Bouncing Bus Tracks with Gain Staging

[NovaAaron]

I want to do a "realtime" bounce of audio.  I basically want to print 3 tracks down to one track. 

 

This is what I tried:

I bussed all my 3 snares to a bus.  Created a new track and used the input from the bus.  Set my input and  It works perfectly.  

 

But what I want to do is lower the gain, and for some reason once I record it, its almost like my gain plugin is bypassed.  

 

Any help out there?  

[ERO]

Make sure the sends on all 3 snare tracks are "Post Fader," and all sent to a single bus. Adjust the levels with the faders. Then record the snare mix on the new track, using the bus as the input.

[David Nahmani]

It doesn't matter if the bus sends are pre or post fader if you're using a Gain plug-in.

 

You say it's "almost" like the gain plug-in is bypassed... it should be an easy check: do one recording with the Gain set to +24 dB, another set to -96 dB. Do you hear/see a difference?