User`s guide

Chapter 20: Advanced Mixing 281
To apply an Insert to all tracks in a stereo
submix:
1 Choose File > New Track and choose Aux
Input (stereo) from the pop-up menu.
2 Set the output of the tracks you want to
include in the submix to a bus pair and set
the panning of each track.
3 Set the input of the Auxiliary Input track
to the same bus pair.
4 Set the output of the Auxiliary Input to
the main mix outputs.
5 On the Auxiliary Input track, click the In-
serts pop-up and select a Plug-In.
6 In the Inserts/Sends Editor, set the pa-
rameters of the DSP Plug-In.
Using an Auxiliary Input to
Mix an External Source
You can use an Auxiliary Input to bring an
external audio source (such as tape, instru-
ments, or any live source) into a Pro Tools
mix.
To use Auxiliary Inputs to bring external audio
sources into a mix:
1 Connect the audio outputs of your exter-
nal audio source to available inputs on
your system.
2 Choose File > New Track and choose the
type of Auxiliary Input (mono or stereo)
from the pop-up menu, then click Create.
3 Set the input of the Auxiliary Input track
to the system input.
4 Click the Output selector of the Auxiliary
Input channel and choose an output.
5 Set the Auxiliary Input level.
You can apply real-time Plug-Ins to the
audio signal or route it through an external
device by using the Inserts or Sends on the
Auxiliary Input track. You can also apply
mix automation to the Volume, Pan, Mute,
Send Level, Send Pan, and Send Mute con-
trols of the Auxiliary Input just as you can
with an audio track.
Creating a Master Send
Level Control
You can use a Master Fader to control the
send level of multiple tracks being sent to
an Auxiliary Input or to an external signal
processor.
To create a Master send level control:
1 Choose File > New Track and choose Mas-
ter Fader (mono or stereo) from the pop-up
menu, then click Create.
2 Do one of the following:
◆ Set the output of the Master Fader to
match the bus (or bus pair) that you are us-
ing to send to an Auxiliary Input track con-
taining a Plug-In.
◆ Set the output of the Master Fader to
match the output destination (or output
pair) that you have chosen for your effects
send.
You can then set the relative send levels on
each of the source tracks, and use the Mas-
ter Fader as a master level control for the
signal you are sending to an Auxiliary In-
put with a Plug-In or external hardware de-
vice.