[RWP] Folders vs. Sends

[Monkey Pusher]

ok thats what i thought, thanks for the explanations So just curious,
what are some senarios where you guys opt to use sends in place of
folders?

On 10/25/10, Derek Lane <derek at pdaudio.net> wrote:
> you can add  effects to each track.
> Take the example of a drum kit, with each drum miked up.  You would
> naturally have each drum gated, compressed, eq'd etc.  Lets say you want to
> put a compressor across the drum mix though.
> You'd put each of the drum tracks in a folder.
> The reason for the creation of the blank track is so  that the effect of the
> first track  in the folder isn't the first affect of the track.
> In other words, making a track containing material the first track in a
> folder means that you cannot have effects on that material other than those
> applied to the folder.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monkey Pusher" <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Folders vs. Sends
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>> Ok so once the folder is created any track that i add an effect to  it
>> will be added to all tracks. Does this mean i wont be able to add
>> effects to individual tracks once they are in a folder? Whats the
>> advantage to adding a blank track as the first and last track in the
>> folder?
>>
>> On 10/25/10, Derek Lane <derek at pdaudio.net> wrote:
>>> any process applied to a folder, effects the tracks with in.
>>> As for creating folders, shift plus enter  on the first track of the
>>> folder
>>> begins the process, and   repeating that key combination on the last
>>> track
>>> of the folder until you hear "folder end," will create the folder.
>>> Keep in mind that it may be a good idea to make a blank track before and
>>> after those tracks which you'd like to be in a folder, giving both of
>>> those
>>> tracks the name which you'd like associated with that folder.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Monkey Pusher" <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com>
>>> To: <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:47 AM
>>> Subject: [RWP] Folders vs. Sends
>>>
>>>
>>>> Can you use folders like you would sends in the sense that you can add
>>>> effects to a folder to apply the effect to all the tracks in the
>>>> folder or mute/solo all those tracks at once. Or can you only do this
>>>> with sends. How do you create a folder again?
>>>>
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