Solid State Logic has announced the launch of the UF1 DAW control center, a single fader control surface equipped with 100 mm motorized fader, dual high-resolution displays, soft-feel rubber keys and a weighted jog wheel, all housed in a metal chassis.
The UF1 offers control of a DAW’s pans, sends, plugins and more plus the ability to customise 46 soft keys specifically to user’s workflows. It integrates with both the SSL Meter Plug-in and SSL 360° software.
SSL studio senior product manager Andy Jackson says, “Intelligent or ‘advanced workflow’ as we call it, has always been at the core of our product design. UF1 is no different — we have once again raised the bar on what is possible to keep artists, producers and engineers in the zone while working on in-the-box productions or in a hybrid environment. Featuring expansive functionality and flexibility, UF1 offers performance never seen before in a controller of this size and when combined with UF8 and UC1, presents an extremely powerful virtual SSL Console.”
The UF1 is designed to control up to three DAWs simultaneously and comes with profiles for Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, LUNA, and Pyramix. Dedicated transport controls and weighted jog/scrub wheel help in moving around quickly, even in larger sessions. Secondary Transport keys can be customized to essential workflow shortcuts such as Loop on/off and click track on/off. Pressing the Shift button provides fast access to DAW automation modes. The 100 mm motorized fader is designed to offer precise control when writing automation and fine tuning track volume in recording and mixing sessions.
Visual feedback of DAW track names, parameters, time display, the SSL Meter plug-in and 360°-enabled channel strips in the SSL Plug-in Mixer is provided by UF1’s dual high-resolution displays. SSL channel strip plug-ins, including latest 4K B and 9000 series emulation, Channel Strip 2 can be controlled from the UF1 surface with key information like EQ curve, and gate and compression activity shown across the displays.
Every UF1 purchase includes a perpetual license for the SSL Meter plug-in (worth $99.99 / £89.99 / €99.99) which is visualised on the large 4.3-inch IPS display and can be controlled directly from the UF1 surface or the SSL 360° Plug-in Mixer. The SSL Meter Plug-in offers metering tools including Peak & RMS levels, K-System, stereo balance, phase corelation bar, Lissajous phase scope, 31-band RTA, VU and PPM metering.
The UF-1 can be used on its own or partnered with UF8 for more in-depth DAW control. It can also serve as a hardware expansion for the UC1 SSL plug-in controller, adding fader control and providing access to SSL 360°-enabled channel strip parameters alongside visual feedback of EQ curves.
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