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Effects-Loop Circuitry

A mixing console circuit that is used to add an effect to a signal or a group of signals. When the effect unit is plugged into the circuit (via effects send and effects return jacks), it literally functions as a loop, splitting the signal off from the mixer and sending it to the effect, then returning it to the mixer, where it is blended with the original signal.

When You Guys Record Do You Loop? Or Play All The Way

I've heard different debates about this, but watching a Metallica documentary I noticed they were going part by part instead of playing the whole song through. I wasn't sure if this was due to arrangement differences or not.

I tend to play all the way through fairly live and then patch things up, if it's a simple song maybe duplicate it on Cubase to make it longer.