Please explain difference between SENDS and IN/OUT? Thanks all! GlennEldon

Sends are a way to take some of the signal from a track and send it to a buss. Outs are sending the full signal to a buss. Sends are used for routing to an auxiliary buss that can than be routed back to the master buss. Because you have total control over how much is sent and how much is returned its ideal for FX like reverb. 

Sends can be used in all sorts of ways. They all end up at one or more buses. 

Just thought I should clarify that you are not 'taking some of the signal' - i.e. the output signal stays the same. A send is creating a copy. Basically it gives you multiple outputs. On the send you have the option to make it pre or post-fade i.e. it will or wont be affected by the fader volume etc.

A send does allow you to determine how much of the input signal to send without effecting the amount of signal to the track or bus output.

So it is quite correct to say that you are taking some of the signal. "Some" could be anywhere from none to all of the input signal depending on the send level you set. So while it's a copy of the input signal you determine the level.

mudgel


A send does allow you to determine how much of the input signal to send without effecting the amount of signal to the track or bus output.

So it is quite correct to say that you are taking some of the signal. "Some" could be anywhere from none to all of the input signal depending on the send level you set. So while it's a copy of the input signal you determine the level.

Thank you Mudgel I agree with you completely on this but the words I used were meant to give a visualization of the idea more than being totally accurate. I believe it was accurate as well. My first inclination was to use "tap into" instead of "take some" but I thought even though that is more accurate it might be confusing to the OP. So "take some" may be construed inaccurately it is as you point out very descriptive.  

I have often used the take some phrase in order to get the concept across. No one up till now has found fault with it. In any case its good that it is well clarified now.    

Thanks everybody! Very helpful.