Automation idea?

[LeoLeoLeo]

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[Eganmedia]

I bet you could make it work. You might want to try it out in the existing box first to see whether you want to comit to having all those crappy VCAs in your signal path all the time. When I switched from 2" tape to Pro Tools as my primary recording device, I stopped using the dynamic automation on my console. I continued to automate console setups, but i find the Pro Tools automation faster and easier than most console systems, even with moving faders.

I worked on a console in the 90s which had the JL Cooper version of the CM box you have. The VCAs sounded awful and the zippering made it unuseful for any fast fader moves.

YMMV

[studjo]

for problem solving I like PT automation but for the creative part of mixing - nothing beats a moving fader automation system IMVHO