Confirmed, the CH fader does work on group channels in 7.0x. Thanks to you both for helping me get a handle on this.
Having to bank switch to access to four faders at a time isn’t really that much faster than just leaning on the channel button to scroll the active channel, so as long as the CH can handle both channels and groups, I’m good to go.
Honestly, I’m still getting used to the CMC style fader. I don’t know if it’s my guitar calloused fingers or just the nature of the beast, but I often have to touch more than once to snag the fader. Once I get hold of it, it’s a bit more manageable than fading via mouse, but I still miss physical faders. However, I really love everything else about the CMC, the small form factor being a significant part of it. Now if someone would just make CMC sized physical faders…