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My old gear is moving to a project in Africa and I'm wiring it all up.

I want to use the direct outs from the 442 to go in my old 744, so 4 channels can be recorded separately. But of course the direct outs are pre fader. Any chance to get them post fader? Or another solution?

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Hmmm... If there's no mix, then why post fader? Why risk the fader being bumped closed and losing your track? If you want a mix output to go to something being monitored, then again you'd want the direct outs to be pre-fader. If you want a track to not be recorded, then turn the gain all the way down or don't track that on the 744T. I can't see a scenario where post fader direct outputs would be useful in your scenario.

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Well, I'm of two minds in this, as I'm not gonna use it, I thought it might be easier if the 744 works just as a recorder and TC and therefore be post fader.

As most probably only two transmitters will be used, I might consider left (boom)/right (wireless) out to 1/2 and 2 wireless direct out to 3/4.

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1 hour ago, boomhead said:

If you only have three sources (boom + 2 wires) then record the 442 mix output (post fader, L or R) on one track of 744. Use other 3 tracks to record each mic iso pre-fader from 442 direct outs.

With this workflow, you get three isolated tracks and mix track.
Don't forget to calibrate 442 and 744.

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