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Originally Posted by Duardo  I'm not sure about that...what if you have, say, a vocal track in your mix and you want to run it through your nice analog compressor, but there are a lot of fader moves? Typically you'd want the compressor before the fader because you've set the threshold, etc at a certain level, but if the compressor comes after your DAW output how do you handle that without a DAW insert? |
Yes, you want the faders post-outboard processing, for the reason you mentioned.
That is why it is a problem to use the DAW faders prior to outputting the tracks to outboard gear.
For the 8816/8804 summers I have, you simply use the faders on the 8804's, which are on the individual tracks, after outboard processing and pre-summing bus.
You also set the Direct Outs from the 8804 to operate post-fader, so if the DO's go to reverbs/delays/effects, these effect levels are adjusted simultaneously.
For summing units w/o faders, you use the individual level knobs on the summing unit. Not as easy as faders for riding faders during the mixdown, but doable.