← Mixing & Routing
Mission 29 · World 5
Sends & Returns
Share effects. Save CPU.
Send a little signal. Get a lot of cohesion.
+70 XP🏅 Send It
// WHAT IT DOES
A Send routes a copy of a track's audio to a Return track. The Return holds an effect (e.g. reverb).
Multiple tracks send to the same return → all share the same reverb → mix sounds glued.
Think of it like → Like everyone in a band sharing one church hall to sing in. Same space, instant glue.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Save CPU (one reverb instead of ten).
- • Cohesion (everything in the same room).
// SEE & HEAR IT
DRUMS
VOX
PAD
⤴ RETURN A — REVERB · One device, three tracks share it.
▶ Push a track's send up to drown it in the same reverb. Cleaner than putting Reverb on every track — and one knob changes the whole space.
▸ HOW IT WORKS
Track signal → tap (pre/post) → send knob attenuates → mixed at the Return input → Return processes → sums to Master.
▸ Signal flow — watch the dot
▸ SIGNAL FLOW
Glowing dot = your signal travelling through Live.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • Reverb feels coherent across tracks.
- • Pre-fader sends keep level when fader drops to 0.
▸ WALKTHROUGH (3 steps)
- 1. DO: Create a Return (Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+T). Drop Reverb on it.▸ LISTEN: Silent until something is sent.
- 2. DO: On any track, raise Send A.▸ LISTEN: Reverb tail appears under that track.
- 3. DO: Send another track too.▸ LISTEN: Both tracks share the same room.
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Inserting reverb on every track instead of using sends.
- ✗ Pre-fader sends accidentally creating cue mixes you didn't want.
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 30 correct
Pre-fader send is independent of…