System Configuration : I/O Setup : Configuring Busses : Internal Mix Busses

Internal Mix Busses
Pro Tools provides up to 256 internal mix busses and are used to route audio signal from track outputs and sends to other track inputs and plug-in side-chains. Common uses for internal mix busses include effects sends and returns (such as bussing sends from audio tracks to an Auxiliary Input track for plug-in effects processing) and bus recording.
Internal mix busses can also be mapped to any outputs (see Internal Mix Busses ).