summing "out of the box" with outboard and desk: T

[andre tchmil]

Ok , here's what I have.
A siemens C4 console with balanced inputs and unbalanced inserts.
I'm planning to use the C4 as a big summing box together with my collection of outboard gear ( nearly all trafo balanced).
How would you hook up the outs of my DAW?
Coming from the DAW and into the console and using the outboard on the inserts; or coming from the DAW into the outboard and into the console ?

Tips, thoughts, advice welcome :thumb:

 

[strangeandbouncy]

That all depends . . .

Just make sure that you have both options on a decent patch-bay, and then you can decide for your self. There are no rules, but generally I like to eq after compression to compensate for the slight loss in top/bottom. Sometimes, if a sound requires "surgical" eq, removing nasty peaks that would unduly affect the compressor, or radical high/lo eq cut/boost, eq is reqired to "balance" out the signal first. I often end up with a chain of gear in the signal path, both before the channel and on the insert. I don't use much radical eq-ing, and tend to resort to remedial eq-ing more with mixing someone else's work to mixing my own.

Seriously, allow yourself both options imho.



Andy P[/list]