Busses in the Mixing Board

[invisarts]

As a new DP user (who IS reading the manual) I am having trouble getting busses to appear in the Mixing Board.
After assigning a track to a bus, I figured it should just appear in the Mixing Board (or at least in the track selector so I can select it) but this is not the case.
Right now (after many years of Sonar) I am finding some aspects of the DP architecture quite confusing.
I need some help with understanding the bussing in DP and how bundles work....
insight please!!!!

[magicd]

I think what you are looking for is an Aux track.

A bus is like a virtual patch cord. A bus is not a track or fader in the mixer. A bus is used to route signals within DP.

For example, you could set the outputs of your drum tracks to bus 1-2.
You then need an Aux track to work as the sub group fader. Bus 1-2 gets assigned to the input of the aux track. The output of the aux track is assigned to main monitor outputs.

Drum tracks> bus 1-2 > Aux track > main outs.

To set up an effect send, choose a bus output for a track effect send.
Create an aux track with that bus on the input.
Put the effect 100% wet on the insert of the aux track.

Make sense?

Dave