Ambience plugin dampens the main tracks

[Skrzypiec]

Hello, I got some instruments recorded on several tracks. I got a reverb plugin on another track (ambience by smartelectronix), set to 0% dry, 100% wet as normally, and I feed it with different signal levels from instrument tracks.

But I noticed when I bypass the ambience plugin, the root tracks get louder (?!??!!), so it sounds like if using the reverb actually dampened them? Please help, I'm clueless, I cannot see how this signal flow can be destructive?

[Skrzypiec]

Nonono, I mean I send a signal from track 1 to reverb on track 2, so it should keep the original signal intact and only alter the output of track 2 - but it doesn't: when I turn on the ambience, the ORIGINAL signal on track 1 gets quieter.

What I did is the basics: dragged from "route" button on track 1 and dropped to the "route" button on track 2. It should create a signal copy. A send, not a bus. Or were I totally misunderstanding the tutorials...

[domzy]

i think the key here is if the reverb is bypassed or muted on track 2.

as stated, if bypassed then the overall dry signal is going to be louder

[Skrzypiec]

OK, clarifying: actually -inf dry, and 0.0 wet, but this is what I guess to be "zero dry" and "100% wet" (tell me if I'm wrong):



When I bypass the reverb plugin, overall volume gets louder. When I mute the reverb plugin, the overall volume stays the same. You said if I bypass the reverb, "no dry" stops to apply. But if I have zero dry... and I bypass zero dry... isn't it still zero dry? Therefore, no change in dry? This is where I'm lost...


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OMG I think for some reason I assumed bypassing the plugin would mute the entire send... or something like that. It seems I had the biggest brain derp of this year, I couldn't add 1 to 1... it seems there's no problem indeed. Thank you guys