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John Kent · 27th January 2009

Alright guys, maybe I feel like an ARSS after this, but I've been having this thought in my head and need someone to tell me why it won't work.

Stay with me on this and tell me if Im just stupid. I've been looking for hours on the net about this and I can find nothing really.

What to keep in mind.

1. Control Surface: With this you can control your DAW and have moving fader automation. When you move the fader, it moves on the screen and you can write this to memory. When you open the project, the faders and all other saved automation jumps up on your control surface. OOOOOOO... AHHHHH.... moving faders, it makes you get lost for some reason and its real kool... monkey like the stuff that move by itself...

2. Analog console: Sounds fantastic, real eq's.. all that jazz.. monkey like that sound, not like nothin move.

So here is the question, why can one not take a cheap control surface such as a Behringer BCF2000 and a few Penny & Giles mororized faders and wiring it up in my console so that when I turn down the fader on my analog console turning down the volume it also turns down the fader in my DAW at the same time via midi. Meaning that the output of my fader is changed at the same time the midi information is sent to my DAW. And when I recall in the DAW would it not move the fader to its last position on my mixer.

Can you guys see where I am goin with this. Adding moving fader automation to an Analog console with no automation mod.

Or even using a design such as this?

www.uCApps.de Click on Midibox lc.

Any reason why this couldn't work? Why anyone wouldn't want to do it? Is there already a mod like this. I can live without the pan automation and such but the fader automation would be way kickin for fade outs and well.. I guess I don't have to list the reasons why you would want this.

Thanks for any input.

27th January 2009	#1
John Kent Gear Head Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 42 Thread Starter	Moving Fader Automation? Alright guys, maybe I feel like an ARSS after this, but I've been having this thought in my head and need someone to tell me why it won't work. Stay with me on this and tell me if Im just stupid. I've been looking for hours on the net about this and I can find nothing really. What to keep in mind. 1. Control Surface: With this you can control your DAW and have moving fader automation. When you move the fader, it moves on the screen and you can write this to memory. When you open the project, the faders and all other saved automation jumps up on your control surface. OOOOOOO... AHHHHH.... moving faders, it makes you get lost for some reason and its real kool... monkey like the stuff that move by itself... 2. Analog console: Sounds fantastic, real eq's.. all that jazz.. monkey like that sound, not like nothin move. So here is the question, why can one not take a cheap control surface such as a Behringer BCF2000 and a few Penny & Giles mororized faders and wiring it up in my console so that when I turn down the fader on my analog console turning down the volume it also turns down the fader in my DAW at the same time via midi. Meaning that the output of my fader is changed at the same time the midi information is sent to my DAW. And when I recall in the DAW would it not move the fader to its last position on my mixer. Can you guys see where I am goin with this. Adding moving fader automation to an Analog console with no automation mod. Or even using a design such as this? www.uCApps.de Click on Midibox lc. Any reason why this couldn't work? Why anyone wouldn't want to do it? Is there already a mod like this. I can live without the pan automation and such but the fader automation would be way kickin for fade outs and well.. I guess I don't have to list the reasons why you would want this. Thanks for any input.