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Originally Posted by Mike H  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. |
Eh, no thanks. I cant see trading automation for the arguably minute difference that summing makes. Even if it makes a BIG difference it probably still isnt worth it to me. Also I NEED to be able to treat individual channels which means they need individual channels on the summing unit which means pretty quickly we are building something more like a mixing board than a summing unit in terms of channels (sending lots of individuals rather than stems).
The only way its going to work for me is if I can use hardware inserts for individual channels and then send my grouped outputs to the summing mixer for simple summing and and group processing. I realize that I am adding more conversions but that is the only way I am going to see it as worthwhile with my workflow so if those conversions are going to negate any benefit of analog summing I guess its ITB summing for me.