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Is there a way of routing an audio/instrument track to a bus without an aux track being created? Most of the time I want an aux created, but sometimes I don't.

 

I'm hoping that holding some kind of key combo like command/shift when routing a track to a bus would do it, but alas I haven't found it if it does exist!

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I think the AUX object can be removed afterwards (or connected otherwise) without losing the bus. The buses are always present.

But I really find this annoying and confusing, too. Logic and its manual is made a way that blurs the difference between buses and AUX objects. These two things have exactly nothing to do with each other, although they are usually used together. I would prefer Buses (which are just virtual wires) that can be named if one desires so and AUX objects that can be tied to buses if one desires so.

Many questions here result from the behaviour described above and terms like "aux send" in the manual.

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I would prefer Buses (which are just virtual wires) that can be named if one desires so and AUX objects that can be tied to buses if one desires so.

i haven't tried this yet, but your comment about naming buses made me think about something David wrote over in the Tips section

Name buss: Audio > Audio Configuration window, by going to View > i/o labels:

Not sure if that is a permanent label, but would be cool when creating a template

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i haven't tried this yet, but your comment about naming buses made me think about something David wrote over in the Tips section

Name buss: Audio > Audio Configuration window, by going to View > i/o labels:

 

Found it: http://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=20451

Alright, you can name buses, and I remember I did in the past. The names don't show up in the send slots though unless you open the popup selection menu. But the confusion and inconvenience remain.

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Agreement?!?! Hell man, it's a crusade. Please do add your voice to get this as a checked option in preferences.

 

For me I would prefer a key held to temporarily stop an aux being created and a preference to stop it all together...

 

Would do you think?

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... select a bus as an input to a track and any routing to that bus wouldn't create an aux ...

Yes, I think the current implementation is simply not consistent. Note that if you have selected a bus as input of an aux, any routing to that bus does NOT create an additional aux. The same should apply if you have selected a bus as input of a track.

 

So, assuming this would be implemented consistently I wonder if there is still need for specific preferences/buttons?

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... select a bus as an input to a track and any routing to that bus wouldn't create an aux ...

Yes, I think the current implementation is simply not consistent. Note that if you have selected a bus as input of an aux, any routing to that bus does NOT create an additional aux. The same should apply if you have selected a bus as input of a track.

 

So, assuming this would be implemented consistently I wonder if there is still need for specific preferences/buttons?

 

Yep that's the one if you have a bus selected as an input then no aux will be created, I also think a button combo to prevent creation of an aux would be useful as well.... No need for a preference though if this was implemented.

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Hey ski, which of the guys on the photgraph is you BTW?

 

None of them! ;) But as local legend has it, the woman holding the piccolo in the left edge of the photo used to own my house back in the days of prohibition in the US. And according to the same legend, the room my studio is in was constructed from a dance hall which she used to have on the property.

 

Funny how my affinity for woodwinds has grown logarithmically since I moved here (it's true!) LOL

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Hi..Funny thread...I don't mind the aux being created in 8..In fact it makes the most sense to me..But if you want to lose them after they are created...I know not as easy as a key command..I'm with you there..But just select no input for the aux and click delete..I was wondering why in the previous version there was a bus created,when the Aux.s are much more powerful..I'm glad actually to not have to be plagued by seeing the bus anymore...Why not petition Apple to make the Arpegiator a plugin rather than the archaic and cumbersome item it is at present?? JON
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