magik570
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Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb faders?
Scenario: Guitars go to 1 bus Keys go to another bus Drums go to another bus then I have reverb bus, delay bus.. When I make (all bus)volumes/faders higher or lower to comply with Mix bus's "don't peak over -6db (leave room for mastering)" strategy, do I include the delay/reverb bus faders too in that groups of buses that I am about to make it higher/lower (in volume)? I hope i explained it ok 
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/10 19:55:39
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Assuming your verbs and delays are post fader they'll automatically generate less sound if you lower the source faders so I'd leave them untouched. Otherwise you're basically altering your mix.
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/10 20:18:10
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Assuming your verbs and delays are post fader they'll automatically generate less sound if you lower the source faders so I'd leave them untouched. Otherwise you're basically altering your mix.
But the OP is talking about adjusting the bus volumes, not the source faders. In this case you would include the fx bus in your adjustments, otherwise you would be changing the wet/dry balance of your mix.
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/10 20:54:03
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Quick Grouping is your friend.
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/11 04:50:16
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Assuming your verbs and delays are post fader they'll automatically generate less sound if you lower the source faders so I'd leave them untouched. Otherwise you're basically altering your mix.
But the OP is talking about adjusting the bus volumes, not the source faders. In this case you would include the fx bus in your adjustments, otherwise you would be changing the wet/dry balance of your mix.
Yeah I guess it depends, I often have a reverb send on a bus (like for backing vocals), in which case the bus is also a source.
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/11 07:55:49
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Assuming your verbs and delays are post fader they'll automatically generate less sound if you lower the source faders so I'd leave them untouched. Otherwise you're basically altering your mix.
But the OP is talking about adjusting the bus volumes, not the source faders. In this case you would include the fx bus in your adjustments, otherwise you would be changing the wet/dry balance of your mix.
Yeah I guess it depends, I often have a reverb send on a bus (like for backing vocals), in which case the bus is also a source.
True in that instance - just from the way op listed his busses they appear to be straight fx.
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magik570
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/11 12:08:07
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My busses for reverb and delay are straight FX... what's the verdict?
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/11 12:43:51
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☼ Best Answerby magik570 2016/03/11 13:03:53
If you're feeding your fx busses from sends on your tracks, reduce all bus fader levels together. If you're feeding your fx busses from your summing busses (like, a reverb send from the keyboards bus to the reverb bus), don't reduce fx bus fader levels.
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Re: Bus control - making volume higher/lower as group for buses / should delay, reverb fad
2016/03/11 12:51:03
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Thanks..I understand now why my last mix did not come out as good as I thought it would
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