Softube

Notes: Studio-grade control for your mixing process, the Console 1 Channel is arguably the best way to get hands-on with all major DAWs. Includes Softube's new Core Mixing Suite software, billed as 'the perfect channel strip'.

Supplier's Notes:
Mixing. The way it should be.

Console 1 Channel lets you use your hands to mix and your ears to sculpt your sound. Each knob corresponds to a specific parameter and no mapping is necessary. Gain is always gain. Ratio is always ratio. The dual high-resolution smart screens keep you focused on the sound of your mix. Intuitive and efficient, Channel lets you go deeper into your creative process. And enjoy it!

World-class console sound

Console 1 Channel gives you world-renowned console sounds because that's what Softube do: give you exacting models of professional-grade, standard-setting gear - from Solid State Logic and Tube-Tech to Chandler Limited. You can load Summit Audio Grand Channel, Weiss Gambit Series, or extremely punchy Empirical Labs strip. Channel comes with Softube's take on the perfect channel strip: the new Core Mixing Suite software.

World-class console feel

Console 1 Channel will be the sexiest gear your desk has seen in a while. The premium materials, stunning Nordic Night Sky finish, and robust build mean that it outshines all others in its class. But Channel is more than just studio bling. Every rotation of Channel's touch-sensitive Analog Feel™ potentiometers - and an increase of more than ten times the resolution over the previous generation - gives you the sensation of the priciest outboard gear. They feel analogue because they are.

Core Mixing Suite: the perfect channel strip

Console 1 Channel comes with the new Core Mixing Suite software. It gives you the award-winning sounds of Tape, FET Compressor Mk II, and Bus Processor in the versatile preamp, shape, equalization, and compression sections. Also included is an innovative drive section befitting Softube's reputation for saturation. Core Mixing Suite combines Softube's deep DSP knowledge with processors that will take you through your entire process, from the broad strokes to the surgical corrections.

A perfect fit for your DAW

Just plug it in and Console 1 Channel works with all major DAWs. Without mapping. Click below to learn more about Console 1 compatibility with Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, LUNA, Reaper, FL Studio, Nuendo, and Cakewalk.

A perfect fit for your studio

A studio is as individual as the music makers who call it home. Console 1 Channel is built to fit your studio - no matter the setup.

Technical specs & setups

Included Software

Console 1 Core Mixing Suite, including:
Tape/Preamp: tape drive model
Filters: 6, 12, 18, 24, 48 dB included (default is 18 in bass and 12 on top
Shape: Dynamic Shaper, Panner, Dual Dynamics
2 EQs: Modern precise and vintage passive parallel
3 Compressors: FET Mk II, Opto and Bus Compressor

Connectivity: Dual USB-C ports
Daisy Chain Units: Yes
Power: Console 1 bus powered (USB-C), or powered by included power supply
Sections: Tape/Preamp, Filters, Shape (Dual), EQ (Dual), Compressor (Dual), Drive/Character
DAW Control: Volume, Pan, Solo/Mute, 6 Sends, Track Select
High Resolution Screens: 2 high resolution screens showing EQ and compressor curves, VU meter, and track information
LED colour: 51 RGB LEDs for track selection. White LEDs for knob read-out
Knobs: 27 touch sensitive high-resolution Analog Feel potentiometers
Mounting options: 100 mm M4 VESA on the bottom. M4 threads on the sides
Construction: Anodized aluminium top, injection moulded smooth sides and back with integrated connectivity points
Dimensions (W x H x D): 435 mm x 45 mm x 219 mm / 17.1" x 1.77" x 8.66"
Weight: 1,80 kg / 3.96 lbs

Notes: Improving feel and workflow, and making the best of hardware and software available in one place, Console 1 Fader allows you to raise the sound quality bar to new heights. Mixing a masterpiece isn't easy, but with Console 1 Fader there's no limit to what you can do. Now's the time.

Ten touch-sensitive 100 mm Alps motorized faders give premium professional feel and feedback, while the weighty powder-coated steel chassis means durability and substance in a sleek Scandinavian design.

Fader includes two console emulations (Tube and Discrete). Way more than a simple controller, Fader enriches the sound of your tracks in the same ways as a true analog console.

Riding faders is muscle memory for many mix engineers. For those of us who play the desk like an instrument, Console 1 Fader gives quick and intuitive control over volume, saturation, filtering, and much more.

The Console 1 mixing ecosystem is so much more than a simple DAW/plug-in controller. It's an efficient, elegant, and amazing-sounding modern mixing solution, combining hardware and software to give you the best of both worlds: the versatility, affordability, and usability of in-the-box mixing, alongside the workflow, feel, and focus dedicated hardware can bring.

