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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Contents 1 Introduction and overview 5 The SSL SL 4000 E Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Console 1 Compared to Traditional Mixers. . . . . . . . . 6 2 Getting started 9 Setting Up Your First Console 1 Session . . . . . . . . . . 9 Input Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Shape Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Equalizer Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 6 7 Useful Functions 37 Select All Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy Track Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Load Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Save Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organizing your presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Default Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1 Introduction and overview Softube Console 1 is a new type of audio mixer. It is used together with your favorite digital audio workstation (DAW), and just like a traditional mixing console, you can route any or all DAW tracks to Console 1 and mix them from within that system. This gives you access to Console 1’s world class sounding effects sections and lets you control everything from the hardware unit, using physical knobs and buttons.
| INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Logic’s 4000 series have been used on more platinum selling records than all other console models combined! This is for good reason. The SL 4000 E has a signature sound that is transparent enough to work for all music styles, but still adds its touch of luxury. Things simply sound like a record when they’ve been run through the SL 4000 E.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE powered. The Console 1 software is also very CPU efficient, but please refer to “General System Requirements (Mac and Windows)” on page 79 to see if your computer is powerful enough to use with Console 1. And obviously, most mixers are contained in one single hardware unit. The Console 1 system consists of three different components that work in tight integration: the hardware, the On-Screen Display and the DAW plug-in.
| Nobilis Audio, Germany 2 Getting started In order to install the required software and activate your license, first make sure your computer has internet access. Use any browser to visit the page www.softube.com/console1-install Here, you will be guided through all the necessary steps. You will be asked to enter the unique license code included in the Console 1 shipping box.
| GETTING STARTED routed into the Console 1 system and back to the same DAW channel. See next section for setting the correct track name and number. Track Name and Number Many DAW hosts support automatic transfer of track name and number from the DAW host tracks to the corresponding Console 1 tracks. This means that any name you have given a track in the DAW host automatically appears on the corresponding track in the Console 1 mixer.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Follow these steps to set the track name: 1. Open the Console 1 On-Screen Display. 2. Open Settings by pressing Shift and track selector 20 (Settings). Scroll down to “Rename Tracks” and click Solo/OK. 3. Select the first track with the track selector buttons, and enter the name in the dialog window. Hit OK. 4. Select the next track, and do the same thing. | Follow these steps to place a Console 1 track on a specific track number: 1. Open the Console 1 On-Screen Display. 2.
| GETTING STARTED Integrated DAW Control Solo Safe on Aux Channels and Buses In Presonus Studio One and Cakewalk SONAR, vital DAW functions can be controlled right from the Console 1 hardware—allowing an even smoother workflow. As mentioned above, we recommend that you insert the Console 1 plug-in on all your DAW channels, including single tracks, aux channels and buses.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Track Number This is automatically set to correspond to the DAW track, in DAWs that support this function. If your DAW does not support automatic transfer of the track number, click the number set this manually. You can also press Shift + 20 (Settings) to rename or re-number tracks from the On-Screen Display. That is the preferred method, and is a lot easier to use. Solo Safe Clicking this excludes the track/channel from Solo.
| GETTING STARTED Display Mode Display On Load Compressor Load EQ Load Shape Load Strip History Page Up Page Down Track Selector Buttons Settings Copy External Sidechain Group Order Display On Toggles Console 1’s On-Screen Display on and off. Hold Shift and push Display On to set the On-Screen Display to automatic mode. In this case, the display pops up every time you change a setting, and automatically goes away a few seconds after your latest adjustment.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | Load Strip Selector button for track 1 (or 21, 41, 61 etc, depending on what page you are on). Hold the Shift/Fine Adjust button to select a new channel strip to load into the selected track (if you have more than one Console 1 compatible channel strip). Load Shape Selector button for track 2 (or 22, 42, 62 etc, depending on what page you are on).
| GETTING STARTED Input Section Phase Invert/Bypass Inverts the phase (polarity) of the selected channel. Press this while holding Shift to bypass the entire plug-in. Input Gain Adjusts the gain of the incom- ing signal of the selected track. Input Gain meter Displays the signal level after the Input Gain. Preset/Save preset Calls up the Presets menu. Press this while holding Shift to save the current settings as a preset. High Cut Sets the cutoff frequency of the High Cut filter.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Shape Section Shape activation Activates or bypasses the Shape section. Shape section meter Displays the level changes caused by the Shape section. Gate Sets the threshold level of the gate. Gate Release Sets the release time of the gate. Hard Gate Toggles between Hard Gate and Soft Gate settings. Sustain Turned clockwise from its center position, lengthens the sustain of the signal. Turned counterclockwise from its center position, shortens the sustain of the signal.
