So having established how useful I believe the "Touch Portal" app will be in my personal music workflow I decided I wanted to have a dedicated "client" positioned alongside my Control Surface to take over duties (for the most part) from my phone. Credit to the developers they have bean able to maintain compatibility with... Continue Reading →
SSL UF8 360 Technology – How can I get that for my own Control Surface & DAW?
So I have to say hats off to SSL for moving the DAW control surface forward with the UF8 (albeit while keeping one foot firmly in our Mackie compatible past). The UF8 is a delight to use and the integration of one aspect of the 360 software - keyboard macros "on steroids" -is executed really... Continue Reading →
Complimenting the SSL UF8 by using a separate Transport Controller
And so in my continuing quest to find my perfect DAW controller I decided to look at options around enhancing the excellent SSL UF8 with a bespoke Transport Controller. I should point out that the UF8 is a fully functional stand-alone DAW controller and doesn't need a separate Transport Control ... but .... If you... Continue Reading →
‘Dude with a cool haircut’ Smiley Face \\:-)
Perhaps my biggest achievement to date - I have invented a cool new Smiley Face! (at least until someone tells me I haven't \\;-)) Update:Also home of the official Dr Who Smiley Face (Matt Smith Era) #DrWho #MattSmith\\:-)X
FL Studio with the ICON QCON Pro X – how to take full advantage!
I am nearing completion of my work on this script and wanted to post this by way of an update. The QCON Pro X is unique in controllers in having a second display immediately above the faders (It also has some other great features - stereo master meters, bespoke hardware based templates and the most... Continue Reading →
The SSL UF8 Control Surface with FL Studio – Which Plugins can I control from the UF8?
So throughout the day I have been looking at how this controller works with FL Studio and as I see a particular bit of functionality being demonstrated by SSL I have found myself wondering if it will work with FL Studio. One such piece of functionality is the focus control - where the "big knob"... Continue Reading →
The SSL UF8 Control Surface with FL Studio – The SSL 360 “Soft keys”
I hadn't anticipated that this would be quite so easy to use so thought I would do this second post just to show this functionality in FL Studio as it stands now. Essentially it is the same as with the supported DAWs and might just be the stand out feature of the UF8! I can... Continue Reading →
The SSL UF8 Control Surface with FL Studio – The Basics
So I got my hands on a UF8 this morning and I thought it would be interesting to see how an (as yet) officially unsupported DAW like FL Studio works with a UF8 "out of the box". Setup was straightforward - SSL 360 creates the required Midi channel(s) to enable FL Studio to recognise the... Continue Reading →
How well does the Presonus Faderport 8 work with FL Studio?
I borrowed my mates Faderport for a weekend to see how well (if at all?) an unsupported DAW like FL would manage with it. I didn't have time for a "deep dive" but the Faderport handled all the basic operations remarkably well (and with the new scripting support in FL Studio I would guess that... Continue Reading →
My Ideal Control Surface for DAWs
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to chat to fellow musician Nadir Omowale earlier this week and it got me thinking about what I would like to see in my "ideal control surface". The introduction of scripting in some of the DAWs (notably, but not exclusively FL Studio) is starting to result in... Continue Reading →