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Supporting VST/VST3/AU/AAX Native. Rev. Feb 11, 2014 User Manual User Manual Console1 ...

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Softube User Manual © 2007-2014. Amp Room, Console 1 is trademarks of Softube AB, Sweden. Softube is a registered trademark of Softube AB, Sweden. All visual and aural references to the Valley People Dyna-mite, Trident A-Range, Tonelux and Tilt a...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | III Contents 1 Introduction and overview 5 The SSL SL4000E Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Console1 Compared to Traditional Mixers . . . . . . . . 6 2 Get...

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| 5 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...

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6 | INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW to be used with Console1, that can be purchased separately. Console1 Compared to Traditional Mixers To understand what Console1 is, it may be helpful to compare it to existing mixer types. ere are quite...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 7 powered. e Console1 software is also very CPU ecient, but please refer to “System Requirements” on page 45 to see if your computer is powerful enough to use with Console1. And obviously, most mixers...

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| 9 2 Gettingstarted In order to install the required software and activate your license, rst make sure your computer has internet access. Use any browser to visit the page www.softube.com/console1-install Here, you will be guided thr...

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10 | 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 Some DAWs support automatically transferring track name and number fr...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 11 ton in the plug-in window. Any time you press Solo on the Console1 hard- ware, the text ” ” will appear in the On- Screen Display above any channel that has been set to  �...

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12 | GETTING STARTED Display On Toggles Console1’s On-Screen Display on and o. Hold Shift and push Display On to enter the View settings menu. Display Auto Sets the On-Screen Display behavior to automatic mode. In this case, the display po...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 13 Load Shape Selector button for track 2 (or 22, 42, 62 etc, depending on what page you are on). Hold the Shift/Fine Adjust button to select a new Shape plug-in to load into the se- lected track (if you have more than...

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14 | GETTING STARTED Phase Invert Inverts the phase (polarity) of the selected channel. Preset/Save preset Calls up the Presets menu. Press this while holding Shift to save the current settings as a preset. Input Section Input Gain Adjusts the ...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 15 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 ...

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16 | GETTING STARTED Equalizer Section EQ activation Activates or bypasses the equalizer section. 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...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 17 the gain of the equalizer’s low mid band. High Mid Band Q Sets the width of the equal- izer’s high mid band. Frequency Sets the operating frequency of the equalizer’s high mid band. High Mid Gain Turned cloc...

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18 | GETTING STARTED Compressor Section Compressor activation Activates or bypasses the com- pressor section. Gain Reduction meter Displays the gain reduction caused by the compressor. Ratio Sets the compressor’s ratio. Attack Sets the compresso...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 19 Output level meter Displays the output level of the signal that will be routed back to the DAW channel. Output Section Drive Sets the level of the Drive/ distortion function. Turn fully counterclockwise to bypass....

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| 21 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 workow of Console1 is as fol- lows • Select a track b...

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22 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE1 About CPU handling: Since Console1 runs entirely on your computer’s CPU, a few things should be noted on the CPU usage. Most importantly, Console1’s software part is unusually CPU ecient, and you should...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 23 the On-Screen Display turned o. 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 resemble...

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24 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE1 The Input Section In the Input Section of Console1, you’ll nd the Input Gain knob. is adjusts the gain (volume level) of the incoming sound. Its setting is displayed numerically in the On-Screen Display. ...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 25 cable has been miswired and the polarity inverted. It may (or may not) also improve the result when combining two microphones that are picking up the same sound source, such as top and bottom micro- phones on a dr...

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26 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE1 shorten room reverbera- tion in a recording, making the room appear smaller and improv- ing separation between instruments. Gate e gate part of the Shape section has three parameters. e Gate setting determi...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 27 Hard Gate e Hard Gate button toggles between two dier- ent gate behaviors. With Hard Gate engaged, the gate strictly shuts o any sound below the threshold level. With it disengaged, the gate will act as an...

