DAW Control
Setup Guidelines
When moving the faders, there is a good chance that you will be affecting the track output from the DAW and the channel
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utput within the AWS simultaneously, thus duplicating all of the level changes – an effect which is probably unwanted.
There are a number of potential solutions to this duplication:
Solution 3: Use a dedicated DAW for analogue automation
Use two DAW layers, one for your audio and one for your automation. This will require you to have two DAWs running
on either the same or two separate computers, and to enable both DAW layers within the console screen’s SSL > Misc
> Setup menu.
See the Installation section for information regarding how to set up multi-computer configurations.
A variation on this is possible with Logic, which allows two (or more) controllers to be configured. This allows one layer
to be used as a normal DAW controller and the second to be locked to 24 dedicated automation tracks.
Micro-automation (such as the removal of undesirable transients) could be performed on the original audio tracks within
the DAW by entering DAW Focus mode and scrolling to those tracks.
Solution 2: Create additional DAW tracks
This second option allows automation to be written independently for analogue and DAW channels.
Create 24 blank DAW tracks, and bank to appear on console channels 1-24. Select A-FADA.
If you have automation you wish to re-use, copy it from the audio tracks and paste it to the blank tracks you have just
created. You will then need to either disable or delete the automation from the original tracks.
If the automation is deleted rather than disabled, micro-automation (such as the removal of undesirable transients) can
be performed on the original audio tracks within the DAW by temporarily disabling A-FADA and scrolling to those
tracks.
Note that MIDI tracks should not normally be used as the fader position is displayed as a controller value (0-127)
rather than in dB.
Solution 1: Use pre-fade outputs
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his first option would be suitable if you wish to replicate the DAW automation in the analogue domain:
Route DAW tracks from pre-fader to the appropriate analogue outputs. In Pro Tools this can be done using a prefader
aux send and setting the aux gain to 0dB. In Logic route an aux send to a different bus on each channel then route the
aux sends to the appropriate analogue outputs. De-assign the track outputs to avoid summing pre and post fade signals.
Within the DAW, fader movements will now only affect the Master bus and any other post-fader sends.
This also allows the creation of post fade aux sends within both the AWS and the DAW, providing some interesting
creative options.
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