Audio-routing is the practice and system of directing audio signals from sources to destinations through a network of paths, buses, and switches. Parameters: (1) topology — the arrangement of routing paths (matrix, bus, point-to-point, or hybrid); (2) signals — the audio streams being directed; (3) control — manual, automated, or algorithmic switching between paths. Persists through implementation in hardware routing matrices, software DAW routing architectures, and physical patchbay wiring. [formal: audio-routing | substrate: mind | horizon: a session | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
Accepted ontology entry
audio-routing
Audio-routing is the practice and system of directing audio signals from sources to destinations through a network of paths, buses, and switches. Parameters: (1) topology — the arrangement of routing paths (matrix, bus, point-to-point, or…
Definition
Why it is in scope
A human-made system and practice for directing audio signals between sources and destinations within an audio system, built to persist through implementation in hardware mixers, software DAWs, and patch bays
Names and aliases
- audio-routingen · CANONICAL
Relations from this entry
- audio-processingINSTANCE_OF →
Audio-routing IS a specific kind of audio-processing: it manipulates and redirects audio signals as part of the broader processing workflow. A competent speaker classifies routing as 'a kind of audio processing.' Nearest kind per Law 9.
- cmrsb393a00miollhxpcc7bkzDEPENDS_ON →
Audio-routing directs audio signals between paths. Remove the concept of signal and there is nothing to route — the system ceases to operate. Operational dependency per Law 8.
Relations to this entry
- send-effect← INSTANCE_OF
send-effect IS a specific kind of audio-routing: it is a routing configuration where a signal is split to feed an effect unit in parallel, then mixed back. A competent engineer classifies send effect as a form of audio routing. Direction: specific→general per Law 9. Nearest kind: audio-routing.
- insert-effect← INSTANCE_OF
insert-effect IS a specific kind of audio-routing: it is a routing configuration where an effect unit is placed in series within a signal chain, directing the signal through the effect between source and destination. A competent engineer classifies insert effect as a form of audio routing. Direction: specific→general per Law 9. Nearest kind: audio-routing.
- audio-bus← INSTANCE_OF
A bus is a specific kind of routing. The accepted audio-routing definition names bus as one of the routing topologies (matrix, bus, point-to-point, hybrid), and the accepted audio-bus definition calls it a human-made audio routing construct aggregating sources into one channel. Pinned sense (Law 11d): a bus as routing channel/topology (aux send, subgroup, master, stem). Specific-to-general; nearest kind is routing - the quorum correctly refused the bus against audio-processing (operation) and against audio-monitoring (not the nearest kind); routing is what a bus IS.
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- Sep 12, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC
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