Should I use Aux Tracks or Master Faders in Pro Tools with Summing Box?

Date:2020/3/5 10:13:23 Hits:

Q: I’m feeding 16 outputs from my Pro Tools system into a Dangerous Music 2-Bus LT. In some cases, I need to submix tracks in Pro Tools before they got the output. For example, I have a session where there are three mics on the kick drum that are all routed to output one from Pro Tools into the 2-Bus LT.

My question: should I be using an Aux track or a Master Fader track in Pro Tools for submixing those in-the-box tracks?

A: Either one will work fine. There are a few differences, which may or may not be significant to you.

The biggest difference is that with an Aux track, the inserts are before the fader, so the fader gives you final output level control. With a Master Fader track, the inserts are after the fader, so final level control would have to come from the last inserted plug-in in the signal path.
If you’re building a complex “output mixer,” Master Fader tracks may save you DSP over Aux tracks, but the difference is minimal in most cases.
Aux track inserts support hardware inserts.

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