Sonar Platinum - What is meant by bus sends for effects

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thedukewestern
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Perfect explanation. But this is only used for timing effects like reverb and delay right? Or could you do the same thing with something like CLA-Guitars plugin or a modulation plugin?
Wait - I think I get it - it's so you do a wet/dry mix with the effects. And the output on the effects bus would go to the master fader?

Sam4246

chuckebaby
buses are typically used as "Sub Groups".
you can route all your drum kit pieces to one bus (kick, snare, hi hat, exc) = called: Drums
you can also route all your guitars to one bus = Called: Guitars
piano and strings could be routed to another bus. = Called: Synths
 
but..you can also have a bus with an FX like Reverb in the buses FX bin.
you can then take your vocal track and create a send on that vocal track, route the send to the bus you created with reverb.
 
This takes advantage of resources that being over used taxing your CPU.
so rather than having 4 vocal tracks and putting reverb in each vocal track,
you only use one reverb plug in (in your Reverb Bus) and create sends on those 4 vocal tracks...all those sends going to the Reverb bus.
see what I mean ?
 
The only time I use a bus send is to control a portion of the buses signal to another effect.
similar to doing Parallel compression. What exactly are you trying to do here ?

Just looking for ways to be efficient at not taxing my CPU.
I have one song that uses CLA Guitars plugin - 4 guitar tracks (two playing lower sounding notes, two playing higher sounding notes - and they are panned left and right).
So I currently have those 4 guitar tracks outputs going to my Rhythm Guitar bus. Then in the effects bin of the Rhythm Guitar bus, I have the CLA Guitars plugin turn on.
Would it be better to go through the sends?

it all depends really, if they all have the same effect on them. sometimes when building guitar tracks
(especially when there are 3 or more) you want to change the FX, EQ, Exc. to build some depth/recognition.
but I have in certain cases, run 2 guitars (using a send) to CLA as a dual lead part.
I just wouldn't send every guitar there if you know what I mean.
 

l lot of how we route a signal depends on what it is. 
I certainly treat vocals a little different than guitars.
As a example my typical set up:
Vocals- compressor on each track bin and then 2 effects sends for reverb and delay.
Main vocals are comped into one complete track and output to master bus.
Backing vocals a sub mix buss then to master.
Guitars I am all over the map because this depends on the zillions of sounds I might need for a particular sound or style of music.
I'm often pretty traditional and lay down 2 identical acoustic parts panned L?R. Or a more rockin tune use a  Tele and pan left right. I find this will drive the song. If they have overdrive this will have come from the amp.  These will actually go direct to master. I try to avoid too many sub busses.
They will also share the vocal effects to eliminate soundscape clutter.  
 
Lead guitar anything goes but once again I mostly use my pedalboard and amp because after 46 years I know what I want and how to get it. Ampsims are great if you don't own the right pedals and certainly if you haven't made up your mind about the sound yet. 
I sometimes record a dry track along with my processed one but most times I like what I recorded using the effects. To me you play along to the effects,they are part of how you play a part. 
When I use a sim it goes in that guitars track bin. Like Chuck said I would not share a guitar sim.. I like each lead or fill guitar part to be unique. 
So my above effects sending is more about vocals than guitars sorry I missed that in your original post that you where asking about guitar sims.