Creating an effects channel in Pro Tools

Pro Tools

For this tutorial I will be teaching you how to send multiple tracks to one FX channel. Generally I do this when I've several backing vocals and instead of inserting an individual reverb for each track, I'll send them all to a reverb track. 2 great reasons to do this, first you will cut down on processor usage and second you don't need to adjust the reverb individually for every backing track.


1) Create a Stereo Aux Track and set the input to any available Bus. I'll use Bus 31-32 as an example. Insert a reverb plugin onto the Aux Track


2) Set the output of your backing tracks to Bus 31 – 32

Now Backing 1, 2 , 3 and 4 will be sharing the same reverb plugin and by using a stereo aux track you will be able to pan your backing tracks.

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