X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fssl-nucleus.html;h=a9d5c0576ddada0ee7f338b7ec9249329f430ed9;hb=ca8c53473dfbcb7d4b483a5ce792bbf4b5caffe8;hp=c31fcd902c5bb67245b3db87b4ff54e153d2151e;hpb=dfec6899ef2a121ccf2ff1d47008e7ac4844cf70;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/ssl-nucleus.html b/include/ssl-nucleus.html index c31fcd9..a9d5c05 100644 --- a/include/ssl-nucleus.html +++ b/include/ssl-nucleus.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
Your Nucleus comes complete with a number of "profiles" for a few well-known DAWs. At the time of writing it does not include one for - Ardour (or related products such as Harrison Mixbus). + Ardour (or related products such as Harrison Mixbus).
We have prepared a profile in which as many buttons as possible send @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
You should choose "ipMIDI port 1", "ipMIDI port 1", "ipMIDI port 2" - and "ipMIDI port 2" for each of the 4 combo/dropdown selectors. + and "ipMIDI port 2" for each of the 4 combo/dropdown selectors.
Communication should be automatically established with the Nucleus. @@ -148,58 +148,58 @@
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. |
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No dedicated rec-enable buttons | +You have to press the "Rec" button and convert the per-strip + "Select" buttons into rec-enables |
No dedicated automation buttons | +You have to press the "Auto" button and convert the first 4
vpots into 4 automation-related buttons, losing your current view
- of the session.
- |
No buttons with Mackie-defined "Marker" functionality | +Mackie's design intentions for the interoperation of the
Marker, rewind and ffwd buttons requires profile editing in order
to function properly.
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No "Dyn" button | +This is hard to assign in an edited profile. To be fair, other Mackie Control devices also lack this button. - - + |
Single cable connectivity | +No need for multiple MIDI cables to get 16 faders |
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Broadcast connectivity | +Connecting to multiple computers does not require recabling |
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
interfere with the display
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DAW profiles | +Easy to flip profiles for use by different DAWs. |
Ability to make buttons generate USB keyboard events | +The extent to which this is useful reflects the target DAWs
inability to manage all of its functionality via Mackie Control
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Sophisticated "profile" editing | +It is nice to be able to reassign the functionality of most
buttons, but this is only necessary because of the relatively few
global buttons on the surface.
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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 @@ -211,6 +211,6 @@ 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? - + doesn't have this already? |