Spotlight Single-fader Control Surfaces

Hands-on DAW control doesn’t necessarily mean you need to surrender your entire studio desk...

LUKE WOOD

Much like the consoles they set out to replicate, control surfaces come in all shapes and sizes. At one extreme you have the likes of Avid’s S4/S6 and Yamaha’s NUAGE systems, large-format modular beasts that can be kitted out with a huge number of physical controls — a fully loaded S6 can support three operators and house a staggering 192 faders! At the other end of the scale are desktop-friendly devices equipped with a handful of controls and a single fader. On first thought, it might seem strange to have a control surface with just one fader, but having hands-on control over a single DAW channel at a time can still prove to be incredibly useful: level and parameter adjustments are easier and more intuitive, and writing in automation is far…

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Sound On Sound USA (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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