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DAW Control on the SSL Desk for Logic and Ableton Live
DAW CONTROL ON THE SSL DESK FOR Logic and Ableton Live
SSL desk is designed to act as a control surface for Pro tools, as well as analog mixing desk. Clever beast.
However, you can also use it to act as a controller for Logic and Ableton Live, courtesy of the Mackie Control Protocol.
You can switch between which DAW the desk interacts with via the Center LCD Screen.
Choose the SSL dialog (using the top right button of the first long panel of grey buttons)
Select DAW (one left from the button you just pressed)
Select DAW 2
Switch from desk to DAW mode
You should now see DAW channel names in the desk, the faders will control channels in your DAW, you can use the start and stop buttons and much more!!!!
NB Please see the SSL Manual section 5.1 for a full account of DAW control, including details of how to use it with Pro Tools.
To use the desk ‘as a normal desk’ again, hit the DAW mode button (green) again.
NB Please switch the desk back to DAW 1 at the end of your session.
Thanks!
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Following this up, I’ve discovered the following useful tricks when using Live with the SSL:
-‘Send’ on the keypad = view sends on faders on the desk
– ‘Cut’ on channel strip = mute selected track in live
– Rotary encoders = Panning
– “Left’ and ‘Right either side of ‘Channel’ on the keypad = display next/previous rack of tracks on the desk (i.e next/prev 24 tracks)
– other directional buttons on keypad = up/down – select scene, left/right = scroll tracks whilst selecting them
-‘Sel’ on channel strip selects selected track in live
Rotary encoders now show each FX plugin used in that track
Click any encoder down, will show you all the params of that plugin, which are now shown on the remaining encoders left to right on desk
Hit ‘Pre/Post’ on keypad to go back
– ‘Alt’ – switch between session/arrangement view
You can also expand groups in Live, and the desk will shift the channels along so you can work with all the tracks which were part of the the group, and vice-versa.
I hope that’s useful.