Softube Console 1 Channel MK3 Channel Strip Controller

Console 1 Channel MK3 is the core module of Softube's newer, modular Console 1 hardware line: a channel-strip controller you can run on its own or pair with a Fader MK3 unit to build out a wider mixing surface. It handles EQ, dynamics and tone shaping for whichever channel is selected in your DAW, with every control mapped one-to-one to the software so nothing needs manual assignment.

Where the MK2 surface used fixed pots with LED rings, the Channel MK3 moves to 27 touch-sensitive potentiometers with far finer resolution, and adds twin high-resolution screens that show EQ and compressor curves, a VU meter and track info directly on the hardware. It ships with dual USB-C ports so up to four Console 1 units can be daisy-chained off a single computer connection without a hub, and it comes bundled with the Core Mixing Suite: tape/preamp modeling, multi-slope filters, a shaper/panner/dual-dynamics section, two switchable EQ characters, three compressor types and a drive stage — a broader toolkit than the SSL-based strip in MK2.

The aluminum-topped enclosure also supports VESA and rack mounting, and it's backward compatible with sessions built on earlier Console 1 hardware.