When you use an input bus to record audio, you can include input bus effects with the recorded signal.

For example, imagine that you need to record an electric guitar with an amplifier-modeling plug-in.

Scenario 1: Plug your guitar into your sound card’s instrument input and choose that input as your recording input:

In this scenario, you could then add your amplifier-modeling plug-in as a track effect and record with input monitoring on. Your guitar would be recorded directly (without the plug-in), and the plug-in would be processed each time you play or render your project. This method allows you to adjust the plug-in settings as you work on your project.

Scenario 2: Set up an input bus that uses your amplifier-modeling plug-in as an insert effect, and choose that input bus as your recording input:

In this scenario, your amplifier-modeling plug-in is cooked into the recorded signal. This method allows you to record your processed signal but doesn’t allow you to change your amplifier settings without rerecording the guitar part.

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1. Add an input bus to your project.

2. Set up your input bus:

1. Click the Add New Insert FX button in the Insert FX control region of the input bus channel strip to add plug-ins to your input bus.

2. In the I/O control region of the input bus channel strip, click the Input Source button and choose the sound card input you want to record:
   

3. Click the Output button in the I/O control region of the input bus channel strip and choose Off. The bus output is left off so we can monitor the input through the track.

3. Set your track to record from your input bus:

1. Click the Record Input button, choose Input Busses from the menu, and choose your input bus.

   

2. Click the Record Input button and choose Input Monitor Mode: On or Input Monitor Mode: Auto so you can hear your input signal during recording.

• When Auto is selected, you will hear the input monitor signal when playback is stopped and during recording. If you’re recording into selected events, you’ll hear the input monitor signal only when the cursor passes over the selected events.

• When On is selected, the behavior is similar to Auto mode, but you will always hear the input monitor during recording � monitoring is not toggled on and off when recording into a selected event.

Your ability to monitor effects in real time is dependent on your computer’s performance. Effect automation envelopes are bypassed during record monitoring.

4. Position the cursor where you want to start recording.

5. Select the Arm for Record buttons on the track where you want to record. Arming a track enables it for recording.

   When a track is armed, the track meter displays the track’s level. If input monitoring is not on, the meter displays the level of your input source. If input monitoring is turned on, the meter shows the level of the input source plus the track effects chain.

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6. Click the Record button on the Transport bar to start recording.

7. To stop recording, click the Record button again or click the Stop button on the Transport bar. The Recorded Files dialog is displayed.

8. Use the Recorded Files dialog to confirm the file name and location of your recorded audio. Click Delete or Delete All if you do not want to save the recorded files, or click Rename to change the file’s name.

   

9. Click Done to close the Recorded Files dialog. Your recorded file is displayed as a new event in the timeline.

Recording Using an Input Bus