I was initially thinking that too, but I think the reason they did it the way they did is sort of for “old school” reasons. On analog boards, very often there is a HPF button right by the gain knob. So I guess they thought people would expect to find it there and not by the EQ section of the board…even though an HPF is really more of an EQ thing than a gain thing. I guess it makes more sense too in that that HPF takes affect earlier in the stage of the channel strip than in the EQ section. In other words, if you were to tap off post gain but pre EQ, that LPF would be in affect. Not sure if they implemented it that way in CQ digital world or not…but probably.
But there is no reason a software button couldn’t be in both places for sure. That is a fairly simple software implementation. I would back that request up for sure!