Console 1 Fader can be used alone, or in combination with the original Console 1 channel strip controller for a tight 'complete desk' experience. You can even use multiple Console 1 Fader units to build the ideal workflow for your specific studio.

There are many ways to mix a masterpiece, but riding faders is a matter of muscle memory for a lot of us. And for good reason - reaching out and grabbing five or ten different sounds or groups at once, and quickly adjusting, listening, adjusting, listening, balancing... it's a full-body discipline, and software alone can't come close.

Tapping into the same purpose-designed software environment as the original Console 1 channel strip controller, Fader brings new levels of control over the wider world of your mix. You can ride up to ten channels at once, working volume, high-and-low-cut filter values, drive and drive character (modeled desk saturation), and more. Then page up for ten more channels. And ten more, until you have easy access to your whole mix, even when tracks number into the hundreds.

Expandable with world-class sounds
Because all the audio signal processing happens in our award-winning component-modeled software, you can switch out the 'circuitry' of your console instantaneously for a different desk sound across your whole project, or even channel by channel.

In addition to the two analog console sounds Fader ships with, you can purchase any of our Console 1 channel strips and use those classic desk sounds with Fader.

Selected features

Fader modes
Fader allows you to quickly and intuitively control track volume, drive level, drive character, input gain, low cut, high cut, and up to three send levels, all from the same high quality motorized faders.

Transport controls
The three assignable buttons work by default as basic transport controls for the major DAWs, but each can be assigned to a keycommand of your choice (e.g. CTRL+Z), for whatever use you can imagine.

Encoder
Mounted on a high-grade all-metal potentiometer, Console 1 Fader's single encoder offers control of pan per track, but also unlocks a powerful stereo spatialization tool, to widen or consolidate your individual tracks, situating each sound perfectly in your mix.

Layer mode
With our innovative new 'Layer Mode' you can create layers of tracks, putting many levels of mixing at your fingertips. Low cut all your guitars at once, or saturate your groups early on for a top-down effect in seconds.

In short
A 10-fader approach to Console 1, our hybrid hardware/software mixing ecosystem
High quality hardware, designed and built for both feel and function
Take fast and intuitive control of volume, saturation, filtering, and more
Two awesome-sounding component-modeled console emulations included
Expand your sonic options with Console 1 expansion channel strips (sold separately)
'Layer Mode' allows you to organise and affect your mix in powerful new ways
Spatializer tool offers fast per-channel control of stereo width
Works with all major DAWs straight out of the box - no MIDI-mapping required
Use alone, or in combination with the original Console 1 channel strip controller

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, product in perfect working order***


Improving feel and workflow, and making the best of hardware and software available in one place, Console 1 Fader allows you to raise the sound quality bar to new heights. Mixing a masterpiece isn't easy, but with Console 1 Fader there's no limit to what you can do. Now's the time.

Ten touch-sensitive 100 mm Alps motorized faders give premium professional feel and feedback, while the weighty powder-coated steel chassis means durability and substance in a sleek Scandinavian design.

Fader includes two console emulations (Tube and Discrete). Way more than a simple controller, Fader enriches the sound of your tracks in the same ways as a true analog console.

Riding faders is muscle memory for many mix engineers. For those of us who play the desk like an instrument, Console 1 Fader gives quick and intuitive control over volume, saturation, filtering, and much more.

The Console 1 mixing ecosystem is so much more than a simple DAW/plug-in controller. It's an efficient, elegant, and amazing-sounding modern mixing solution, combining hardware and software to give you the best of both worlds: the versatility, affordability, and usability of in-the-box mixing, alongside the workflow, feel, and focus dedicated hardware can bring.

Console 1 Fader can be used alone, or in combination with the original Console 1 channel strip controller for a tight 'complete desk' experience. You can even use multiple Console 1 Fader units to build the ideal workflow for your specific studio.

There are many ways to mix a masterpiece, but riding faders is a matter of muscle memory for a lot of us. And for good reason - reaching out and grabbing five or ten different sounds or groups at once, and quickly adjusting, listening, adjusting, listening, balancing... it's a full-body discipline, and software alone can't come close.

Tapping into the same purpose-designed software environment as the original Console 1 channel strip controller, Fader brings new levels of control over the wider world of your mix. You can ride up to ten channels at once, working volume, high-and-low-cut filter values, drive and drive character (modeled desk saturation), and more. Then page up for ten more channels. And ten more, until you have easy access to your whole mix, even when tracks number into the hundreds.

