Plugin Question

Hi All
I have recorded 8 tracks with various guitar parts and I want to put the same plugin on each track.
Is there a way to do this without putting the plugin separately on each track.

Thanks -so if I set up a bus I can send all the guitar tracks to that bus then I just add
the plugin once.
Excellent thanks.

I agree with the Bus idea as well but you haven't said why you cant put the Guitar plug in on each track.
This isn't 1994 when we had 214MB of RAM using a Pentium 1.
 
If its an Amp Sim I highly suggest you don't try using a Bus.
Amp Sims need to be put on each individual track because of separation purposes (especially distorted guitars). 
It will sound like mush.
 
 

Select the tracks in question. Hold down CTRL-SHIFT together. While continuing to hold down CTRL-SHIFT, use your mouse to insert the desired effect. The chosen effect will be inserted into each track. - Not that this feature is is the New Sonar and I don't recall just when if it was implemented back in the X1 - X3 days.

As said it all depends on the effect as to where it will work the best. 
Ambient effects like Reverb, Delay and even chorus work well on a buss because you want to share the ambient "space" across your tracks. More than one "space" is confusing t the listener. 
But tonal effects like EQ, compression and overdrive belong in Pro channel or the track bin. 
 
Think of it like this,, you wouldn't want to share your guitar amp with the other guitar player. But you will share the same "stage" and room ambiance. That said, rules are made to be broken and as always you could say-- what ever sounds right to you.. experiment with different set ups. 
 
Using multiple instances of PLug ins- it's easy to save pre sets so you can share the same settings. Or use a Track template where you have you effects in Pro Chanel or the Bin. Drop the audio or open the template before you record the new part. That's what I do. 
 

OK I agree certainly you can compress a buss, I do this sometimes, but  what I was getting at is guitar effect type compression ( stomp box)  which is sort of part of the guitars overall tone. I added a line to my above original post at the bottom which covers this.. Rules are made to be broken, experimenting is fun too.  

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I wouldn't suggest there isn't any definitive answer :), art is art. I would suggest it depends more on what the OP is trying to achieve. Pretty much all the basic options have been covered in this thread imho so he can try them all out and cherry pick what he needs. He could use all of them at once if he decided !!

Thanks for the replies.
First of all my guitar tracks are all clean the plugin I was going to use would be
Isotope neutron the light version as I want to try and use a small number of plugins and this does
EQ and compression.

Not because of computer restrictions but simply because it's easier to keep track of them.

I suppose I could drag all the guitar parts onto 1 track and then plugins would not be a problem.

I'll try various things tomorrow.

With Neutron Advanced the selling point is that you can have individual plugins and EQ to reduce overhead if the rest of the functionality is not required. That would be the way to go.
 
IMHO Neutron really is designed to be on every track, there is a setting to reduce overhead somewhere. Neutron is really a mixing tool not that great to use whilst recording unless you have a load of power.
 
You may want to try other EQ/compression plugins with less overhead if this is a problem.

Regardless do what is right for you, there are no rules.

I like your idea James. I find this is what I've been doing since Pro Channel offered us a simple way to add EQ & Compression to every track.  I put them there and some barley show any action but in my mind it keeps an eye on that track.  I also hi Pass everything. 
I tend to record audio hot and have a certain Velocity I aim for for midi parts, example Bass is always 112 Vel, and the midi track at it's default of 107 level. So everything starts life pretty loud. If I find a peak I'll deal with it microscopically using envelopes or rendering gain.  Then I'm in a ballpark and just start pulling some faders down a bit to mix. 
But I also will use the same tools on my sub busses with slightly different settings. All fancy stuff I do at the sub buss level. 
I only use the BT Brickwall on the Master buss I set at - .4db which is a bit dangerous but seems to work. 
All my songs come out at -.4db peak so it then it's a matter of using Wave lab to check the RMS average. If they come out quiet still say, -16 I'll apply +2db using the Steinberg Loudness Maximizer. You can only add about +4 with that tool. I aim for Average -14db. RMS

One thing I've learned about glue compression though is that it can give your tracks a subtle musical bounce which enhances the groove. For example if it's a song with a heavy kick that drives the track, the GR needle of your glue compressor is going to dance in time with the kick and give it some rhythmic movement.