Yeah but thats a Software thing only not a physical PROBLEM anymore

I think I was in the normal DAW mode. I played around with 360 for a bit, it was easy to adjust to but I was more comfortable in ProTools. Especially with some of the parallel processing and stuff, it made more sense to me for the video.

@@MillSounds that’s cool. I’m a logic user but work in 360 mode as that way it feel more like a DAW going into a desk. I leave all my DAW faders in zero.

...wait for it, hopefully they continue to go all in with 360 in terms of making new hardware talk to their software. You could also send them an email and it helps put numbers to the requests

@@TKTafari Seems i was wrong, SSL have released PURE DRIVE OCTO. 12 Channel ADAT preamp. The problem is the price, it's really expensive. It can be use as USB interface as well. I guess that is what motivates the high price tag.

Yes, haha. They got sent into Barefoot and passed the test, really surprising! I’m cheap, so just left them as is for now.

same here, no firmware issues, less to go wrong, and quicker! though I prefer a trackpad to a mouse,

Yep, that is my conclusion as well. I had the Avid S3....expensive, beautiful looking controller, which unfortunately didn`t do anything for my workflow. Everything was just quicker with the mouse and keyboard. Then I bought the Softube Console 1, which again is lovely, but is way too limiting(let´s face it, we use other plugins than just softube and UAD). So here we are, back to the mouse and keyboard + a stream deck (with actually is wonderful)

I have used a Nucleus 2 in the past. On a positive, it is also a simple interface and has two mic pre's which is nice, but as a controller, I find it slightly clunky! ... You soon get frustrated trying to manipulate plugins on the Nucleus, but the way that the UC1 works with it's software counterpart is a breeze to work with. My mixes come together faster and as stated in the video... I agree - I prefer to mix without using my eyes. In essence I think that SSL have just made everything a lot slicker with these units.

I'm never going to hear the end of that damn speaker cone 🤣..... It was sent in to Barefoot, it tested perfectly fine and didn't need to be replaced. I took a gamble on a used pair with that damage, and it paid off and I saved a lot of money. As always, I appreciate the "well meaning" feedback 😛

That's just gain staging. Compression isn't happening all the time, only at certain times during peaks. I'm changing the output gain that's happening after the compression, it's just proper gain staging. A lot of times we get tricked into thinking that compression is doing more than it is, simply because compression can make something louder as well. By adjusting gain after the compression to match the gain level before compression, you get a more accurate idea of what's going on and what the compressor is actually doing (as opposed to "thinking" things sound better simply because they're louder). The other factor here is that depending on what part of the video you're watching, I'm setting up my mix to have some compression over the whole master bus so I can mix into that compression. If you're going to mix into a compressor over your whole mix like that, it's important to maintain proper gain staging during the whole mixing process to insure you're not just continually making everything louder and overloading the bus compressor.

@@MillSounds oh. ok. Thank you for answering :)

They don’t replace each other, get both!

I know, rookie mistake...

I think if I were using other plugins and another control surface, the learning curve would be a lot higher. It would just take some time to learn your control surface and how every different plugin maps to it. The fun thing about the SSL control surfaces is that everything matched visually, so it's easy to take your eyes off the screen almost immediately.

@@MillSounds I'm kinda tempted to get one. I've used reaper up until a month ago. Now on pro tools. But one step at a time. I mix my own music more out of necessity rather than something I particularly enjoy. I'd much rather have the money to pay someone else. But I love gear so I might start saving up the pennies.

@@GudlaugurMusic If you don't buy a cool toy, send me some stuff to mix 🤣

Sorry, not for this one.

@@MillSounds do you have some multitacks so we can practice

It took a vacation in the corner, it's back now! 🤣

@@MillSounds scared me lol! great SSL video though 👍

Oh no, you’re one of “those” people? 😂 Ya, I’ve always done drummers perspective, the other way drives me nuts. I have a lot of friends that started out doing live sound and have to do audience perspective, so I get it…

@@MillSounds One of those people? Hm, I did not know that question belonged to a people. For me it was just a question that popped up, when listening thoroughly to your proces during the whole video. I have never done live sound other than for myself (and I am not a drummer). Logically though, I picture a band in front of me when I hear music that sounds live-ish as in this case. This is typically a (double) mono experience, and thus we ought to mix everything in mono, but stereo came around to simulate that we were actually there in the room with the band. That would in principle mean that a drum set played by a right handed drummer always had the small tom and the hihat to the right. Therefore, I was fishing for the answer that the drummer in this particular band might be left handed and that you respectfully reflected that which would have been a very elegant and subtle gesture in my opinion. I did not know I was walking right into a storm (if that is what I did). :-)

@@steensvanholm I was trying to joke with you, sorry it did not come across that way. You did not walk into a storm, this is a common thing in the audio engineering community and is usually joked about. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to pan the drums, but you'll find many engineers strongly prefer to do it one way or another. If you started out doing live sound and were mixing shows in stereo, you would be very used to mixing from the audience perspective. When I first starting learning in the studio, I also started to play the drums a bit and was use to hearing the drums from a drummers perspective. Most drummers want drums panned from the drummers perspective in their headphones as well when recording, so I've become accustomed to doing it that way. I've had a few clients request the drums be mixed from the audience perspective on their mixes, I still have to mix from the drummers perspective and flip the stereo image at the last minute to send to the client. When you originally posted, I thought you were trying to joke with me. Again, this is one of those on going jokes in the audio community, and people "joking" give other engineers a hard time when they do it a different way. You can do it however you want though!

Oh man, I've got plenty of room. This desk is huge and usually has my API console on it (It's 58 inches, almost 150 cm wide). I did it this way for the video, as it was easier to fit everything in frame that way. If I would have laid all three controllers out side by side, I would have ended up with a really wide camera angle and it would be harder to see the controls. I did that for you so you could see everything better 🤣

Well now it's just awkward and quiet 😂. Sorry for rambling, let me know if you have any specific feedback, it's always appreciated!

@MillSounds i was stoned and drinking wine! I'm an asshat! You're fine haha I was in a total mood. My apologies. You're totally cool 😆🤦

@@ultrajayme All good, but ultimately it doesn't really help me make these reviews better if everyone just says "great job 💯"

@MillSounds what do you think of your SSL audio interface? I just got the 2+ to run mu Soundcraft Spirit E12 into and I freaking love it. The sound is so clean and up front. My first SSL (because everything else they make costs thousands).

@@ultrajayme I think it's ok for the money. I like the converters on my Apollo's a lot better, but that's a lot more money. Preamps were really cool, and the software was easy to learn and really versatile with how it incorporates into the rest of their ecosystem. Really well thought out!

I will try to be bigger engineer.