Expandable with world-class sounds
Because all the audio signal processing happens in our award-winning component-modeled software, you can switch out the 'circuitry' of your console instantaneously for a different desk sound across your whole project, or even channel by channel.

In addition to the two analog console sounds Fader ships with, you can purchase any of our Console 1 channel strips and use those classic desk sounds with Fader.

Selected features

Fader modes
Fader allows you to quickly and intuitively control track volume, drive level, drive character, input gain, low cut, high cut, and up to three send levels, all from the same high quality motorized faders.

Transport controls
The three assignable buttons work by default as basic transport controls for the major DAWs, but each can be assigned to a keycommand of your choice (e.g. CTRL+Z), for whatever use you can imagine.

Encoder
Mounted on a high-grade all-metal potentiometer, Console 1 Fader's single encoder offers control of pan per track, but also unlocks a powerful stereo spatialization tool, to widen or consolidate your individual tracks, situating each sound perfectly in your mix.

Layer mode
With our innovative new 'Layer Mode' you can create layers of tracks, putting many levels of mixing at your fingertips. Low cut all your guitars at once, or saturate your groups early on for a top-down effect in seconds.

In short
A 10-fader approach to Console 1, our hybrid hardware/software mixing ecosystem
High quality hardware, designed and built for both feel and function
Take fast and intuitive control of volume, saturation, filtering, and more
Two awesome-sounding component-modeled console emulations included
Expand your sonic options with Console 1 expansion channel strips (sold separately)
'Layer Mode' allows you to organise and affect your mix in powerful new ways
Spatializer tool offers fast per-channel control of stereo width
Works with all major DAWs straight out of the box - no MIDI-mapping required
Use alone, or in combination with the original Console 1 channel strip controller

Notes: The latest incarnation of Softube's Console 1 Fader controller expands on the original with features including dual USB-C ports with the option to daisy chain multiple units, parameter mode, expanded DAW compatibility, haptic feedback and high-res screens.

Supplier's Notes:
Console 1 Fader Mk III gives you the control and feel of 100 mm high quality faders, featuring the new Analog Feel fader with capacitive touch to vastly improve your workflow in your DAW and round out the Console 1 Mixing System.

The Fader III is the perfect complement to Console 1 Channel Mk III. Set levels, automation, adjust pan, select tracks and many other functions with the tactile feel of faders - no mouse required! Daisy chain up to four units.

Fader Mk III offers the feeling of a high-quality analogue console, the recall and control of a modern DAW, and modularity that means the versatility you need.

World-class console sound

Authentic, timeless big studio sounds from the company known for exquisitely modeling big studio gear, from Tube-Tech to Weiss. Console 1 Fader Mk III comes with Softube's Core Mixing Suite software. It delivers the award-winning sounds of Softube Tape, FET Compressor Mk II, and Bus Processor in versatile preamp, shape, equalization, and compression sections, and an innovative drive befitting Softube's stellar saturation reputation. It's Softube's take on the perfect channel strip, but users will appreciate the ability to draw on Softube's one-of-a-kind catalogue to design their unique dream console.

Console 1 Fader Mk III key features:

Premium bead-blasted aluminium in a Nordic Night Sky finish.

Ten high-resolution screens that make track navigation a breeze. You'll always know exactly where you're at with screens that show you customizable information like track name, number, level meters, pan, and colour.

Refined Analog Feel faders with capacitive touch make for the smoothest experience possible.

Haptic feedback that feels amazing and communicates critical information in an uber-intuitive way.

Core Mixing Suite featuring:

Softube Tape/Preamp section
Shape: Transient Shaper plus new utility tools
Two equalizers: passive vintage and precise modern
Three compressors based on FET Compressor Mk II, Bus Processor, and OPTO Compressor
Core Modern Preamp and Core Vintage Preamp
Customize your workflow on the fly. Param mode (or parameter mode) gives you fast control over filters, drive, or even compression thresholds.
FabFilter and UADx control for Console 1 Mixing System
Dual USB-C ports with daisy chain compatibility without a hub. Fader offers single connectivity for as many faders as you want.

