effects on aux of stm mixers

[ARCADIOS]

1.
i use the RMX160 reverb.
like all reverbs the dry and wet settings are responsible for the balance between the effect and the dry signal.

i want to load "one" RMX160 but being able to apply it at many channels. and i load it in an aux channel.

what is the correct setting of the RMX160 in tha case? setting 0% dry and 100%wet, and aux volume raises the verb in that case?? is that correct?

and since when using aux..for one channel, the aux channel works as an additional channel...(2channels). is this ok?
is it the same as loading the reverb on the channel itself?


2.
which effects are useful in aux channels?
for example.. a tried to load a limiter.. but in that case i had dubbled the channels, one without limiter and one(aux) with the limiter.
so i guess compressors and limiters cannot be loaded on a channel that will feed many others.

[garyb]

multiple channels feed the aux, not the other way around.

a compressor can be used in an aux, but why? if it's to smooth out a crazy effect then it makes sense. if it's for compressing each channel, there's no way that would work.

yes, reverbs should be 100% wet.

you really need to study how REAL studios work and how REAL gear works. if you don't understand the architecture of a hardware mixer, you won't understand the Scope mixer, or any other mixer either. right now, you're not qualified to operate a studio. do you have a good public library where you are? a few good books could easily fill in the blanks for you.

[ARCADIOS]

wait a minute.
isnt scope a REAL studio????



what about the question about doubling the channels??
if i use RMX160 on a channel were the verb gets the singal and gives it out more wet, is it the same having it 100%wet on a seperate AUX?don't we have 2channels simultaneusly?
since i do not hear any problematic issue, i believe that it might be ok, and about the same. but i am not sure.

[garyb]

yeah, but the Scope world is a cartoon. naturally, i meant real hardware with real jacks and cables.

i usually use aux effects externally to the mixer, i think it's more flexible that way, btw...

[ARCADIOS]

you were fast, i didnt manage to edit on time


what about the question about doubling the channels??
if i use RMX160 on a channel were the verb gets the singal and gives it out more wet, is it the same having it 100%wet on a seperate AUX?don't we have 2channels simultaneusly?
since i do not hear any problematic issue, i believe that it might be ok, and about the same. but i am not sure.

[garyb]

the purpose of a reverb MOST OF THE TIME, is to create an artificial acoustic space, a room. in order to put all instruments into the same room, you MUST bus the verb on an aux(more reverb=further away from the listener, so a reverb allow one to place things within that acoustic space)). if the verb is for a special effect on one channel, then the channel insert is the proper path. both methods give very different results.

i would suggest that most of the time, more reverbs does not make a better sound and naturally, more verbs=considerably more resources used.

[ARCADIOS]

at this period i record classical piano and classical singing.

i would say that using 1 reverb on AUX and just raising AUX a little for the piano channel and seperatelly for the vocal channel, the result is more logical and takes less resources as well since i do not load more than one scope module.

my question here is if scope dsp reverbs are capable of taking singal from "many" channels and apply the reverb efficiently.

[garyb]

sure, that's the way to do it.