Softube Console 1 Mk2

Softube Console 1 mk2

There are 3 official ReaLearn controller presets for it (starting with Helgobox 2.16.12):

• Native mode

• MIDI mode with absolute control

• MIDI mode with relative control

The controller presets are neutral, so they don’t define yet what each button does or what the LEDs/meters show. You can use the main compartment in ReaLearn for that.

Native mode is - hands down - the best mode in terms of flexibility:

• True relative control without glitches

• Preset simulates encoder acceleration

• True momentary buttons (you can always choose mode "Toggle buttons" in the main mapping to get toggle behavior)

• LED feedback without glitches

• Button "Fine Adjust" is available and can be customized

• There’s one caveat: The Softube On-Screen-Display software must be running AND you can’t use Softube plug-ins (as they would interfere). I wish Softube would provide a way to put Console 1 into native mode without having to start the On-Screen-Display. Then this mode would be perfect.

• Maybe doesn’t work on Windows because there it seems that only one software can access the Console 1 at a time.

The MIDI modes are crippled due to the way Softube implemented MIDI control. Most problematic:

• The buttons only act as toggle buttons, which makes momentary usage or ReaLearn features like "Fire mode" impossible to use.

• The encoders send absolute messages. They can be turned into relative ones, but it doesn’t work perfectly.

• The button "Fine Adjust" is not customizable.