What do you do without flying faders....

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I am considering buying an analog console like a ghost or a topaz project 8. I will be using these with cubase which will feed the raw tracks to the console so I can mix with analog outboard and use the EQ'S of the consoles.

I would like to know what is the easieast way of dealing with an analog console without the flying faders.

Doing it by hand is good but hard alone when there is 32 tracks going on.

Is it possible to automate using the computer and an analog console at the same time?


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Do the volume automation in Cubase and use the mixer for interfacing with the rest of your outboard and the eq. That way you get the best of both worlds.
 
I taught about that... but moving the fader in Cubase is different then moving the fader on the board isn't it? Does it change something in the whole chain?
 
It shouldn't, fader up or down should simply be volume up or down. I usually write automation in manually.
 
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It does differ, automation in the box is pre-everything, meaning that it will alter compression inserted on the console.
Automation in consoles mostly works after the inserts, eqs, etc ...
 
There is a small difference in sound when doing the fade on a console as opposed to doing it in the DAW application. However, I would find this to be a very minor thing that I would not be worried about. This is probably the smallest of the things that differ between ITB and mixing on a console. Just stemming your mix to a console gives you all of its electrical path which will change things. I would not be worried about the flying faders. Plus, most analog moving faders require their own automation setup which is not only expensive, but can be very tedious to use.
 
Xstatic thanks a lot for clarifing everything (and thanks to all of you guys also for replying!)
 
I would just automate the mutes in the computer and do the rest by hand.
 
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