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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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@@ -27,8 +27,15 @@ 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="/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. 
+</p>
 
 <h2>Connecting the Nucleus</h2>
 
@@ -98,6 +105,41 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
   other ipMIDI software on the computer.
 </p>
 
+<h3>Connecting via 3rd party ipMIDI support</h3>
+
+<p class="alert alert-info">
+  This is usable only on computers with 3rd party ipMIDI
+  driver software installed and configured for (at least) 2 ports.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  Open <code>Preferences > Control Surfaces</code>. Ensure that the
+  Mackie protocol is enabled, then double-click on it to open the
+  Mackie Control setup dialog.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Ensure that the device selected is "SSL Nucleus (via platform MIDI)". The dialog should
+  show four combo/dropdown selectors, labelled (respectively):
+</p>
+  <ul>
+    <li><code>Main Surface receives via</code></li>
+    <li><code>Main Surface sends via</code></li>
+    <li><code>1st extender receives via</code></li>
+    <li><code>1st extender sends via</code></li>
+  </ul>
+<p>
+  You should choose "ipMIDI port 1", "ipMIDI port 1", "ipMIDI port 2"
+  and "ipMIDI port 2" for each of the 4 combo/dropdown selectors. 
+</p>
+<p>
+  Communication should be automatically established with the Nucleus.
+</p>
+<p>
+  If this does not work, then make sure your network cables are
+  properly connected, and that you are running the approprate ipMIDI
+  driver and have configured it for 2 (or more) ports.
+</p>
+
 <h2><a name="design">Nucleus Design Discussion</a></h2>
 
 <p>
@@ -113,7 +155,8 @@ 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>
@@ -138,7 +181,7 @@ 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
@@ -160,4 +203,18 @@ 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>