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Originally Posted by Chipotle
I'm trying to get my head around this too, and after trawling the webz this seems to be key. Many people apparently put their meters and visualization on the master, because they need to be after any final volume changes. Overall mix FX like compression are on a 2-bus because they should be pre-fader. Am I understanding that correctly?
(In fact, I use Reaper which has no post-fader FX at all, master or otherwise, so the ONLY way to get "post-fader" metering of your final mix is to use a 2-bus and send to the master as de facto post-fader of said 2-bus. That may explain some of the difficulty I was having in this thread.) |
Well yes more or less
In ProTools all track types inserts section (plugins) are coming into the signal flow pre fader.
Except for a "Master Fader" track type where the inserts section comes into the signal flow post fader
But besides as just a final meter, you can put any FX on that Master Fader track as well
Unfortunately I am out of town and not at my studio so I can't do a new screen shot specially about this
But I have this old screen shot and will try to explain it
So in the screen shot below all the tracks outputs are being routed via a "Routing Bus" to the my 2 Bus track is (orange color) and is second from right labeled "2 Mix"
The 2 Mix output is Routed to "StereoMontr" (for Stereo Monitors) and is the label for my main outs
On the 2 Mix track, you can see "3U" in the inserts and yes it is my "Overall mix" compressor and is pre fader
On the Master Fader track labeled "Master 1" (far right in Red) you see the MGM plugin which is an analog soft clipper/limiter plugin emulation and it is post fader
