!

thanks John. appreciate the straight forward approach

thanks john, very useful and well explained!

Great instructions, clear, concise and to the point!!!!!

Excellent tutorial. It has helped me very much.

Such a great and clear explanation. Thank you!

I prefer my effects in stereo. Even if the vocal track is mono, putting the effect send in stereo is a good idea to give a sense of space. And to run multiple tracks through an effect, just follow the steps in the video but send each vocal track to that same effect. So if you have one reverb set up on an Aux Track, send each vocal track to that reverb as shown in the video. Hope this helps.

Awesome video , amazing simple explanation , thanks.

This was very simple and easy to understand. Thanks!

Exactly what I needed, man. Thank you!!

Thanks from this Pro Tools "newbie". Very clear and informative.

That's the way to explain things! Great job! Thanks!

very helpful video...thanks a lot man

Well put together video straight to the point Thank You keep up the great work

Thank you for great video - simple and VERY useful!

Thank you so much, the way you explain is so clear . Regards!!

Thank you so much maybe you should make a video on it for other people who having the same problems! I use an Apollo qaud with protocols 10 software Mac pro. One love Jon u are very helpful!

Best tutorial ever THUMBS WAY UP!!!!!!!

Excellent video... very very helpful. Thank you!!

aux tracks in pro tools are most commonly used for effects like reverb and delay. You put the reverb on the aux and then use a Send to route each track to it that you want the reverb on. Sure you can put a reverb on each track, but it's not good practice and can eat up your CPU processing. Aux tracks dont actually hold audio but are used for routing. It gives you an extra fader so you can do some creative routing and mixing.

Awesome and clear cut video. But what's the importance of the pre/post option or whatever it's called..like which one is better to use and why?

Very good explanation, thank you for this!!

Nice stuff , thanx for sharing

This video was very helpful, thank you

Excellent tutorial, thank you so much.

By far the best simplest easiest way to understand!

Absolutely fantastic. Thank You Sir.

Thank you so much! This video really cleared but my confusion about routing

Excellent tutorial. 😀 Thank you.

Dude this was the best explanation I have ever seen

Very informative and easy to follow!!

Great explanation! Way to be specific about it all.

Very simple explanation, thank you!

Awesome tutorial. Thank you so much

you explain very simple and easy but effective you the MVP

Excellant, simple and straightforward

yes, i will do a video on that topic.

Thanks so much for your helpful video!

Great tutorial loved it ! Thanks

I have to give you a tombs up. Clear explanation...straight to the point

Easy and to the point, thank you so much

all the information I needed to know, thank you

This is the first time i really learned something abour pro tools LOL. Thanks

Thank you!! Great tutorial!

Great Video. Pro Tools Le 8 PC and Mac- For some reason my bus track begins with 7-8 instead of 1-2..??

Really helpful !!! Thanks

Simple layout! good stuff!

Muchas gracias Jonathan ! :D Have a nice day bro!

Great and straight to the point

Hey Owen. This video was very helpful! I was wondering if you could do a video on recording several buses to a main audio track. I can send audio from bus to bus. . .but if I have a master fader (with say "Dialogue" on it - and it contains all my dialogue tracks mixed into one fader) - I can never send that to an audio track to record it :(

Thank you Jon! Really helpful!

instead of sending the guitar tracks to the aux input to control the level of both the guitar tracks, you can also group the guitars and create a VCA master track and assign the guitar group to the VCA track, this does the same thing thats is in the video, but requires less routing, and it also keep the level of the guitars, to the relevant DB that you have set the levels at prior to assigning the VCA master

Thank you so much for this!

Very helpful. Thank you!

yes, I am aware of that method. However, that is a feature only available in Pro Tools HD. My tutorials are using Pro Tools LE. The majority of the people who watch these online tutorials do not have Pro Tools HD, hence why I do not mention those methods.

Hi I've enjoyed your tutorial, I've set up the aux track and busses the signals correctly but still don't have any reverb effect coming through the reverb aux, does this have anything to do with the I/O settings?

Awesome review. Thanks

Thanks 4 your help, everything is clear to me now :)

Thanks, helpful.

SO helpful, man. Thanks!