Using AudioDamage for vocals, stereo buss?

Ok, I want to use this plugins on some vocals. Do you copy the main vocal and then add the effect on that fx area or do you make another track and add the fx there and send the main to that one. I guess what I am trying to get the hang of, is, when they are talking about all this stereo bussing...how do you make sure a track you open up is in stereo? I thought I understood this concept, but not sure now, as I believe most tracks are mono until we tell them to be stereo correct. I know these are simple concepts to those who are adept in recording but I am trying to comprehend what I am actually doing and go about it with more confidence. Thanks for listening, hope you can assist me, psingman

I think you have to look at it like this, if your wav in the track is mono, the output will be mono. stereo for a stereo wav. if you insert a stereo vst like reverb on a mono wav the output will become stereo. if you insert a mono vst on a stereo wav track, the output becomes mono. so default a track "is able to input and output stereo" unless you insert a mono plugin. someone correct me if i'm wrong. i suggest you setup a track with one of the vst's inserted. and then make a send from your original track to the new track, just like you would do with a reverb "buss". Now you will have your original track playing, and you can add more or less of the effect by adjusting the send volume.

Hi, I am finally figuring this out. What I need to know is somethng probably so simple that it eludes me. How do you make a track you are going to put the fx on STEREO....or any track. I know when you record you can do that under options, but what about just a blank track? I knew there was something that I had to comprehend before I went any further. Please help me tell at track to be stereo first, OK< thanks, psingman

hi, as i said in the previous post, default a track "is able to input and output stereo" unless you insert a mono plugin. so a new made track IS stereo, as long as you don't force it to output mono by inserting a dedicated mono-plugin.

hi, this is getting philosophical :) a new blank track is stereo. when you say the vocals have to be stereo, i suppose you mean the output of the track with the plugin has to be stereo. We'll have to be specific about semantics now :) example if you send a mono wav file trough a new blank track and pan it centre, the output wil be "mono" . Now if you pan that mono wav file left before sending it trough the blank track the output wil be stereo , in the sense that you now have a left (audio) en right (nothing) channel. This is exactly the same system as in analog desks when you are working with the stereo busses. In reaper you cannot "tell" the track to be mono or stereo. It all depends on what and how you send things into it. and how you process things trough vst's in that track. If you don't record a stereo wav onto it it doesn't matter, if you are sending stereo wav into it from another track that is the same thing. It's all about inputs and outputs. Look at the channel io settings when you create a send, it sends channel 1 and 2, the other track receives 1 and 2, you can even pan in the io settings, and do other crazy stuff :) I hope i'm explaining right and clearly . Let me know if i don't :) grtz, Nolman