| GETTING STARTED Equalizer Section EQ activation Activates or bypasses the equalizer section. EQ activation Low Band Cut/Bell/Shelf Sets the operating mode of the equalizer’s low band. Frequency Sets the operating frequency of the equalizer’s low band. Low Gain Turned clockwise from its center position, boosts the gain of the equalizer’s low band. Turned counterclockwise from its center position, cuts the gain of the equalizer’s low band.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | the gain of the equalizer’s low mid band. High Mid Band Q Sets the width of the equalizer’s high mid band. Frequency Sets the operating frequency of the equalizer’s high mid band. Q (Width) Cut/Bell/Shelf High Mid Gain Turned clockwise from its center position, boosts the gain of the equalizer’s high mid band. Turned counterclockwise from its center position, cuts the gain of the equalizer’s high mid band.
| GETTING STARTED Compressor Section Compressor activation Activates or bypasses the compressor section. Gain Reduction meter Displays the gain reduction caused by the compressor. Compressor activation Gain Reduction meter Ratio Sets the compressor’s ratio. Attack Sets the compressor’s attack time. Parallel Dry/Wet Sets the relative level of the compressed and uncompressed signal. Release Sets the compressor’s release time. Threshold Sets the compressor’s threshold.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE mono tracks. Press and hold Shift to adjust Send 2 level in DAW’s with Integrated DAW Control. Solo/OK Sets the selected tracks in Solo mode (all other channels are silenced, with the exception of tracks that have been set to Solo Safe in the Output level meter | Console 1 plug-in). In menus and dialog windows, the Solo button works as an ”OK” button and confirms your choice in a currently opened menu.
show a calculated value for the post-fader volume. Press and hold Shift to see Console 1’s internal output level.
| 23 Hammersnail Sonic Research, London, UK 3 Working with Console 1 Console 1 has been designed to not only give you world class sound, but also extreme ease of use. Once you have everything set up, the basic workflow of Console 1 is as follows • Select a track by pressing the corresponding Track Selector button. • Use the knobs to adjust the settings. • Select another track. • Adjust the settings. • Repeat until your mix is great.
| WORKING WITH CONSOLE 1 Track Selection The DAW tracks where you have initiated the Console 1 plug-in will be routed to the corresponding Console 1 track, as set in the Console 1 plug-in (See “Track Name and Number” on page 10). Pressing a Track Selector button on the hardware selects the corresponding track, and all knobs and buttons now control that track.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE 1. Frequency Analyzer (default) the On-Screen Display turned off. You still select a channel and adjust the settings the same way. On the hardware, the LED rings around each knob show the current setting, so in a way, working like this resembles working on a classic analog console. 2. No Frequency Analyzer 3. Knobs View (no graphs) 4. Large Meter Bridge 5.
-15 26 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE 1 -60 HIGH TYPE ATTACK CUT Track Meters track meters HIGHThe FREQUENCY 0.02 ms RATIO DYN. SHAPE → EQUALIZER → COMPRESSOR The Input Section DRIVE 4.0 show the metering (output volRELEASE ume) for all tracks on the current page, as well as 16.0 kHz 358 ms the combined gain reduction from both the Shape PARALLEL and Compressor sections. It also show if a track 12indirectly % has been soloed, muted, or muted by anHIGH GAIN THRESHOLD other soloed track.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Input +6 -20 0 -6 -12 -24 -60 HIGH CUT OFF LOW CUT 135 Hz FILTERS TO COMPRESSOR PHASE INVERT INPUT GAIN 14.0 dB 1 is useful for removing unwanted hiss from signals that do not have very much Dynamic Shape high frequency content 0 6 20 dB -6 20 50 anyways. It is of course entirely possible to use the High and Low Cut filters in a more creative manner—to not just clean up unwanted rumble and hiss, but to actually affect the sound source to better fit in the mix.
