Softube Debuts Console 1 – Integrated Hardware/Software Music Mixing Solution

(Article Update, February 15, 2014 — Softube announced that the Console 1 is  now officially available, for a list price of $1,099 and a “probable” street price of $999.

In addition, SSL is officially endorsing the channel strip model included in the purchase, which will be called Solid State Logic SL4000E.)

For mixers, producers, and engineers, getting hands-on with in-the-box software is the ideal convergence.

The Swedish innovators Softube are taking their own bold step towards enabling that with the introduction of Console 1, an integrated hardware/software music mixing solution due to hit the market in 2013, for an as-yet undisclosed price.

Tactile DAW control, with some added bonuses, awaits with the upcoming Softube Console 1.

For those in search of a compact path to adding a revered console model to their signal path, along with some of Softube’s best software, the Console 1 should prove to be an attractive option.

Here are the full details, as provided by Softube:

Softube Console 1 allows the user perform an entire mix with a world-class modeled mixer channel, controlled by physical knobs and buttons on a rugged piece of hardware. The system can be used in conjunction with any major DAW host and the software can be inserted on any or all channels of the mix.

Included in the purchase of a Softube Console 1 system is the Console 1 hardware and software, including the new UK 4k for Console 1. UK 4k is a model of a well-known large-frame British mixing console, along with a few additions. The channel consists of several sections, including the original’s equalizer and compressor, modeled mixing console saturation and Softube’s unique Dynamic Shape—a combined expander/gate and transient shaper.

For further sonic variation, the mixer channel of the Console 1 software can be customized by using any Softube equalizer or compressor in the software’s mix chain, and new mixer channel models for Console 1 will be released in the future.

The USB-powered hardware is a heavy and rugged piece that puts the user in perfect control of the mix and any aspect of the Console 1 system.

The hardware does not only control the effect’s settings, but also allows the user to switch channels, toggle the On-Screen Display on/off, load other plug-ins into the mixer chain, group channels and much more. The LED meters and circles around each knob provide instant visual feedback, so it’s possible to perform a full mix without even looking on the computer screen, for an analog-like workflow and mix experience.

A look at how Console 1 appears onscreen, with the host DAW in the background.

– Integrated hardware/software music mixing solution
– World class analog channel simulation
– Hands-on control and intuitive workflow
– Four-band equalizer, compressor, emulated analog console saturation and unique
Dynamic Shaper section
– Use with any DAW
– Built-in sidechain and parallel compression with any Softube compressor
– Customize the channel by adding any Softube plug-in

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