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Thanks for this. I just read it through once but have no comments yet as I found myself getting a little confused at times. Perhaps it's just me because I tend to drive things from primarily a MIDI perspective and use the buses to basically push the noise around and mix. In fact, I really never even deal with the inputs at all. I'm going to read it again tonight to see what I can get from it. One thing maybe worth noting is it can be quite difficult to read the names of the Aux Sends in those images due to the inability to "zoom" in the image. I don't know if the information is actually relevant to the topic you're discussing though.

Actually.... so I'm thinking the whole distinction between "Group Bus" and "Aux Bus" feels a little forced. I mean, a bus is a bus is a bus, right? The only difference really comes down to what signal is being fed to it and where the bus ends up sending the signal. For example, I don't think we should be assuming an Aux Bus is going to output into Master. I think you realized that along the way and then suggested an Aux Mix. See my point? I'm just worried we may be making assumptions about the end user's workflow? I may be overthinking though. Thanks again for focusing on this!

I was just thinking more about this and I think I can offer the following recommendation. Rather than jumping so quickly into what I'd describe as "Common Use-Cases of Buses" (which I think you're doing a great job of), it would be helpful to start off with breaking down the various means in which a bus can receive and output signal. For example, we know any bus can have signal sent to it via a track's Audio selection, a Aux Send, or even a Insert (Audio). Each of these means different things which may be worth discussing accordingly. On the output side, signal can be routed using an Aux Send, or having its outputs sent to the previously mentioned Insert (Audio). Each of those may be worth discussing. Then once all the inputs and outputs are covered...... the "typical use cases" content would make for a great elaboration.