| WORKING WITH CONSOLE 1 Shape Vocals (16) Input The Shape section is a unique combination of two different types of effect, an expander/gate and Softube’s own Transient Shaper. Toggle on and off the section with the button in the top left corner of the section. Turning the section on will light up the LED next to the Shape button and light up the Shape section in the On-Screen Display.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Hard Gate The Hard Gate button toggles between two different gate behaviors. With Hard Gate engaged, the gate strictly shuts off any sound below the threshold level. With it disengaged, the gate will act as an expander. This is essentially a gate that does not completely turn off the sound below the threshold, but instead turns it down somewhat in level. This may yield a more natural sound in some cases, compared to a hard gate.
| WORKING WITH CONSOLE 1 Vocals (16) Equalizer Input S o l i d S t a Dynamic Shape Equalizer -20 -6 +6 An equalizer alters the frequency content of0 the 6 20 dB sound, giving you detailed control of the sound’s 0 tone. The Console 1 equalizer has four parametric bands. Toggle on or off the entire section with the -6 button in the top left corner of the section. The -12 LED next to the button will light up when the section is active, and the entire section will light up in the On-Screen Display.
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| WORKING WITH CONSOLE 1 Compressor A compressor is essentially a device that acts like an automatic volume control. When the level of the incoming signal rises above a certain level—the compressor’s threshold level—the compressor will start decreasing the output level. So the difference between the loudest and the softest parts of the sound will be made smaller—the sound will be compressed. Toggle on or off Console 1‘s compressor section with the button in the top left corner of the section.
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| WORKING WITH CONSOLE 1 The Output section t corresponds to running your channel with a lot S o l i d S t a t e L o g i c S L 4 0 0 0 E of Equalizer Output headroom and no meters Compressor reaching the red.
another Console 1 channel strip you have purchased separately. When turned clockwise, the harmonics in the high midrange are emphasized, which can often be useful to bring a sound forward in the mix. When turned counterclockwise, the midrange instead cleans up, leaving you with a sound that is saturated, thickened and softened, but not obviously distorted. This is often useful to add a bit of sonic “glue” to complex sources, such as a bus with a whole instrument section or across the master bus.
are summed in your DAW), and then soloed one of the single tracks, this would silence all other Console 1 tracks, including the master bus. Since all tracks pass through the master bus, and this gets silenced when you set a channel to Solo, there would be no sound at all. But setting the master bus in Solo Safe mode means it will be excluded from the tracks that are being silenced. If you do this and solo a single track, the master bus will keep open and you will hear the soloed track play.
| 4 37 Pro-Suite-Audio, Fellbach, Germany Useful Functions We have now gone through the essential functions of Console 1. But there are even more useful functions to make your every day music mixing life even easier. Select All Tracks By pressing Shift and holding Copy, you select all tracks at once. Any adjustment you perform while holding this affects all tracks simultaneously.
| USEFUL FUNCTIONS grouping. Release the buttons, and perform the adjustments you would like. Press Group again, or select another track, to dissolve the group. Please note that selecting all or creating a group works similarly to a VCA group on a traditional mixer. This means that a Console 1 track group is not a bus to which all the tracks are routed and summed together into a single stereo channel. It is merely a function to simultaneously adjust parameters of several individual tracks at once.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Copy Track Settings You can duplicate track settings and copy them from one track to another—or several others. You can copy the entire channel strip setting, or just the Shape, EQ or Compressor settings. 1. Select the track you would like to copy from using the corresponding Track Selector button. 2. Press and hold both All and Group buttons.
Load Presets You can call up factory presets, as well as save your own ones. A preset can contain the entire channel strip, or one or several sections, so that you for instance can create an equalizer + compressor preset. Access presets with the Preset button, or save your current settings by pressing Shift + Preset. 1. Press the Preset/Save Preset button to call up a list of entire channel strip presets.
RY SHAPE RY EQUALIZER RY COMPRESSOR PRESETS th OUTPUT VOLUME, confirm with OK (Solo), ith CANCEL (Mute) FET COMPRESSOR SSL SL 4000 E-SERIES COMPRESSOR SSL XL 9000 K-SERIES PEAK COMPRESSOR SSL XL 9000 K-SERIES RMS COMPRESSOR SUMMIT AUDIO TLA-100A Great drum bus compression Bus Slam (4k) Default Good for bass Scroll with OUTPUT VOLUME, confirm with OK (Solo), cancel with CANCEL (Mute) Scroll with OUTPUT VOLUME, confirm with OK (Solo), cancel with CANCEL (Mute) T PRESET (Factory Channel Strip) SELECT PRE
| USEFUL FUNCTIONS Save Preset Organizing your presets Presets are by default saved into folders corresponding to the type of preset you want to save. For example, if you want to save the current settings on the SL 4000 E compressor as a preset, this will be by default be placed in the folder Compressor/ SSL SL 4000 E-Series Compressor/. But you can organize presets in any way that suits you—see the next section for more.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Default Presets Default presets are preset settings that are automatically loaded when you load an entire Strip or a plug-in into the Shape, EQ or Compressor sections of Console 1. The user can create default presets, which then override the factory default presets. 1. Hold Shift and press Preset/Save Preset. 2. If you want to create a default preset for the entire channel strip, press Solo/OK.
