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diff --git a/_manual/22_using-control-surfaces/02_devices-using-mackielogic-control-protocol/02_ssl-nucleus.html b/_manual/22_using-control-surfaces/02_devices-using-mackielogic-control-protocol/02_ssl-nucleus.html
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@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
   buttons, a resource that the Nucleus is not particularly rich in
   (compared with some other Mackie Control devices).
 </p>
+<p>
+  We have prepared a profile in which as many buttons as possible send
+  Mackie Control messages, which makes the device maximally useful
+  with Ardour (and Mixbus). You can
+  download <a href="https://community.ardour.org/files/ArdourNucleusProfile.zip">profile</a>
+  and load it to your Nucleus using the <code>Edit Profiles</code>
+  button in SSL's Nucleus Remote application. Be sure to select it for
+  the active DAW layer in order to make Ardour work as well as
+  possible. <em>Note: unfortunately, the Nucleus Remote application
+  only runs on OS X or Windows, so Linux users will need access to
+  another system to load the profile. We will provide notes on the
+  profile settings at a future time.</em>
+</p>
 
 <h2>Connecting the Nucleus</h2>
 
@@ -146,7 +159,8 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
 <h3>Cons</h3>
 <dl>
   <dt>No Master Faster</dt>
-  <dd></dd>
+  <dd>It is not possible to control the level of the Master bus or
+  Monitor section. Really don't know what SSL was thinking here.</dd>
   <dt>No dedicated rec-enable buttons</dt>
   <dd>You have to press the "Rec" button and convert the per-strip
     "Select" buttons into rec-enables</dd>
@@ -171,7 +185,7 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
   <dd>No need for multiple MIDI cables to get 16 faders</dd>
   <dt>Broadcast connectivity</dt>
   <dd>Connecting to multiple computers does not require recabling</dd>
-  <dt>15 faders from a single box</dt>
+  <dt>16 faders from a single box</dt>
   <dd>No need to figure out how to keep extenders together</dd>
   <dt>Meters separated from displays</dt>
   <dd>Contrast with the Mackie Control Universal Pro, where meters
@@ -193,4 +207,18 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
     buttons, but this is only necessary because of the relatively few
     global buttons on the surface.
   </dd>
+  <dt>Builtin analog signal path</dt>
+  <dd>SSL clearly expects users to route audio back from their
+  computer via the Nucleus' own 2 channel output path, and maybe even
+  use the input path as well. They take up a significant amount of
+  surface space with the controls for this signal path, space that
+  could have been used for a master fader or more Mackie Control
+  buttons. The USB audio device requires a proprietary driver, so
+  Linux users can't use this, and OS X/Windows users will have to
+  install a device driver (very odd for a USB audio device these
+  days). The analog path also no doubt adds notable cost to the
+  Nucleus. There's nothing wrong with this feature for users that
+  don't already have a working analog/digital signal path for their
+  computers. But who is going to spend $5000 on a Nucleus that
+  doesn't have this already?</dd>
 </dl>