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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).
+
+ 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 profile
+ and load it to your Nucleus using the Edit Profiles
+ 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. 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.
+
Connecting the Nucleus
@@ -146,7 +159,8 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
Cons
- No Master Faster
-
+ - It is not possible to control the level of the Master bus or
+ Monitor section. Really don't know what SSL was thinking here.
- No dedicated rec-enable buttons
- You have to press the "Rec" button and convert the per-strip
"Select" buttons into rec-enables
@@ -171,7 +185,7 @@ title: SSL Nucleus
- No need for multiple MIDI cables to get 16 faders
- Broadcast connectivity
- Connecting to multiple computers does not require recabling
- - 15 faders from a single box
+ - 16 faders from a single box
- No need to figure out how to keep extenders together
- Meters separated from displays
- 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.
+ - Builtin analog signal path
+ - 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?