History Settings Most of today’s DAWs have an unlimited undo function, so whatever mistakes you may have made can be undone. But this does most often not apply to plug-in settings. If you have gotten lost while adjusting a plug-in setting, you can usually not go back to a previous setting, unless you revert to a previously saved version of your project. To access the Settings menu, hold Shift and press the track selector for track 20, with the orange text Settings.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Renaming/Rearranging Tracks As mentioned in “Setting Up Your First Console 1 Session” on page 9, some DAW hosts do not support automatic transfer of track name and number. Some hosts, such as Pro Tools and Logic Pro, only support automatic transfer of track name but not track number. In these cases, the user can manually set the correct name to the Console 1 tracks, and place them on the preferred track position.
| USEFUL FUNCTIONS existing session and quickly want to name all tracks. Just hit play, start with track 1 and listen what’s on it, and proceed through all tracks the same way. Easy peasy! Set Auto Display Delay This option sets the time it takes for the On-Screen Display to turn off if you are in “Auto” mode (Auto button lit). Default is 4 seconds. see transients, like snare hits, but harder to see the general frequency response.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE just like any plug-in in your DAW, or by using the Console 1 hardware to write the automation in real time. Please refer to your DAW’s manual for further information on how this is done. Automation in Pro Tools Since the Console 1 controls aren’t touch sensitive, automation is preferably made in Latch or Write instead of Touch mode.
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| 5 49 Gareth Jones’s Studio, UK Customizing the Channel Strip Even though the basic functions of Console 1 as well as the included model of a Solid State Logic SL4000E should be more than adequate for any mixing tasks, there are ways of customizing the channel further. We go through these here. Loading Other Channel Strips and Effects The included Solid State Logic SL4000E is an excellent channel strip, but sometimes one might like to have the option of other sound characters.
| CUSTOMIZING THE CHANNEL STRIP Load Plug-Ins Load different strips and plug-ins by pressing Shift and select either Strip, Shape, EQ or Comp. Strip, Shape, EQ and Comp. Loading Console 1 compatible channel strips and effects is done by holding Shift and pushing one of the first four channel selector buttons, with the orange labels Holding Shift and selecting Strip (track selector button 1) lets you load any Console 1 channel strip into the selected track, replacing the Solid State Logic SL4000E.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Signals It is a common trick to feed an external signal into the sidechain of a compressor or a gate. Doing so means that the compressor or gate will no longer act in response to the sound signal it affects, but to the external signal which is being fed into the sidechain. | pad synth is). Open the Console 1 plug-in window, and set it up to have its sidechain fed with the signal you would like to affect it (in our example, that would be the kick drum).
| CUSTOMIZING THE CHANNEL STRIP View Options Knobs View If you would like, you also have a few options when it comes to the appearance of the On-Screen Display. Press Display Mode to toggle through the different views available. Instead of showing equalizer and dynamics graphs, this mode shows a visual representation of the knobs of the hardware. Frequency Analyzer (default) The default mode shows the frequency analyzer.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Console 1 Ready Plug-ins Almost all of Softube’s dynamics and equalizer plug-ins are already ready for your Console 1, so if you own a Softube compressor, EQ or gate you can use it directly from Console 1. In general, we want the mapping to the Console 1 hardware to be as intuitive as possible, which means that some features available from the plug-in’s graphical interface won’t be available from Console 1.
| CUSTOMIZING THE CHANNEL STRIP • Pultec MEQ-5 • Tonelux Tilt and Tilt Live • Trident A-Range • Tube-Tech ME 1B • Tube-Tech PE 1C • UA 610-B Compressor Section • Fairchild 660 • Fairchild 670 and Legacy • UA LA3A • Precision Buss Compressor • Precision Limiter • Precision Maximizer • SSL G Bus Compressor • Summit Audio TLA-100A • Teletronix LA-2A Gray, Legacy and Silver • Tube-Tech CL 1B • UA 1176: AE, LN Legacy, LN Rev.
