ALL About RETURN Tracks & SENDS In Ableton Live - Tips For Routing, Mixing & Live Performance!

ALL About RETURN Tracks & SENDS In Ableton Live - Tips For Routing, Mixing & Live Performance! will talk to you through all you need to know about return tracks and send: functions, techniques, routing options, and how to use them creatively in your workflow.
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[@jimroberts3504]

I’ve really been struggling to understand send and returns. I get it now, your two rooms analogy makes perfect sense to me, thank you!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

I am so glad that it helped 😁

[@benetmerklin]

Me too 😇

[@treyhudson73]

Think of Sends like Wet/Dry knob and your return track as your VST. You can send all your tracks through the VST without loading up multiple instances. Saves you CPU like a Mofo
The typical practice would be to turn the actual Wet/Dry on the Return track to 100% wet and adjust using your sends.

[@Karmina001]

@@LNADoesAudioStuff indeed! The two rooms analogy helped me visualizing the send and returns. Thank you!

[@sunstar1630]

Your explaination has been very helpful. Particularly liked the Room to Room to Room for the Wet and Dry Sound.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deanox3119]

Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@skintrade01]

Im going thru all of your tutorial videos as I am getting back into Live - thanks for all of your hard work...!!! 👍

[@MrRyancangri]

Awesome video. I use Ableton to run the whole band. I have a bass player, drummer, keyboard player, and vocalist. Me being the keyboard player/Sound guy, I mix everything off the main headphone out. I basically hear what the audience hears. I Three separate mixes for the drummer, vocalist, and bass player, and everything sounds beautiful!!!

[@kmjansen]

I've been trying to learn routing for about a year, and this video just drove it home for me. Thank you so much for this in-depth, incredibly well-done tutorial!

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Thank you, LNA.

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Brilliant! I've looked at quite a few vids regarding sends and returns - urgh!!!! Your video nailed it for me, well explained and great analogy. Thank you

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THANKS A LOT. The end was amazing! How to use them in a practical way.

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Finally a clear video on S&R's. Thank you!

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Hooray!!! Love your work, LNA! I've got to start making use of those return tracks more!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

thanks for always for the support! and Glad you liked this one! :)

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I have to watch this video plenty of times cause my memory is bad, this is so helpful! Thanks!

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The Analogy was perfect, can't wait for more like that in your future videos ;-)

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Thanks a million! You made it as clear as it should ever be, the Multiple Room example should be in Ableton Live's user manual..

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You're adorable. This made me understand sends and returns by the way so easily. Love the door and room example. Thank you!

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Excelent tutorial, I have now totally understood return and sends in Ableton thanks a lot!

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Young one, thank you for your video. I had no clue about sends and return and you made it very clear through you "rooms analogy" and your sense of humour. That's a like and a sub from me. Thanks!

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I used to know about sends/receives but needed a quick brush up.
Nice job Liina, thanks. I subscribed after the first video I watched a few evenings back as I upgraded Live 10 which I hadn't used for some time to 11 Suite and need a refresher.
Best Wishes,
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Brilliant video🔥🔥!! Very clear and helpful for the beginner that I am. The rooms make sense to me at least. I don’t have a clear question but I’m having trouble setting up my audio interface. Maybe could be a good tutorial for rookie like me. Anyway thanks again for sharing your knowledge 😉

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Glad that you liked it! I have couple videos on setting up interface/home studio, that might help with the problem.

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[@MikkiYoMikki]

Hi LNA!
I'm starting in Ableton as a live keyboard player here in Spain but am finding it difficult to get my head around it... I'm very willing to learn because it seems extremely flexible.
I've got the gist of chain selector to select different instruments on a same track but i can't seem to find a way to send different A/B sends chained to each sound on a track.
The idea is to have just one ambient verb on A/B return so i can send different amounts depending on the instrument on each track.
Is there a way to do this?
Thank you in advance

[@athinagorask]

Hello! Thanks for the video! I have one question:
You are about to record some vocals and you have some vocal tracks (lead vocals and vocal layers) that require the same default plugins to get started. For example, you might have a standardized plugin chain like EQ, DeEsser, Compressor, Saturator, Reverb and Delay with default settings for every vocal track you produce.
To save CPU, instead of inserting this plugin chain in each vocal track, people usually suggest using a Return track and inserting the plugin chain there. Then, it's advised to increase the Send level of the vocal tracks to let the audio pass through the Return track and then to the Master.
However, unless the output of the vocal tracks changes from Master to Send Only, you will have double audio going through the master (the audio from the vocal tracks and the return track).
You could also group the vocals and send them to the return track, which leads to the same issue but with less flexibility in the individual tracks.
My question is what is the best practice in the above example, considering the need for further effects per track down the road, as well as gain staging and mixing overall?
Thank you!

[@ClaudeDjale]

Hi LNA, you should be a teacher. You make it fun and easy. I really like your analogy. Thanks! I am watching all your videos.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Happy you enjoy the vids! :)

[@hollanderic]

hai, if i use the audio effects in your way at the right side (where it says reverb etc) what is the use of using an audio effect directly down under at the instrument (so i draw the effect with my mouse right near the instrument in the simpler (i think you call it that?).