Console 1 Compact

CONSOLE 1 COMPACT 

Small Format Control Surface

Big studio sound & feel, small studio footprint. The industry-defining control surface – adapted for all spaces. 

Better, faster mixing – anywhere. Console 1’s award-winning workflow concept in a smaller format with the feel of big studios. Touch-sensitive Analog Feel potentiometers, Scandinavian design, and a robust build. Includes our idea of the perfect channel strip, also expandable with plug-ins & channel strips from Weiss, Chandler, SSL & more.

Console 1 Compact’s layered one-to-one workflow gives you the ability to sculpt your best mix with control over input, preamps, tape, filters, shape, EQ, compression, and output drive. Customize it with high-quality Softube plug-ins, channel strips, and hardware.

• High-resolution smart display
  • For a quick look at the most important parameters and the adjustments you are making. 
• EQ & Dynamics selection
  • Quickly switch layers to control equalization or dynamics. 
• Analog FeelTM potentiometers
  • They feel analog because they are. Weighty & precise for an immersive mixing experience. 
• 4 Track selection, sections & more
  • Bright RGB LEDs that color change with the screen view ensuring you always know what you’re controlling. 
• Premium build
  • Robust anodized aluminum casing for durability and a high-end feel. 

A perfect fit for your DAW

Console 1 Channel, Compact, and Fader work with all major DAWs. Without mapping. Compatible DAWs include Logic, Ableton Live, Cubase, Pro Tools, Studio Pro, LUNA, Reaper, FL Studio, Nuendo, Bitwig Studio, Cakewalk, and Samplitude.

The deepest control available

Console 1 gives you the deepest control of any third-party hardware available with Cubase, giving you direct control of Cubase’s stock EQ and compression.

Core Mixing Suite & channel strips

All our Console 1 hardware comes with our idea of the perfect channel strip: Core Mixing Suite. Console 1 also supports multiple classic console emulations and delivers the closest thing to desks from Weiss Engineering and Empirical Labs, giving you the perfectly modeled EQ, compressor, gate, and saturation sounds of the world’s top consoles – all in one compact piece of studio gear.

Softube, Plugin Alliance, FabFilter & UAD plug-ins 

All your favorite Softube, Plugin Alliance, Brainworx, FabFilter, UAD, and other plug-ins are available for Console 1 Mixing System. Replace any section with a Console 1-ready plug-in to create your custom console. Analog desks only wish they could! 

Mixing. The way it should be

Console 1 lets you use your hands to mix and your ears to sculpt your sound. Each knob or fader corresponds to a specific parameter, and no mapping is necessary. The high- resolution screens keep you focused on the sound of your mix. Intuitive and efficient, Compact, Channel, and Fader let you go deeper into your creative process. And enjoy it! 

World-class console sound

Console 1 Compact gives you world-renowned console sounds because that’s what we do: deliver exacting models of professional-grade, standard-setting gear – from Solid State Logic and Tube-Tech to Chandler Limited. You can load Summit Audio Grand Channel, Weiss Gambit Series, or our extremely punchy Empirical Labs strip. And Compact comes with our take on the perfect channel strip: our Core Mixing Suite software.

World-class console feel

Compact features the same anodized aluminum, Nordic Night Sky finish, and robust build of Console 1 Channel and Fader Mk III. With its premium materials, Console 1 Compact outshines all others in its class. Every rotation of Compact’s touch-sensitive Analog FeelTM potentiometers gives you the sensation of the priciest outboard gear. With an increase of more than ten times the resolution over the Console 1 Mk II generation, the weighty and precise turn of these knobs highlights the immersive mixing experience of Compact.

Core Mixing Suite: the perfect channel strip

Console 1 Compact comes with our Core Mixing Suite software, which gives you the award-winning sounds of Tape, FET Compressor Mk II, Bus Processor, and more, in the versatile preamp, shape, equalization, and compression sections. Plus, an innovative drive section befitting our reputation for saturation. 

Have Compact, will travel: our most portable Console 1 yet

Console 1 Compact gives you Channel Mk III capabilities in just half the size. Whether it’s your main unit or the unit you use when you’re on the go, Compact fits your workflow and your lifestyle. Just pack it up and go and everything will be waiting for you wherever you land.

Flow® Studio & Console 1: creative broad strokes for your setup

Hands on – from start to finish. With Flow Studio, you can quickly and creatively get down the broad strokes of your project, switch over to Console 1 to tighten up the final details of your mix, and come back to use Flow Studio as your mastering or FX controller.

Working with Console 1 and Flow Studio in tandem, but independently, gives you time- saving adjustment options, guitar and bass tracking with low-latency, or the ultimate studio flex of putting Flow Studio in the hands of your artist. Plus, you gain access to more effects that are loadable in Console 1 with the Flow Studio Suite bundle.

However you use it, Flow Studio is an amazing addition to your current Softube setup – or the one you’ve been dreaming of. 

Single Unit Stand

Mount Console 1 Compact, Flow® Studio, Channel Mk III, or Fader Mk III at the perfect angle for a seamless system and clean look.

In The Box

• Console 1 Compact 
• Core Mixing Suite featuring: 
  • SoftubeTape/Preamp section 
  • Shape:Transient Shaper plus new utility tools 
  • Two equalizers: passive vintage and precise modern 
  • Three compressors based on FET Compressor MkII, Bus Processor, and OPTO Compressor 
  • An innovative drive section befitting Softube's saturation reputation 
• 2-meter USB C – USB C cable 
• Four M4 screws for VESA mounting