Does finding putting reverbs on inserts odd make me old?

Question

I saw another guy (who is 10 years younger than me) work the other day and he was putting reverbs on inserts and adjusting the wet dry mix.
I thought that was odd because I have always had the approach that (unless you were doing some specific effect) you put reverb on an aux send bus. Compression and EQ and stuff where you want to alter the whole signal goes on inserts.
Then I thought maybe that is cos I used to use analogue mixers and outboard gear and then computers that could only handle one or two reverb plugins and I was carrying on work practices from previous types of technologies into a new situation in a way that isn't really rational. what do you guys (young and old) think?
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Answer 1

Great observation!
IMO, heavier utilization of inserts in a DAW is definitely a 'younger generation' thing (myself being part of that 'younger generation').
As processing power has become less of a concern on modern computer, I would often find myself simply duplicating reverb plug-ins to other track inserts and adjusting the wet/dry mix to suit. I think this method is easier to visualize for those who are used to the DAW environment, as opposed to the 'classic' bussing method.
That being said, I more recently have found it beneficial to use an aux effects send now that I have a deeper understanding of effects routing. For one, it certainly never hurts to utilize internal signal flow to conserve CPU power. This setup also makes it easier to adjust reverb levels using the bus mix control directly from the timeline window rather than continually jumping between plug-in windows.
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