New Fanciful Features
By HC News |
Softube announces availability of free fanciful feature update for next-generation mixer
LINKÖPING, SWEDEN: Swedish high-end software developer Softube is proud to announce summer 2015 availability of another free update for Console 1 — adding several new fanciful features to its next-generation software/hardware hybrid mixer — following a successful showcase at Musikmesse 2015, April 15-18 in Frankfurt, Germany...
As a unique centerpiece for the DAW-based studio setup, Softube’s award-winning Windows- and Mac-compatible Console 1 next-generation software/hardware hybrid mixer succeeded in taking the production world by storm. Since its February 2014 release, the hardware part of the system has let users speedily switch between tracks and use physical knobs and buttons to control SHAPE, EQUALIZER, and COMPRESSOR parameters, plus much more besides, while the accompanying namesake software comes complete with Softube’s superlative model — including harmonics, distortion, and non-linearities — of the still-sought-after Solid State Logic SL 4000 E, one of the most legendary and widely-used analog consoles in the world. What’s not to like here? However, Softube surely cannot be accused of resting on its laurels, delivering dynamic advances and additions at each and every Console 1 upgrade stage. For example, a far-reaching feature update in November 2014 coincided with an all-new (AAX-, AudioUnits-, VST-, and VST3-compatible) Solid State Logic XL 9000 K-Series for Console 1 channel strip, available as an optional purchase, and also including an amazing- sounding model of Solid State Logic’s lauded VHD (Variable Harmonic Drive) circuit — perfect for those seeking solid, deep low end and extended highs for achieving that hyper-modern, massive, and spacious sound, thanks to its famed extreme bandwidth, minimal phase shift, and super-low distortion attributes also modeled to perfection by Softube. Moreover, more Console 1 channel strips will be released in future.
Elsewhere, two new view options additionally added as part of this latest Console 1 update should also appeal. These allow users to set the On-Screen Display — Console 1’s mixer window — in a minimal mode (whereby only the meter bridge with the track names is shown) and a super-minimal mode (which also only shows the meter bridge, albeit slimmer still). See only what you want to see to help hear what you want to hear when working with Console 1, in other words.
With all this talk of outstanding visual feedback from an onscreen perspective, please remember that it is still possible to turn off the On-Screen Display and use your ears for an even more authentic analog-like mixing experience — especially since an abundance of visual feedback from the Console 1 hardware itself is always available, like LED rings showing the knobs’ positions, plus meters displaying input and output levels (as well as gate and compressor gain reduction). Same as it ever was. But better.
Better download the next version of Softube’s plug-in installer in summer 2015, then, to access those new and improved features for Console 1 — neither a DAW nor a plug-in controller, but rather a separate hybrid hardware/software mixer that works in tandem with whichever DAW its user chooses to work with while offering a new and much-improved approach to mixing in a computer. Come join the next-generation of mix engineers and producers using the next-generation mixer!
Download the latest version of Softube’s plug-in installer (including the latest Console 1 features) in summer 2015 for free from here: http://www.softube.com/download.php
Console 1 is available to purchase for $1,149.00 USD (excluding VAT) through Softube’s global network of authorized dealers and distributors (http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=dealer).
The SSL XL 9000 K-Series for Console 1 channel strip is available to purchase for $329.00 USD (excluding VAT) through Softube’s global network of authorized dealers and distributors (http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=dealer) or online directly from Softube from here: http://www.softube.com/buy.php
For more in-depth information about Console 1, including informative videos for further insight into its background and workflow, please visit Softube’s dedicated webpage here: http://www.softube.com/console1.php
About Softube (www.softube.com)
Aptly dubbed “...the Swedish rock ’n’ roll scientists...” by Sound On Sound magazine, Softube has developed high-end software for the music market since 2003. Its own product roster ranges from modeled guitar amplifiers to professional audio mixing plug-ins, and, most recently, a major musical move into software instruments with Heartbeat, an advanced drum synth with comfortably familiar, yet special sound characteristics.The company has received several awards and award nominations in recognition of its innovative products. Productive partnerships have been formed with an assortment of pro audio companies held in high regard around the globe — including Abbey Road Studios, Mutronics, Solid State Logic, Summit Audio, Tonelux Designs, Tube-Tech, and Trident Audio Developments — to fashion faithful models of their analog hardware units.These third-party companies have happily lent their names and logotypes to the resulting plug-ins. Above and beyond its impressive namesake product lineup, Softube has also developed software products for other notable companies, such as Ableton, Fender, Cakewalk, Marshall Amplification, Native Instruments, Propellerheads,TC Electronic, and Universal Audio. Not one for standing still, 2014 saw Softube successfully sidestepping into the hardware business with the release of Console 1, its super-successful next-generation software/hardware hybrid mixer.
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