EQ on individual Track or Send

[bobbobson]

Would it be wiser to set up an EQ3 on a send rather than EQ3 on every track. Then of course midi the send function to all of the tracks to the send bus, and eq one or more tracks this way? It seems it would save a lot of CPU power and also free up a lot of dials for other effects n stuff. I guess the main reason I'm asking this is because I haven't gotten it to work yet, and may be misunderstanding something.

I have a track with an audio clip playing in it, with a send to channel A. EQ 3 is on Send A. And send A is going to the master. So when I play with dials on the eq effect the signal is being processed somewhat, but it's not being processed in the same way it would be if I had an EQ on the audio clips track. By that I mean it's not really cutting/boosting the lows, highs, etc that much. It's only subtly processing and something is clearly off.

So if I route the track that the clip is on to the send rather than the master, the EQ on the send works great. Problem is when I turn down the send dial on the track, the entire volume of the intials track goes down as well.

Anybody have an idea where I'm fouled up? Thanks in advance.

[hurlingdervish]

first of all, use EQ 8


secondly, you need to set the routing on the I/O of the track to SENDS ONLY

that way it wont double up the sound as I believe you have described, and will be the same as if dropping the plugin on the track

[EddieJ]

Using EQ's as a send will only get you a boost effect. You won't be able to use sends to eq mulitple tracks like you want. If you use "send only" like hurlingdervish suggests, then turning down the sends will take the track out entirely. If you want multiple tracks to get the same EQ, group them and apply the EQ to the group.

[bobbobson]

yes, but is there a midi control that will allow me to throw individual tracks in and out of the group? I'm looking to be able to do this in a performance scenario.

[sdmiddleton]

Check out the Tom Cosm Megaset, hhe routes his tracks through a systme of sends at the press of a button...NOt sure if this is the up to date link or not but, will direct you to his website and you'll be all set from there...

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... it=megaset

[EddieJ]

Why not just run an EQ on each channel and midi-map their on/off switch? I'm not sure, but I think non-running effects will not eat up processor time (which is your concern, right?)

An EQ is never going to work in a send/return fashion. Is your plan is to run one EQ and send different tracks to the one EQ at different times?

Try this:
Assign channels to "Sends Only" Put your EQ in return "A" and leave return "B" empty. B will be your dry mix, while A is your EQ'd mix. Then you can decide which tracks you want EQ'd or Dry by whether you send them to A or B.
This all seems a little convoluted to me. I think you'd have a less complicated time with individual EQ's and midi mapping or keymapping on/off switches. Try it.