I have some EXS instruments using MIR via the I/O Bypass and Audio Input Plug-In method. They sound amazing.
But the downside is the loss of meter read-outs in the channel strips. The inserted plug-in steals the sound before it hits the LED meters.
To preserve the read-outs, I removed the Audio Input Plug-Ins from the EXS' channels, sent their outputs to a bus, and then put the Audio Input Inserts in that bus. So now the EXS channels meter the signal, and the bus doesn't. I can live with that.
1. Am I correct that the EXS instruments in this case would not need an I/O bypass?
2. Is there a simpler way to preserve the meter response without using a bus?