Sends

For more information, see the following topics:

Assigning Sends to Tracks

Create and Assign a New Track from a Send

Assign an Existing Track from a Send

Send Formats

Send Path Selector Choices

Pro Tools lets you insert up to ten sends (A–E and F–J) on each audio track, Auxiliary Input, or Instrument track.

Sends provide the following features:

Sends can be set as pre- or post-fader.

Send level, pan, mute, and LFE controls can be configured to follow Groups.

Send level, send mute, and send pan (for stereo and multichannel sends) are fully automatable. See Automating Sends.

Send controls can be displayed and edited from the Mix or Edit windows, or in their own output windows.

Sends can be assigned to available output and bus paths (main or sub-paths), in mono or stereo, or any of the supported multichannel formats for surround mixing.

Each send can have multiple assignments (for example, to available output and bus paths).

To be audible in Pro Tools, sends must be returned to the mix through an Auxiliary Input, audio track, or Instrument track. The sends can then be monitored and processed through an Auxiliary Input (or Instrument track), recorded to audio tracks, and bounced to disk. (Bouncing and mixdown are explained in Mixdown.)