Rename Bus?

I am going crazy looking at Bus 1, 2, etc.

 

Please tell me there is a way to rename busses. I'm not having any luck searching for the answer in the manual and forum.

what would you rename them as?

what would you rename them as?

 

In a large session, (with 4 or more Reverb/Delay/etc Aux's), seeing "RmVerb" instead of Bus 9 on a track let's me know what's going on in the send area without having to wonder later, "What is bus 9?"

 

Or, if in the middle of a large session I want to a add or make changes to a bus, I don't have to wonder where bus 23 is going. I'd rather see "GtrSub".

 

For me this speeds up visual flow, which helps me to get around the mix faster. I am use to doing this in Pro Tools. Not being able to do it in Logic is more of an annoyance than a big problem.

Well, you can. In the environment (or global mixer), double-click on the Bus you want to rename. It will appear in your arrange window. Now, just give it a name, just like you would on any other track. If you want, you can now delete the "bus track" in the arrange window, or you can keep it - perhaps you want to do some bus automation etc.

 

With Regards,

 

Poppa Lars/Norway

A more set way you could do this is go to Options > Audio > I/O Labels and you will find a screen that allows you to change the name of Input's, Output's, and Bus Channels ...

 

Here is a screenshot

Rather than seeing Bus 1 in the send/input slot you will see the name you give it in a Channel Strip.

or if you double click on where is says 'Bus 1' in the mixer area of Logic 8 you can rename there

i presume youre looking for a solution more complicated than double clicking on the bus in the mixer and renaming it?

You can also double click in the Arrange window to rename it. However, I think you are looking to rename the SENDS BUS in the channel strip?

 

As mentioned above, follow the directions on pg 579 of the manual to rename the I/O.

 

Great Idea BTW!

 

 

A more set way you could do this is go to Options > Audio > I/O Labels and you will find a screen that allows you to change the name of Input's, Output's, and Bus Channels ...

 

Here is a screenshot

 

 

Ahhhh.... That worked. My methodical mind is at eased.

 

 

Thanks guys.

Sweet! ... glad to be a help

The BIG problem I have with this is that the names are saved globally and not with the project file. So naming a bus Verb or Crush, while working in project A may not be what you use those busses for in project B.

 

It's fine for I/O though.

 

Since that's the case, and I also dislike bus 1, bus 2, etc., I just give the busses people names. Somehow it's easier for me to remember as I'm working what I had each one doing.

I wish they were saved with the project as well. For me, I set aside the first 20 or 30 buses for commonly used things: toms, all drums, vox, bkgrnd vox, gtrs, etc. etc. Then when I need a new bus for something uncommon, I'll use Bus 30 or something higher. This works great but it can certainly get confusing if you open old projects that used a named bus for something else.

People names? Now that's cool. Well, that may not work for me. My clients might get suspicious of bus names like Candy and Polly.

 

I use a mix template for 95% of my mixes, which utilizes 13 pre-routed busses (for time-based efx and sub-mixed/parallel drum, bass, and lead voc). So those 13 busses are fine in a universal display.

 

Also, if it's bus 14 or Gtr Sub, I would have to rename an additional bus to match the routing in a new session anyway. So it's cool as long as I can at least rename the bus.

Yep, per project would be very nice.

Further, adding import/export would make it oh so nice