Product Overview & Features
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SSL UC1 User Guide
Smart LED Rings
Each channel strip and Bus Compressor 2 rotary control on UC1 is accompanied by a smart LED ring, which represents the knob
position in the plug-in.
The Virtual Notch
Channel strip
GAIN
controls for the EQ bands, Input and Output Trim all have an in-built 'virtual notch'.
Although there is no physical difference, the software that drives UC1 helps you to 'feel' your way back
to 0 dB - making it easy to flatten an EQ band from the UC1 hardware. The smart LED(s) also dim in
this position.
The Channel Strip and Bus Compressor IN Buttons
The large square
IN
buttons on UC1 control the DAW's Bypass function for that channel strip and Bus Compressor 2 instance. i.e.
when they are switched out, the plug-in is bypassed. Bypassing the channel strip, Bus Compressor or even just the EQ/Dynamics
section will also cause the LEDs on UC1 to dim, to help identify the bypassed state.
Channel Strip Dynamics Metering
Two vertical arrays of five LEDs on the right-hand side show the
compression and gate activity for the selected channel strip plug-in on
the UC1 front panel.
Smart LED rings on UC1
Channel Strip IN controls plug-in Bypass
Bus Compressor IN controls plug-in Bypass
Channel strip Dynamics activity is shown on the
right-hand side of UC1
Channel strip plug-in controls