Confusion between Aux tracks and busses.. Help !!

[djanogil]

Why oh why do the bus names from the drop down menu in the output slot of the inspector are different in the mixer?

 

Also, I 've been in a situation where I'd route a track to a bus , say bus 5, and it didn't show up in the mixer, and I could still hear that track through the mixer.

[shivermetimbers]

Why oh why do the bus names from the drop down menu in the output slot of the inspector are different in the mixer?

 

Also, I 've been in a situation where I'd route a track to a bus , say bus 5, and it didn't show up in the mixer, and I could still hear that track through the mixer.

 

Why oh why don't you try looking up your terminology in the manual 1st?

Specifically a BUS channel strip and an AUX channel strip.

[djanogil]

Well I did look,

I know what a Bus is, but they are still called Aux in the mixer..

[Jordi Torres]

Well I did look,

I know what a Bus is, but they are still called Aux in the mixer..

 

Argh, here we go again with the bus/aux curse...better read this, djanogil:

 

http://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=62445

 

J.

[David Nahmani]

I know what a Bus is, but they are still called Aux in the mixer..

 

No, busses are called busses in both the Inspector and the Mixer. Auxes are called Auxes in both the Inspector and the Mixer. Busses and Auxes are not the same. A bus is a virtual cable that can route audio from one channel strip to another. An Aux is a type of channel strip.

 

A typical use of busses is to send some of the signal from an audio or software instrument channel strip to an Aux channel strip (for example to put reverb on it), so when you setup a send on a channel strip, Logic automatically creates an Aux channel strip with its input set to that same bus.