Tech Tip - Insert Effects vs Send Effects in Logic Pro

My man , this was a quality video . Excellent explanation done so simply . Much appreciated 👍👍

Thanks for this. Been using Logic for years and this will open up worlds of new possibilities.

really great tut. And great midi guit. thnks

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I guess the idea of the "send" channel for adding the fx comes from the old days when say you had one reverb rack for your vocals, and you have your choice preset on at all times. Then you add via the send "bus" to so many tracks you want the effect applied to. The alternative would be to have 1 rack of reverb for each track that needed it. Say a choir of 20 peeps... you would have needed 20 reverb units... quite silly!!

How necessary it is today? well until not so long, computers weren't that powerful, and some plugins are quite taxing on the system, so the less you load up, the better your machine can handle stuff.

In the future though... I believe you can just add an instance of every plugin, to every track and your machine would handle it without a hick, even if you have 1000 tracks, with 100 fx each.

But then, we come to a new dilemma, why use it that way, when we can save a lot of time (better setting up a couple of reverbs/delays/whatever instead of hundreds!!), and at the same time, setting up things in a more conservative way, making better use of our resources overall?...

Also, I believe, a difference between using a send fx vs using it on the insert channel is that, on the send, you are adding the effect on top of the original sound (serial chain), and not mixing in it with it. Let me explain. Say a vocal track... you put a reverb on the insert, the option dry/wet is a mix of 0% effect and 100% vocal track, so when you put it at say 20%, you get 20% of the effect + 80% of the vocal track. See?... you are already doing something here to the vocal track.
Instead on a send channel (parallel chain), you add as much reverb... say the same 20% to that vocal track, but the vocal track now is still at 100%. This might not be very perceptible I guess to naked ears, but on a large mix, every single detail adds to the completed work.

This is my understanding, however... anyone pitch in If I'm wrong.

love it!

That's one great advice (for a relative noob at least) , thanks a lot!

Found your tutorial video. EXACT fundamental knowledge I have sought for a long time. Now the difference is very clear. Thanks!

great video! really helped out with CPU overloading and cleaned up my mixer!

Slow down! I'm tired of having to pause and rewind to see what you've just done. This vids are for people trying to learn.
Not those who already understand these functions.

Thank's SO much!!

Omg u triggered me the way u used the gain of the reverb i stead of using the amount of send!!!! This is basic mixing 101, cmon phil jump back in the producer chair. Lol

I believe an insert reverb at 50% mix would be exactly the same as a send reverb at 100%, but the combined output (orig. + reverb) lowered 3 dB. The advantage is, as keith james said, being able to send multiple instruments to the same reverb (and added control). But the SOUND of one channel will not be any different after you adjust the levels. It won't automatically be clearer as a send.

One thing not mentioned in the video is that you can then send multiple instruments to the same reverb/effect, thus saving resources and adding cohesion to your track, by making them feel like they are all in the same “space.”