Re: Digital Desk Processing Order?
Thank you all. It makes sense to me that, generally, EQ should be upstream of compression. Silas's example of the 200Hz-centered cut on an SM58 is exactly the situation I think of.
I believe that for my (amateur, bar-level) use I'd ideally have
gate -> EQ -> comp,
with the monitor contribution tapped off post EQ and pre comp. My reasoning is that, with well corrected monitor and house speakers, if the tone is good in the house, it won't be too far off in the monitors. Should further monitor tone control or feedback notching be required, it can be accomplished on the monitor output EQ.
The APB Prorack House I'm using now is wired, on certain channels, to make pre-EQ aux sends pre insert (where the compressor is inserted) so I get uncompressed monitors at the cost of the monitors going naked for channel EQ. This works OK, but I think I would like post EQ, pre comp better.
All this complicates my selection of a digital mixer since, as Chris pointed out, when we want digital we want it all 
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--Frank
