Sends Vs Inserts: When and How In Ableton Live
Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, all audio was processed without DAW's. ::GASP:: It's true. There was a time before Logic Pro and Ableton and the likes were so easily accessible. Much of what is done in the digital realm of audio is paying homage to the analog world. This is where we get sends vs inserts. Certain audio effects were entirely separate units that audio needed to be "sent" to. See what I did there? A General Rule of Thumb Sends are to be used when you are adding to the original sound Insert effects are to be used when you are shaping and transforming the original signal. Simple enough, right? Now let's look at this in a bit of context. The most typical audio effect used as a…
