AMS Neve 8804 Fader Pack

The AMS Neve 8804 Fader Pack offers precision fader control for the 8816 Summing Mixer, featuring 16 channel faders with mute/solo switches, two master faders, direct outputs, aux send, and instant recall via Mac/PC Perhaps the most requested feature for summing mixers of all makes is the addition of faders. While it can be argued that you can do your fader automation in the DAW and simply use the summing mixer for analog flavor and stem recording, engineer and mixers quickly realized that changing levels on DAW faders (particularly lowering them) changed the sound of the instrument or vocal. However, using analog faders to reduce or increase level didn't change the timbral integrity of a sound, just its volume. Another benefit of analog faders is that you can ride them while tracking vocals,* thus controlling levels going into your converters without reducing the word-length “describing” the sound. Of course, while the 8804 Fader Pack does all this and more, the faders aren't automa