With PT, I think it's essential that UC1 is combined with a DAW controller of some kind, otherwise you have to have a mouse in one hand and your eyes on the screen most of the time for transport, pan, sends and so on. The only times you need the PT screens are to insert plugins, change routings, things like that.īut the main thing, overshadowing everything else is that it lets me focus on what I'm hearing in a totally different way than when I'm using half my brain looking at tons of on-screen info. On the Command 8 I have the transport, faders, mute, solo, pans and sends to navigate the big picture, and control other plugins. And of course control my bus compressors, it just works. Clear all solo's with a click of a button. I can go thru tracks eq'ing and compressing, solo'ing, latch solo'ing more tracks, all on the UC1. I think I'm pushing limits more also, because I'm not looking at curves and values so much, and the plugins can take it, extreme settings, no problem. I really feel it gives me speed, and a flow that lets me mix better! I can hear the results. And one must remember to solo-safe bus compressors on submixes. Or any other DAW for that matter, as this thing can switch instantly between DAWs. 360 is like a 'shell' between PT and UC1 which administers activity between UC1 and every instance of the plugins you have in PT. If not the solo function on the UC1 will not function correctly as it works on the 360 app and not the solo in PT. F.ex you need to have the channelstrip plugin instantiated on all active tracks and they have to be active, not bypassed. This is the one thing that require some work for things work. This is provided that the session has been set up correctly. Together with my 8 fader Command 8, I can now look away from the screen when mixing, or turn it off. Navigating is easy, displays are loud and clear, feedback on values are easy to see. In use: If you've seen and used a channelstrip, there is almost nothing to it, you can dive right in. But this are tiny, tiny issues that I forget about when I use it. And the square buttons a tiny bit flimsy as well. They might not feel as solid as I expected, and also a very slight difference in the resistance on them. It's built like a tank, looks lovely, only thing was the pots. It went like I expected, I plugged it in and it worked right away, as I had PT running with a session with SSL plugins and SSL 360 running also. I've had it for 24hrs now, I thought I'd share my initial reactions and thoughts. I'll report back when this baby is in my posession.Īnybody have it already? Please chime in. I can of course use any other PIs, but will have to control them via Command8 or with mouse/screen. They just sound lovely, so I have no problem using them for all channels and busses. Oh, and I've owned the SSL Native plugins since last year, and I sware, I never heard anything like them. Of course, I'll have to sit in front of the screen every now and then to arrange, prepare, edit and so on, but when mixing this will be heaven for me. Navigation, transport and other plugins controlled via the Command8 like before - EQ and dynamics across the board w/UC1. I expect to have immediate, intuitive control like never before with in-the-box mixing, from day one. Looking down on the Command8 and the UC1, I'll be able to mix with my ears and not my eyes, like in the old days with consoles. I see it like this I'll plug it in, after having inserted SSL Native Channelstrip on every channel and Bus Compressor on sub mixes and master, and I turn off the computer screens. I think this is going to be a game changer, at least for me. I've ordered one, and expecting it to arrive next week. I've been waiting for this exciting new product to show up on the DUC, but I can see nothing so far, so I'm starting this thread.