Bus processing
Get more out of your mix by processing in groups, and discover pre-master strategies for your master bus
S ignal routing gives engineers and producers a lot of convenience. Mixing desks and studio wiring are – usually, at least – meant to facilitate options. From this expanse of choices, the art and trade of music production has developed a wide variety of strategies for getting the job done – some are useful in certain contexts, others useful in other situations; some have become de rigueur and trusted, while others have fallen out of favour. Others have simply gone obsolete as technology has improved.
It’s with these options in mind that we approach this article. You may have become stuck in a rut with your processing and mixing strategies, you may have just been sticking to the default DAW options, or you could have never known there was another way to do things. In this specific case, we’re going to take a look at bus processing, shining a light on its advantages and how it can shake up your workflow.
What is bus processing?