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layout: default
title: Comparing Aux Sends and Subgroups
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menu_title: Auxes vs. Groups
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---
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<p>
Auxes and Subgroups share a common concept &mdash; they both provide a way
for one or more tracks (or busses) to send their signal to a single bus so
that common signal processing can be applied to the mix of their signals.
</p>
<p>
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<dfn>Aux sends</dfn> leave the existing signal routing to the main mix in place,
and are typically used to create a separate mix to send to (for example)
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monitors or headphones (for performer monitor mixes):
</p>
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<img width="300px" src="/images/aux_routing.png" alt="aux signal routing" />
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<p>
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<dfn>Subgroups</dfn> usually remove the original signal routing to the main mix and
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replace it with a new one that delivers the output of the subgroup bus to
the main mix instead.
</p>
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<img width="300px" src="/images/subgroup_routes.png" alt="sub group signal routing" />
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