This post focuses on how to group tracks to save CPU or DSP processing.
When I first started mixing using a computer, I would throw up inserts on everything. Everything was processed independently. As you might imagine, my mixes were insanely CPU intensive and hard to manage. Soon I realized that many of the tracks were being processed in exactly the same way and that I didn’t need to have separate DSP processes on each track.
The solution? Groups (or auxes in Pro Tools land)!
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