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Summary: In Pro Tools, the "master send level control" allows uses to create a sub-mix fader. Find out how to use the master send level command in this free Pro Tools video lesson for version 6.9 from an experienced music engineer and producer.
"The master send level control is very important. On the last series I just showed you about making a submix, now when you make a submix, there's a couple ways to like effect the level that goes into the auxiliary bus. Now, on this one I could just turn down all four of these since they're grouped. And you know it'll turn down the volume, the overall volume that's going into this bus right here. But what I can also do is create a submix fader. So what I can do is create a master fader by pressing new tracks, master, and stereo, right, and assigning that to the bus that I created. This bus 1920 is now going to be affected by this master fader. So the amount, so all four of these tracks are going to be directly affected. They're going to have to go through this fader before they even get to this bus, so, when I play it, and these are playing through here, I could always turn this down. So if I have this playing, right, this will, it'll be negative seven point six decibels lower than it originally would be."
eHow Article: Pro Tools 6.9 Mixing Tips: Master Send Level Control