pvision
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I had lots of ideas.
1 - Recording
If the console is used for recording then likely you'd use each channel direct output straight to the DAW and setup a monitor mix & headphone mix at the DAW via the audio interface. In that case the stereo outs of the console are not used and the direct outs could be post-fader
If you wanted to mix mics you could use the console stereo bus and patch that to the DAW as above
In this mode I doubt you'd need effects sends
2 - Mixing / Summing
In this mode you might need effects sends but I can't see a need for them to be pre-fader. If you need a pre-fader send then you could use the direct out - but setup #1 suggests the DO would likely be post-fader
Rather than provide effects sends I'd provide additional buses. Four buses could be two stereos or one stereo and two mono sends. For a mono channel you could have a send pot plus a 1, 1+2, 2, 3, 3+4, 4 switch to select which bus it feeds
This then suggests you could have two channel outputs, fader & small fader, each with a routing switch as above. This would give LCR panning without a panpot. Add panpots to complicate as required
Add a global pre / post switch to each routing switch and you'd have two stereo bus outs per channel fed from two faders (or pots) each switchable pre / post fader
That would enable a monitor mix and a main output mix
I'll do a diagram to explain...
Nick Froome
1 - Recording
If the console is used for recording then likely you'd use each channel direct output straight to the DAW and setup a monitor mix & headphone mix at the DAW via the audio interface. In that case the stereo outs of the console are not used and the direct outs could be post-fader
If you wanted to mix mics you could use the console stereo bus and patch that to the DAW as above
In this mode I doubt you'd need effects sends
2 - Mixing / Summing
In this mode you might need effects sends but I can't see a need for them to be pre-fader. If you need a pre-fader send then you could use the direct out - but setup #1 suggests the DO would likely be post-fader
Rather than provide effects sends I'd provide additional buses. Four buses could be two stereos or one stereo and two mono sends. For a mono channel you could have a send pot plus a 1, 1+2, 2, 3, 3+4, 4 switch to select which bus it feeds
This then suggests you could have two channel outputs, fader & small fader, each with a routing switch as above. This would give LCR panning without a panpot. Add panpots to complicate as required
Add a global pre / post switch to each routing switch and you'd have two stereo bus outs per channel fed from two faders (or pots) each switchable pre / post fader
That would enable a monitor mix and a main output mix
I'll do a diagram to explain...
Nick Froome