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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 64710" data-attributes="member: 1285">re: X32 DiscussionAs far as I can tell so far the channel out is fixed pre eq and pre dynamics and cannot be tapped later. Sometimes this can be annoying, but for a fixed location it is the best place. As long as you record the maximum samplesize, there are no real disadvantages to doing eq and compression later, only advantages. It was different in the old days when you recorded to analogue tape and really needed to compress and eq before taping.If you really need to eq and compress, your only option is to send the signals to busses and patch the card to those busses, but that will limit your channel count obviously. For a live take, chances are that the eq you are recording won&#039;t be right anyway, and further eq will be needed in the studio. For studio work, you will normally have channels enough to tap later, or double tap, because you don&#039;t often record a lot of channels simultainiously.I&#039;m a strong believer in only processing once, no matter how good this digital technology is supposed to be, less repetitive processing will equal better sound quality.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 64710, member: 1285"] re: X32 Discussion As far as I can tell so far the channel out is fixed pre eq and pre dynamics and cannot be tapped later. Sometimes this can be annoying, but for a fixed location it is the best place. As long as you record the maximum samplesize, there are no real disadvantages to doing eq and compression later, only advantages. It was different in the old days when you recorded to analogue tape and really needed to compress and eq before taping. If you really need to eq and compress, your only option is to send the signals to busses and patch the card to those busses, but that will limit your channel count obviously. For a live take, chances are that the eq you are recording won't be right anyway, and further eq will be needed in the studio. For studio work, you will normally have channels enough to tap later, or double tap, because you don't often record a lot of channels simultainiously. I'm a strong believer in only processing once, no matter how good this digital technology is supposed to be, less repetitive processing will equal better sound quality. [/QUOTE]

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