Logic mixing

Hi there,
I am trying to do a mini mix and I am not used to working/mixing with live sessions.
I opened a session here where each instrument is set to different outputs.
drum pad 1-2 - panned left
2nd drum 1-2 - panned right
3rd drum 3-4 - panned left
ride 3 - 4 - panned right
bass 5 -6
etc.
All have send bus 1
1 (1-2 output) called hp mix
2 (output 3-4): mix vocal booth
- and all Bus send levels are set various. Should I set them all to 0.0?
The other outputs (5-6, 11-12, etc.) do not respond if I move the volume up or down.
-i guess, because all tracks are going through Bus 1 and 2?
Should I set all to output 1-2? Or just keep it the way it is?

In this case, the engineer has set up different mixes to two pairs of outputs - one mix for an artists' headphone mix (hp mix), and one for another purpose (vocal booth).
If you only have one pair of outputs, your main Outputs 1&2, then you'll need to assign the tracks channels you want to the main output, and remove the mixes coming from sends for the other purposes.
If you are confused with the routings already setup, you might just find it easier to null the mixer, route everything to Output 1&2, and start from scratch on the mix.
You can always keep the original song for reference if you need to check something in the previous mix.
Other than that, it's difficult to say what you "should" do, because I don't know what you are working with, and there aren't really any rules anyway...

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