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28 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE1 Low Mid and High Mid Bands e Low Mid and High Mid bands have a Q set- ting each. ese set the Q value of the equalizer curve, determining how wide or narrow range of frequencies the equalizer band will aect. ...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 29 LOW TYPE BELL HIGH TYPE CUT LOW MID Q 1.9 HIGH MID Q 1.8 LOW MID FREQ 0.41 kHz HIGH MID FREQ 3.6 kHz LOW MID GAIN -14 dB HIGH MID GAIN 14.6 dB HIGH FREQUENCY 16.0 kHz HIGH GAIN 0.0 dB LOW FREQ 200 Hz LOW GAIN 15.8 d...

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30 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE1 exceed the threshold), a high threshold means the compressor only aects the loudest parts of the signal. Console 1’s Compressor section incorporates an auto- matic make-up gain, which compensates for the gain r...

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LOW TYPE BELL HIGH TYPE CUT LOW MID Q 1.9 HIGH MID Q 1.8 LOW MID FREQ 0.41 kHz HIGH MID FREQ 3.6 kHz LOW MID GAIN -14 dB HIGH MID GAIN 14.6 dB HIGH FREQUENCY 16.0 kHz HIGH GAIN 0.0 dB LOW FREQ 200 Hz LOW GAIN 15.8 dB ATTACK 0.02 ms RATIO 4.0 PARALLE...

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32 | WORKING WITH CONSOLE1 sibility to control how the console emulation is dis- torting, or in other words: to control the headroom of the console. With Drive is set a , you will get no harmonics at all, and this part of the cons...

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ously distorted. is 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. Pan/Balance e Pan/Balance setting determines the relative level of the sound sou...

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Understanding Solo Safe Setting aux channels and buses in   mode means that when you select a single track and press Solo, the buses will still be open and let sound through. If you had inserted the Console1 plug-in on ...

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| 35 4 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 holding All, you select all track...

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36 | USEFUL FUNCTIONS Duplicate Track Settings You can duplicate track settings and copy them from one track to another—or several others. is can be either the entire channel strip setting, or just the Shape, EQ or Compressor settings. 1....

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 37 2. When the dialog window opens, press the on/ o button next to the name of the section (or sections) you would like to copy—for example the Equalizer Activate button. e dialog window now informs you that ...

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Load and Save Presets You can call up factory presets, as well as save your own ones. A preset can contain the entire chan- nel strip, or one or several sections, so that you for instance can create an equalizer + compressor preset. Access presets ...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 39 Settings Access settings by pressing Shift and track selector 20 (Settings) To access the Settings menu, hold Shift and press the track selector for track 20, with the orange text Settings. MIDI Controller Mo...

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Using Console1 Without the Hardware Many of today’s musicians and mix engineers work with portable lap top computers, and use them in many dierent locations. While the Console1 hardware is not too big or heavy to bring with you, you m...

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| 41 5 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 cha...

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42 | CUSTOMIZING THE CHANNEL STRIP Changing the Order of the Sections e default order of the Console1 eects is as they are laid out on the hardware and in the On-Screen Display: rst shape, then equalizer and nally compressor. So...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 43 A Keying Example An example of using the external sidechain for a gate: let’s assume the gate is inserted on a track with a synth pad. e synth pad plays continuously, with no interruption. But instead, we wou...

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| 45 6 Speci󰍑cations,Requirements andTroubleshooting System Requirements Console1 is not yet available for Windows. Here are the system requirements for Mac OS X: • Mac OS X 10.7 or newer • Screen resolution 1280x800 or ...

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46 | SPECIFICATIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING Block Diagram e following schematic outlines the operation of Console 1. For the sake of simplicity, the dierent order of the sections (EQ before Shape before Compressor, etc) are not inc...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | 47 ports to communicate between plug-ins and the Console 1 application, which will trigger a rewall alert the rst time the application is started. You need to click “”, otherwise nothing will...

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48 | SPECIFICATIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING Hardware Specications 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: 1.95 kg Included items: ...

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CONSOLE 1 USER’S GUIDE | XLIX 7 ENDUSERLICENSE AGREEMENT This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a contract between you, either individual or single entity, and Softube AB ("Licensor"), a Swedish corpo...

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l | END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT SOFTUBELIMITEDHARDWARE WARRANTY 1. Softube warrants to the end user Customer this hardware product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year after the date of the original pu...

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SoftubeAB,S:tLarsgatan10c,58224Linköping,Sweden.www.softube.com ...