Technical Specifications

Included Software: Console 1 Core Mixing Suite
Connectivity: Dual USB-C ports
Daisy Chain Units: yes
Power: Incl. 20W USB-C PSU delivers power to multiple units

Operation Modes:
Console 1
Pro Tools HUI
Generic MCU (Volume, Pan, Sends, Solo, Mute)
UAD Apollo Central

DAW Control
Volume
Pan
Solo/Mute
6 Sends
Track Select

DAW Communication
Direct DAW Integration (Logic, Cubase)
Pro Tools HUI (Pro Tools)
Integrated DAW Control (Ableton Live, Reaper, Nuendo, FL Studio, LUNA, Digital Performer, Harrison Mixbus, Bitwig, Cakewalk, Samplitude)

Haptic Feedback
Notch on Zero (volume at unity or pan at center)
Event Mode (fader "vibrates" to indicate clipping)
Discrete Values Mode (fader "snaps" to nearest value when controlling a product with discrete values e.g. an EQ with set frequencies)
Faders: 10 x 100 mm Analog Feel™ Motorized Faders
High Resolution Screens: 10 high resolution screens showing track name, color, number, and VU meter

Unique Features:
Parameter Mode (maps fader to any Console 1 Channel parameter)
Quickly change modes (C1, Pro Tools HUI, MCU, UA Apollo Central)
Select track on solo
Select track on touch
Favourite and Compact mode
Fader Trim
Track Width
Load Strip/Section
Presets (Load/Save)

Buttons

10 buttons with RGB LEDs for track selection
37 buttons with RGB LEDs for Solo, Mute, Sends, and various other functions
Shift button for access to additional parameters

Knobs: 1 touch sensitive high-resolution Analog Feel™ potentiometer for pan and menu control
Mounting options: 100 mm M4 VESA on the bottom. M4 threads on the side
Construction: Anodized aluminum top, injection moulded smooth sides and back with integrated connectivity points

Included Cables
2m USB C to USB C braided
1m USB A to USB C braided
1m USB C to USB C braided

Included Screws:
4 x screws for VESA mounting option
Expandable: Connect up to four Console 1 Fader Mk III units and one Console 1 Channel Mk III units


Dimensions
Dimensions (mm and in):
435 mm / 17.1" length
219 mm / 8.66" width
45 mm / 1.77" height

Product Weight (kg and lbs): 1.8 kg / 3.96 lbs

Notes: Softube's hardware controller gives hands-on control of your mixes. Works with any DAW and pairs seamlessly with Softube and Universal Audio plugins.

Supplier's notes:
Sound. Workflow. Control:
Quickly switch between your tracks and control EQ, compressor, gate and more. Mix with the sound of the included Solid State Logic SL 4000 E. Or customize your channels to fit your needs - there are over 60 Console 1 ready plug-ins available from Softube and Universal Audio.

Modern Workflow:
The Console 1 hardware gives you hands-on control of EQ, compressor, gate, volume and pan on all your tracks. No MIDI mapping is needed - the hardware is tightly integrated with the Console 1 software, straight out of the box.

Timeless Sound:
Pamper your tracks with the sound of the legendary Solid State Logic SL 4000 E console - probably the most used high end console in the history of music recording. Softube's emulation was developed in close collaboration with SSL, and it's included with the purchase of Console 1.

Expand Your Options:
Customize your channels with any of the over 60 available Console 1 ready plug-ins from Softube and Universal Audio. Mix and match units from Chandler Limited, Fairchild, Teletronix, Tube-Tech, Abbey Road Studios and many others. Pre-mapped and ready to go.

A Lifetime of Mixing:
Console 1 is a premium Swedish design, built to last for many years of mixing. Its steel chassis makes it solid as a rock, and the knobs and buttons have the responsiveness and feel you'd expect from a high end analog console.

Add More Consoles:
In addition to single Console 1 ready plug-ins, there are entire Console 1 channel strips available, with EQ, compressor, gate and modelled saturation from the original analog hardware. Currently, the options are Solid State Logic XL 9000 K-Series for Console 1, British Class A For Console 1 and Summit Audio Grand Channel for Console 1, with more to come.

Control Your DAW:
Console 1 works with any major DAW on the market. But certain DAWs - currently Presonus Studio One and Cakewalk SONAR - feature additional integration, meaning you can use the Console 1 hardware to control vital DAW functions such as track selection, volume, send levels, pan and solo/mute. We aim to have this functionality added for all DAWs.

And the Winner Is:
The first-generation Console 1 was an immediate success and did not only receive prestigious awards and praise from the pro audio press - but more importantly, the end users loved it. Even seasoned engineers such as Michael Brauer, Jason Goldstein, Dave Isaac and Gareth Jones took the system to their hearts.

Upgraded Hardware:
Three years after the original Console 1 release, it is time to introduce the Mk II version. It has the same build quality as the original units, with some minor layout changes such as more visible LED markers. More importantly, efficient manufacturing processes have made the system much more affordable.