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I have been thinking seriously about adding a high end summing solution to our system but I'm not exactly sure the best way to go. Right now we have dedicated Apogee converters for every piece of gear in the studio so they all just show up as hardware inserts nicely labeled in PTs. To me this is ideal but it does man an extra set of conversions compared to using inserts on a summing mixer. How much of an issue is this do you think?
What I was thinking of doing is adding another DA16X dedicated to the summing mixer. My thinking is that I would still keep my outboard as inserts in PTs so I could still track/work with the outboard stuff inline without having to use the summing mixer until the end. this way I dont have to set all my outputs and groups as we are tracking and up until the final mix stage. Can anyone think of reasons why this is a bad idea (other than the large number of converters needed)?
Lastly, since I wouldnt need to have inserts on the unit, what would be the best unit? Possibly the Folcrom with a couple Chandler Pres?
Thanks!
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