DAWs Compatible With UF8 & UF1
UF8 can communicate with DAWs in various ways:
- HUI and Mackie Control (MCU) protocols
- VST3 extensions to communicate with certain DAWs (when set to 'Plug-in Mixer' and using 360°-enabled plug-ins)
- MIDI CC (to control virtual instruments and MIDI equipment)
UF8 DAWs with Dedicated HUI/MCU Supported Profiles
These DAWs have dedicated profiles for UF8 & UF1 in SSL 360° software. Please consult the SSL Tutorial Videos on our YouTube page or the SSL UF8/UF1 User Guide for detailed information on their functionality.
We only officially test with the most recent versions of each DAW software available at the time of the corresponding SSL 360° release. In most cases, previous versions will also work fine.
It’s always recommended to be working with the latest major version and maintenance release of thes DAW.
- Pro Tools
- Logic Pro
- Cubase/Nuendo
- Live
- Studio One
- LUNA
- Pyramix
- Mixbus
- REAPER
- Bitwig Studio
- Digital Performer
- MIDI CC
DAWs without dedicated supported profiles
The following DAW's have been known to work with UF8 but do not have dedicated profiles within SSL 360°.
Some of these DAWs may have had light testing or no testing. Please note that while basic functions may work you may experience issues with more advanced functions.
Any DAW that supports MCU or HUI should have some basic functionality.
Sequoia and Samplitude
In SSL 360° choose 'Logic or Studio One' as the profile
Runs normally according to current observation.
Adobe Premier Pro
In SSL 360° choose 'Logic or Studio One' as the profile
Basic controls are available including transport, pan, banking, metering, mute/solo/record arm, fader values (I/O V-Pot switch on), and pan values (pan switch on).
FL Studio
In SSL 360° choose 'Logic or Studio One' as the profile
Faders follow the select function but the screens do not show the channel information past the first 8 channels.
No plug-in control.
Cakewalk
Cakewalk is not supported.