| 6 DAW Integration Console 1 is on its own a very powerful mixing tool, but it becomes even more versatile with the integration that many DAWs supply. In general, integration is only available for VST3, AU and AAX, and not in VST 2 format. For DAW integration to work properly, you should always use the latest version of your DAW and Console 1. Track Number With automatic track numbering, the track number in Console 1 will always be in sync with the track number in your DAWs mixer.
| DAW INTEGRATION Track Name Meter Levels With automatic track names, the name you set on your track in your DAW gets automatically transferred to Console 1. This feature is available in all hosts that supports Track Number, with the addition of Pro Tools, that only supports Track Name. When DAW Control is activated, the output meters will display the levels after the DAW’s fader and pan has been applied.
ing Shift and adjusting the Drive, Drive Character and Pan/Balance knobs. When you click Shift you will see on the OnScreen Display that the knobs change function. DAW Track Selection DAW Track Selection lets you select a track in Console 1 by selecting it in your DAW, or vice versa. Please note that whenever the DAW Control is enabled, Console 1’s internal Solo, Mute and Solo Safe functionality gets disabled.
| 7 Apollo Central With Apollo Central you can control your UAD channels and plugins in the Apollo Console from the Console 1 hardware. Switch your Console 1 to Apollo Central mode and you will be able to load plug-ins and presets directly in your Apollo Control and you can control the plug-ins, channels, sends, monitoring.
| APOLLO CENTRAL • Channel settings, such as Volume, Pan, Solo, Mute, Sends • Preamp settings, such as Low Cut, Input Gain and also control of Unison plug-ins • Plug-in inserts. All UAD plug-ins come premapped to the Console 1 hardware.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | Console 1 On-Screen Display in "Apollo Central" mode with a lot of plug-ins on the "Analog 1" channel. Almost All Features at a Glance • Open the On-Screen Display with Display On. • Switch over to Apollo Central mode with Shift + Mode (Shift + Display Auto on first generation Console 1 hardware). Insert a Plug-In • Select the first track with Select Track: 1. • Press Shift + Select Track: 2 to insert a plug-in in the first plug-in slot.
| APOLLO CENTRAL • While controlling a plug-in, press and hold Shift to get quick access to some of the channel's parameters (such as Solo, Mute, Pan and Volume). The Console 1 Hardware Open the On-Screen Display by pressing the Display On button at the top left of the Console 1 hardware, and it's basically "what you see is what you get". The biggest differences to the "normal" Console 1 workflow is • • You can access extra functions by holding the Shift key on the hardware.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 63 Header: Shows inserted plug-ins on current track "Channel View" Channel/Preamp/ Unison settings Insert 1 Insert 2 Insert 3 Insert 4 The knobs show the current map layout Meter Bridge: Shows output meter, solo, mute. Top row ("U 1 2 3 4") shows inserted plug-ins.
| APOLLO CENTRAL Header The header shows which plug-ins have been inserted and if they're active. If no plug-ins are inserted, only the first slot is active and says "Channel". Fender 55 Tweed The Unison slot has the Fender plug-in inserted Precision Channel Strip The first slot has a plug-in inserted RealVerb-Pro Precision Delay This plug-in is currently selected. This is the insert you're currently controlling.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Basic Mixing ("Channel View") When you're in the "Channel" view (the first yellow slot at the top of the Console 1 On-Screen Display), you can access the basic channel settings. By selecting a track from the either the Console 1 hardware or the UAD Apollo application, its basic functions (Volume, Pan, Solo, Mute) become directly available from the Console 1 hardware. Sends Access the channel's sends by pressing "Shift" on the Console 1 hardware.
| APOLLO CENTRAL 1. Channel view (basic mix functions) 2. UA 1176 3. Precision Equalizer 4. ...back to Channel view. The On-Screen Display remembers the last selected position so that it is easy to jump between different plug-ins on different tracks.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE 4. Confirm your choice with "Solo/OK" or cancel with "Mute/Cancel" Loading Presets To load a plug-ins preset, first select that plug-in from the hardware. 1. Press Preset 2. Select the preset with Volume/Select, confirm with Solo/OK or cancel with Mute/Cancel. To load a channel preset, select the channel instead of a plug-in before pressing Preset. Note: it's not possible to select a channel preset if a Unison plug-in is inserted on the current track.
| 8 Solid State Logic XL 9000 K In order to expand the sonic options of Console 1, Softube offers other console emulations to be purchased separately, in addition to the included SL 4000 E model. The first such additional console model is Solid State Logic XL 9000 K. This can be purchased in Softube’s web store (www.softube.com/buy) or at any authorized Softube dealer.
| SOLID STATE LOGIC XL 9000 K VHD model included XL 9000 K is a very clean console. In order to still have the option of using distortion creatively, we added a model of Solid State Logic’s VHD (Variable Harmonic Distortion) circuit, which is part of the Duality series consoles and Alpha channel preamps.
