Hi,
Here is my problem:
I create a ‘stereo’ FX bus (for a reverb or delay etc.) with it’s output routing set as ‘stereo out’
I select an audio track and ‘send’ it to that bus
I then add a reverb or delay etc. on the FX bus
I set the ‘mix’ knob of the reverb/delay plugin in the FX channel to 100% - because I am told by every bit of info on the internet that it is good practice to set the bus plugin effects to 100% in order to get only the wet sound of the effect (and not a blend of the dry and wet as the dry is already coming from the track itself).
For example ‘Strophoid’ a grand senior member of this site is quoted as stating:
‘Reverb: send. (you want a dry signal with a little bit of wet signal. Make sure the mixknob on your reverb plugin is at 100% if it’s on a send.)’
However…….When I do this I lose a lot of the volume of the original audio - it is as if the wet signal is dampening the gain of the track and pulling out it’s ‘punch’ and seems to hamper some of the audios dynamics (maybe dampening its fundamentals or secondary harmonics???)
Is this normal or am I missing something very simple here?
Thanks.