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2015/12/14 20:28:27
Beepster
Yup, John perfectly illustrated it in that pic. Those are your sends. They just haven't been activated yet.
 
The reason what you are seeing may be different from teh vid is because you seem to have your Console Strips set to "Narrow".
 
Now as far as that list of busses when you click the little + button... select one of the busses and now your send module will be outputting to that bus. You can add as many sends as you want on a track using that method going to any bus in the project.
 
For more info check out the Reference Guide under the section(s) regarding "Sends", "Console View", "Track Strips" or whatever else you can scrounge up using the various buzzwords we've brought up here.
 
Cheers!
2015/12/14 20:37:30
greg54
John





Ok, I thought "sends" was that it had to say "sends."
 
Thanks!
Greg
2015/12/14 20:39:44
greg54
Beepster
 
Now as far as that list of busses when you click the little + button... select one of the busses and now your send module will be outputting to that bus. You can add as many sends as you want on a track using that method going to any bus in the project.
 
 



But I thought the Send on the channel strip had to say "sends" and had to have both a volume and pan knob?
 
Thanks!
Greg
2015/12/14 20:51:42
John
It will have those things when you activate it. As shown they are inactive. 
2015/12/14 21:01:18
John
If look at this picture which is a closeup of the sends modules in the CV. You will see both active and inactive sends and both narrow and normal width strips. 

In it the send that is active is sending to the Preview buss. 
 
2015/12/15 15:00:26
greg54
When I widened the track strips, I see the "Sends."   Thanks, everyone!!
 
But . . I clicked on the "+" and went to "Insert Sends Assistant". . 
In there is a list...
 
* Send to existing bus  (which is checked)
* New Bus  (new bus options - Stereo or Surround)
* Bus Option  (which has my interface:  Focusrite USB 2.0 Audio...)
* Bus name
* Choose Effect
* Pre Fader
* Match Track's Pan and Gain
 
What do I choose in here?
 
Thanks again!
Greg
 
2015/12/15 15:13:24
John
OK I have never used the send assistant. I always add an aux buss and output the send to it. 
2015/12/15 15:40:40
Beepster
* Send to existing bus  (which is checked)
 
This allows you to choose a bus that you already have in the project. If you want to use a bus you have alread create to send the output of the Send to use this.
 
* New Bus  (new bus options - Stereo or Surround)
 
This will create a new bus for you and automatically route the send to it. Use Stereo unless for some reason you need a "Surround Bus" (which is for 5.1 movie type surround sound which you likely don't want)
 
* Bus Option  (which has my interface:  Focusrite USB 2.0 Audio...)
 
This, I think, is just giving you the option to route out to your hardware instead of inside your project. It's for things like Headphone mixes or alternate Monitor configs (I think... don't quote me on that)
 
* Bus name
 
This is porbably just the option to name your new bus if you used the "New Bus" option. Can't remember.

* Choose Effect
 
This allows you to insert an effect (or multiple effects IIRC) into the FX Bin/Rack of the target bus... such as reverb. THis is just a convenience option for setting up reverb/compression busses.

* Pre Fader
 
This will set the Pre/Post Fader status of the send. Pre Fader = The output from the send to the bus will not be affected by any changes you make to the Track Fader on the TRACK the send appears on (this is usually what you will want). Post Fader = The track fader will affect the output level of the signal coming from the send into the target bus.

* Match Track's Pan and Gain
 
I've never really seen/used that but it sounds like it just sets your Send's Pan and Gain levels to the track's pan and gain levels. Seems kind of useless but maybe helpful in SOME cases. Meh\
 
 
Cheers.
 
Edit: BTW... all that info is all in the Reference Guide and likely much more informative/concise than what I just posted above. It is worth a look if you really want to understand these things.
 
 
Also it should be noted that the Sends modules in X3 look different than the one in John's most recent pic. There were some improvements/changes to Sends in Sonar 2015 so your sends will look a little different than that. They still work the same more or less (AFAIK).
2015/12/15 16:09:12
greg54
John, Beepster:   In other words, forget about using the "Insert Sends Assistant"...
 
It seems easier the way you guys use it.
 
Thanks for your help!  I really appreciate it!
 
Greg
2015/12/15 17:40:25
Larry Jones
greg54
John, Beepster:   In other words, forget about using the "Insert Sends Assistant"...
It seems easier the way you guys use it.
Thanks for your help!  I really appreciate it!
 
Greg


I only mentioned the Assistant because you seemed to be struggling with the concept. The Assistant walks you through setting up a send and I figured after using it you'd see how it works and then you could do it whatever way you wanted. Hope you get it figured out.
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