XL 9000 K compressor section. Background When the first 9000 series console came out in in the mid-1990s, it represented a breakthrough in analog circuitry design. The sound path is entirely capacitor-free, in order to keep a perfect signal XL 9000 K equalizer section. integrity and low distortion. The XL 9000 K was the last and most developed version of the 9000 series, released in 2002.
| 9 British Class A In order to expand the sonic options of Console 1, Softube offers other console emulations to be purchased separately, in addition to the included SL 4000 E model. The British Class A, as well as Solid State Logic XL 9000 K can be purchased in Softube’s web store (www.softube.com/buy) or at any authorized Softube dealer. Introduction Add body and character to your tracks with a Console 1 strip inspired by classic British units from the 60s and early 70s.
| BRITISH CLASS A of the pro audio world in a single channel, with a completely different character than the two SSL channels available. Read on for a walkthrough of the channel’s sections. Drive In the early 70s, it quickly became apparent to recording engineers that pushing the transformer coupled input stage of these consoles harder than it was really designed for added a rich sound to the recordings which made them large and alive sounding.
Limiter The original compressor also incorporated a limiter section which we have modeled separately and added as a single plug-in for maximum usability. The British Class A Limiter is great for subtle level control—or for beating your sounds into submission. By default, the British Class A Compressor is loaded into the channel, so you load the limiter by holding Shift + Track Selector 4 (Load Comp). Use the Volume/Select knob to scroll to British Class A Limiter, and press Solo/OK to confirm.
| 10 Summit Audio Grand Channel In order to expand the sonic options of Console 1, Softube offers other console emulations to be purchased separately, in addition to the included SL 4000 E model. The Summit Audio Grand Channel can be purchased in Softube’s web store (www. softube.com/buy) or at any authorized Softube dealer. The Summit Audio Grand Channel works both as a regular plug-in and as a dedicated Console 1 channel strip.
| SUMMIT AUDIO GRAND CHANNEL ing channel strip plug-in which would combine the TLA and the EQ beast known as the EQF-100. But the EQF-100 proved to be a more difficult creature than we had first imagined. After having modeled plenty of equalizers we felt confident that absolutely nothing could surprise us and that we would keep all deadlines. We couldn’t have been more wrong. The passive design of the EQF-100 was intricate, well-designed and just as beautiful as we thought it would be.
| Format:C Studio, Erfurt, Germany 11 Specifications, Requirements and Troubleshooting General System Requirements (Mac and Windows) • Screen resolution 1280x800 or larger • 1 GB RAM or more, and at least 900 MB hard disk space • Any VST, VST3, AU, or AAX (Pro Tools 10.3.7, 11.2.1 or higher) compatible host application • 1 powered USB 2.
| SPECIFICATIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING Track Names, Numbers and Integrated DAW Control The advanced integration features, such as Integrated DAW Control and track name/number support depends on the DAW and version. Please check https://softube.com/?id=console1_sysreq for an up-to-date list! Currently, these DAWs support syncronized track selection, solo/mute, DAW send, pan and volume: • Presonus Studio One 3.3 • Sonar (latest version) • Presonus Studio One 2.6 • Sonar • Cubase 8.0.
CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE Troubleshooting Hardware Does Not Turn On If you’re using a passive, non-powered, USB hub, the Console 1 may fail to power on because it is not getting enough power. Please connect the Console 1 to a powerered USB hub, or directly to your computer. | ports to communicate between plug-ins and the Console 1 application, which will trigger a firewall alert the first time the application is started. You need to click “Allow”, otherwise nothing will work.
| SPECIFICATIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING Hardware Specifications Connectors: USB connector (Type B) Power Supply: USB bus powered Power: 500 mA or less Dimensions: 428 x 42 x 189 mm (W x H x D) Weight: 1.
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