Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
So the original Mackie Controllers all have a "rude solo" light which is described in the manual as follows: "If you work on a mixer that has a SOLO function with no indicator lights, and you happen to forget you're in SOLO, you can easily be tricked into thinking that some-thing is wrong with your... Continue Reading →
Using an old EMAGIC MCU as an extender
I have an original Mackie MCU (not the pro) that was displaying "version 2.0" on booting. I wanted to utilise the latest firmware (version 2.12 which is available here) There are lots of ways to do this but this worked for me first time: Download the free Midi-Ox software and install it on your PC... Continue Reading →
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 →
BERINGER X-Touch One Elgato StreamDeck 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... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 