SSL Nucleus

I for over a year serves as a control surface for my ProTool HD 11 under Win7 64. Its strong point is the ergonomics. 16 tracks that is more than enough, you can drive the plug-ins easily and the software is configured quite well with ProTools. The knobs and faders are solid enough for my home studio. I do not know if the machine endure intense daily use.
I do not use both preamps and it requires a separate monitoring system. What is stopping value for money. I would prefer a less expensive model without preamps but it was designed to work alone ... so obviously.
She suffers from a painful tool for this price Default: it must connect to an otherwise you will have to unplug every time you want to connect your computer to the Internet router. It is small from a brand like SSL.
Conclusion great product for mixing, but expensive.

I did buy a client that was a piece for his prods at home. I had quickly tested on a living room, and she had made a good impression.

Being familiar with the products of the brand (big consoles: 4000/6000, Matrix ...). I was confident.

It is the first unpacking, SN 158, and after a few hours on, the plastic coating begins to curl, then peel off. Sound card and displays a performance worthy of an Mbox. On a machine of this price, it hurts.

After reviewing our problems with the distributor, (by the way, very responsive and very proficient), we propose an exchange.

A month later, we received the news, SN 350 and bananas, it has a heater in the ass more and SPDIF optical and RCA. (The first have the RCA).

But after a series of tests with different computer, the verdict is always the same for the sound card, here and desalination of the rest. We shall return to completely change comfig.

It is a good control surface, the analog part is worthy of the brand and pretty well designed.
Especially with the function used to insert a device to the master and the monitor while being able to retrieve it in the DAW.

But against the sound card is really below the rest at the edge of the unusable (latency really another age), even a sound card with € 150 USB is better.

So for the price, we must know we have a good control surface and two SSL preamp point bar.
I blame most for this product is to display all in one, with an image pro. And in the end all do not either.

So either it changes suppliers for the sound card partner, be he withdrew from this type of product. But the picture may take a hit with low-end products and such a brand.

I work with in 15 days. With Logic and ProTools 10, the sensations of labor and concentration to listen it again tenfold. I still have a problem with the sound card in Leo but it does not stop me from working.
Installation is not difficult, there are simpler, but I knew a lot worse! For the rest, I still said the two preamps and the SSL plug-in treatment that drove the point of this controller is that I have class and fun to use.
Sure, it's expensive but it's SSL, we go about our days working platforms, I think 4000 euros to work in good conditions in the cabin and on a product we watch every day is not too expensive and at the same time is money well invested.