I have really been looking around trying to find some "settings" not theory on what you would do in these instances.

My music is mainly acoustic based (think dave mathews with a little distorted electric, although i have a female vocalist)

Here is what i have and what i do, please bear with me. what i am wondering is effects you would "insert" or send/return on the actual tracks (all audio) for this session

I am bringing all these tracks over dry (for this example)

and here is my gear used

Triton Pro - here i program my basic drum track for the whole song
send it out stereo to Cubase SX 2 onto a stereo track, no EQ and no insert effects.

next is my bass - again from the triton and sync'd to the drums, i send this to a mono track in Cubase dry

then 2 rhythm acoustic's one on each track mono dry.

by the way i am using an M-AUDIO 410 for the inputs for the triotn/guitars/vocals etc then into cubase

then a vocal onto mono track

then a harmony vocal track

then maybe a lead (riffy) acoustic guitar onto a mono track, this should stand out over the rhythm tracks

then probably some strings

and then maybe a lightly distorted electric through a POD and into the 410 into cubase

and last but not least probably a doubled lead guitar (electric most likely)

this gives you a rough idea of my "demo" song

there are probably4-5 more vocal tracks to go

so with these instruments in mind i was wondering how you would effect/PAN/ etc these instruments?

I have the stock Cubase VST effects and a studio UAD-1 as well as some freeware.

but i am very interested in compression/reverb/delay/ pan settings etc for this?

I have read and read theory but i have only found 1 article that ever said something like

"Ok on a direct insert acoustic guitar do this

Thresh - (- 14db)
Ratio - 8:1
Attack - 4ms
Release - auto or shortest
Gain - bring up to compensate for volume needed

anway i thought it might be a fun excersise for someone with a ton more experience than me (not much)

I use an Audio-Technica 4050 mic for vocals
Paul reed smith electric guitar

taylor acoustic/electric for the electric

all else is on the trion (or maybe reason triggered from the triton)

thanks