Presonus Digimax D8 with external preamps?

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Hello. My setup consists a Project Mix I/O that already is hooked up to external pre amps on an old SoundCraft mixer that goes to the line inputs on the Project mix. I like the sound much better from the transformer pres on the soundcraft.

I also have a Presonus DigiMax D8 hooked up via ADAT that has better pres than the projectmix. they are pretty "crystal clear" and don't color the sound but have less gain than the tube preamps that I like to use on guitars. My question is whether or not I could use the XLR inputs on the Digimax the same way as the line inputs on the project mix and hook my tube preamps up to it if I use the -20dB pad??

I know that using two preamps pretty much always gives you way too much gain and it is impossible to get a good level and it clips like mad but could I use those Mic inputs like line inputs so I could use external pres if the pad was engaged? I just got into this using external preamps recently and It is making an astounding difference in my recordings.

Thanks in advance for any help I can get.
 
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