fx bus

[seamus]

I was curious how people have there fx's setup.
All my instruments feed one fx bus. Ideally i would like to have a couple more with some kind of switcher so that i can route the audio through different busses. (there are loads of good vst plug fx's!)

Each bypassed vst still adds latency to the overall signal correct?
I feel that one bus with a few vst's is ok latency. I dont notice it so much.
I imagine if i hardwired bus a into b then bus b into c i would notice more latency even if they were bypassed.

SO it seems like some kind of switching matrix would be cool to use.

[seamus]

seems like the matrix audio module may be what im looking for. I will try it out now. I hope that the routings can be stored with the conductor.

[nay-seven]

And as an alternative, you can also check the last add-on of Joffo :
check here

[seamus]

http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=3535

joffo's workspace seems a great example of what i was sort of aiming at.

thanks NAy

[joffo78]

Very proud that my patch could help you

[woodslanding]

I have four fx set up (using usine's FX busses) that can feed into each other. Also, I have my sends set up so that 0=dry .5 = 50%wet 1=100%wet. Easy to do with usine, and you don't need a pre/post-fader switch. Each instrument only goes to one of the four FX, but each effect can go into another.

I set everything up so I can dial up sounds really quick from a one-page interface, so that is my thinking. I started out wanting more busses, but usine's internal busses seem to be more CPU efficient (important when you are running 20+ vsts!)

One of my FX is an instance of Zen, which can load presets from different VSTs, and stores them all in a common bank. It works, but it is a little buggy. It doesn't like certain vsts, and usine doesn't like certain ones too, so it's a bit of a challenge. The other three are a custom delay built in reaktor, ReverberateLE (with a lot of crazy 3rd party impulses) and guitar rig. So that gives me quite a lot of sonic flexibility.