Thanks Dave for the explanation.    If you have sends but all at the same level for all the string instruments, why do you not just add the Spaces as an insert to the strings bus?

ULTRABRA
 why do you not just add the Spaces as an insert to the strings bus?

 
You can pan the sends for each track as well as adjust levels for side to side and front to back placement in the mix.
 
Rocky

I think the bottom line is one has to have a 100% understanding of your routing. 
You need to understand where it's going and what manipulating all those level (and pan) controls is going to do to the signal path. 
Sonar seems to follow the same logic we used in the past with a mixing desk. So anybody with past experience using a console is normally comfortable with this. I think newbies to sound and audio get muddled up pretty easily with all the weird terminology like, pre and post and insert and it would all be Greek to them. 
But then Sonar also tosses in options that were not usually possible with a mixing console, especially analog consoles. 

bluzdog

ULTRABRA
 why do you not just add the Spaces as an insert to the strings bus?

 
You can pan the sends for each track as well as adjust levels for side to side and front to back placement in the mix.
 
Rocky

Thanks Rocky.That's exactly why. 

Cheers Dave.  
 
Just one more question :   You say above "As far as the levels go, because of the way that Hollywood strings is recorded, I set the send level for each string section the same. Other sections like brass and woodwinds are also set to the same send level as the strings." ------------ what level approximately are you setting the send level?