A simple terminology tutorial

[Padmapani]

tbh i don't hear anything special at that time point.

like recursion loop the only thing i think of in the context of "auxilaries" is an aux channel...

[Paul Eye]

I think I know what you mean, that melody that sneaks from the background?

[Anu Katariina]

I think I know what you mean, that melody that sneaks from the background?

Yep!

[abasio]

Aye, I was going to say an auxiliary melody would be a melody aside from the main melody. Personally i go for sub-melodies, sub-beats etc to describe auxillary or complementary elements.

[Anu Katariina]

Personally i go for sub-melodies, sub-beats etc to describe auxillary or complementary elements.

Just wanted to see if ppl are familiar with this term auxiliaries at all. Arronax uses it :-)

[abasio]

As a native English speaker I'm spoiled that everything's done in English. Mostly I instinctively know that someone is trying to say even if they don't use the word I'd choose. I guess for non-native speakers it doesn't work that way. I know even if I'm fluent enough in Japanese to communicate effectively if I read a review where someone used vocabulary other than what I'd use, I'd be confused. Maybe what we need in the review section is a dictionary/thesaurus to help people understand the psychobabble we come out with

[Anu Katariina]

Maybe what we need in the review section is a dictionary/thesaurus to help people understand the psychobabble we come out with

I have been wanting this for long!

[Colin OOOD]

The word 'auxillary' isn't one I've ever heard used to describe a type of sound in a track, but I guess abasio's definition isn't strictly incorrect!

 

In production, the term is used to describe a separate mixer path into which is sent, by the use of 'auxiliary' (or 'aux') send controls, a desired amount of one or more mixer channels which can then be processed as a group, separately from their original sources. It is often used to add reverb or echo; with the aux send for each relevant channel is adjusted to send an appropriate level of that sound to a new channel, upon which the effect is placed, and whose input is fed from that particular aux buss.