Softube CONSOLE 1 Quick Start Manual

CONSOLE 1

Quick Start Guide

Register and install
In order to install the required software and activate your license, first make sure your computer has internet access. Use any
browser to visit the page www.softube.com/console1-install. Here, you will be guided through all the necessary steps. You will be
asked to enter the unique license code that was included in the box (on a paper that looks almost like this!)
Setting up your first Console 1 session
When you have gone through the registration process on Softube's
web site, you are ready to set up your basic Console 1 session.
Connect the Console 1 hardware to an unoccupied USB port on your
computer. The Softube logo in your computer's control panel will turn
from grey to black.
CONSOLE 1 STATUS ICON
Launch your preferred digital audio workstation (DAW) application.
Console 1 runs with any host that supports VST2, VST3, AAX and
Audio Units plug-in formats.
Launch an empty session in your DAW.
Insert the Console 1 plug-in on as many
tracks as you like. We recommend inserting
it on all tracks, aux channels and busses.
The audio on any track where you have
inserted the Console 1 plug-in will be
routed into the Console 1 system and back
to the same DAW channel.
We recommend that you open the Console 1 plug-in on all busses and
aux channels, and activate Solo Safe on these by clicking this button
in the plug-in window. If your DAW doesn't support automatically
transferring the track name and number to the Console 1 system,
please open the Console 1 plug-in on each track to set these.
If you play back music from your DAW, you should now see the
meters in Console 1's meter bridge display the levels of the corre-
sponding tracks.
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Show Knobs
Drums OH
INSERT PLUG-IN ON
EACH TRACK
Open plug-in to set track
INSERTS INSERTS INSERTS INSERTS INSERTS INSERTS
name and number.
• Console 1 • Console 1 • • • Console 1 Console 1 Console 1 • • Console 1 Console 1
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On the right you'll find basic operating instructions. For detailed
instructions on how to use Console 1, please refer to the manual.
You will find it by clicking on the Console 1 Status Icon.
On-Screen
Display
TOGGLE ON AND OFF THE
ON-SCREEN DISPLAY
SELECT THE TRACK YOU
WANT TO WORK WITH
Corresponds to the track
numbers in the meter bridge
of the On-Screen Display.
Solo Safe
Console 1 Hardware
Settings for the selected track
Drums (2)
Input Dynamic Shape Equalizer
-20 -6 0 6 20 dB 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k
+6
15
0
6
-6
0
-12
-6
-24
-15
-60
HIGH CUT GATE RELEASE LOW TYPE LOW MID Q HIGH MID Q HIGH TYPE
OFF 0.6 s BELL 1.9 1.8 CUT
GATE
LOW CUT -35 dB
135 Hz
SUSTAIN LOW FREQ LOW MID FREQ HIGH MID FREQ HIGH FREQUENCY
-9.0 dB 200 Hz 0.41 kHz 3.6 kHz 16.0 kHz
GATE HARD
FILTERS TO
COMPRESSOR
PUNCH LOW GAIN LOW MID GAIN HIGH MID GAIN HIGH GAIN
12.3 dB 15.8 dB -14 dB 14.6 dB 0.0 dB
PHASE INVERT
INPUT GAIN
14.0 dB
1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
BD Drums OH Drums OH Clave Tamb Claps 1 Claps 2 Claps 3 ― Bass ― Piano Piano Solo ― Guitar ―
CONSOLE 1
METER BRIDGE wih the selected track highlighted.
ADJUST THE CURRENT TRACK
Use knobs and buttons to adjust the
settings. Each knob has a corresponding
read-out on the On-Screen display.
Solid State Logic SL 4000 E
Compressor Output
-20 10 6 3 0 dB
+6
0
-6
-12
-24
-60
ATTACK DYN. SHAPE →
EQUALIZER →
0.02 ms
COMPRESSOR
RATIO RATIO
DRIVE
4.0 4.0
7.8
RELEASE
358 ms
CHARACTER
-5.0
PARALLEL PARALLEL
12 % 12 %
L PAN R
THRESHOLD
0
SIDECHAIN SIDECHAIN
-28 dB
FILTERS FILTERS
SOLO MUTE
VOLUME
-10.8 dB
16 17 17 18 18 19 20
Vocals ― ― Reverb Reverb Ambiance Master
ADJUST THE OUTPUT
VOLUME
SOLO AND MUTE
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