Another special use for pre-fader: While recording vocals I send them pre-fader into a reverb. As I use direct monitoring I turn down the fader of the pure vocal track and use just the reverb to make me feel more comfortable while singing and still have no latency on the vocal itself.
Thanks for answering this question So comprehensively Chris. It’s all very clear now. The fact that I didn’t previously fully understand pre/post sends just go to show how many little pieces of knowledge we need to get our heads around! Thanks for helping on that journey!
and here is a POST thumbs up! Chris, I remember an old video of yours about inserts pre or post faders (not sends as in this video), where you mentioned that insert post fader could make sense for a dither, for example. That was interesting to know, too.
Great video. Pre-fader is also great when controlling effects in Dub music. Like temporary have the sound of a rim-shot through a spring reverb, without the actual rim-shot etc
prefader can also be used if we want to eq the reverb effect and delay effects....that way we can only hear wet signals and making it clear with eq will be easy as hell....agreed ?
Hey at the part where you tell us when you should use a pre-fader send, the chapter is called "When yo use a post-fader send" and that confused me a little... but very nice video!!!
Very cool... I'm recently connecting... I enjoy your level of exp....thank you for sharing...very helpful, I look forward to watching more of your vids...
Thanks for this video. I learn a lot from your videos. For the parallel compression case would it not be easier to just do compression in an insert if the compressor has a mix knob? Then you can setup the relationship in one place (the mix knob).
One more common time to use Pre-Fader sends: You may need to use them to make a Cue mix for the artist. Cubase Pro har 4 decicated Cue sends, but I'm not sure if all versions of Cubade does. Anyway, if you use a DAW that doesn't provide dedicated Cue-sends (or you need more than 4 in Cubase Pro), you need to use the "regular" sends for this purpose. In this case it's vital to use Pre-fader sends, as you don't want the musician(s) mix(s) to change when the engineer changes a level or mutes a channel.
How would i put an fx channel or group channel before the inserts? I'm trying to put 1 plugin on all my vocals before it hits the insert effects, and i don't want it to be realtime
You can't in Cubase, for a workaround, you would have to use the audio track to send to a reverb, then route the output of that track into a group track that you will use to add Insert Plugins.
