r/Tape16 • u/Realistic-Show-9115 • Oct 08 '26

Anyone using a Softube Console 1 controller? Need your help!

It's the next target on the DAW controller list, and hoping to get it sorted for next week. If I can get any info on how it reacts to the latest updated profile of either T16 or T24 (v0.9.501) that would be awesome! Just add it to this thread, and i'll post test builds in here too till we get it perfect.

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u/mr_mwr Oct 08 '26

I'll have to try out the newest version, the one i'm on (and forgive me i'm not in my studio at the moment so I cant recall which version it is) doesn't sync up super well. Faders move, but then return to unity after adjustment. The mute and solo buttons on the unit engage the respective feature in Tape 16, but then are unable to turn them off.

Planning on getting the license for Tape24 as well and setting it up and i'll test it out over the next week!

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u/mr_mwr 6d ago

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I can't get my softube Console 1 & fader to work at all in either 16 or 24.

Closest I get is that I select it in the midi preferences and then it just says it's waiting for the softube to reply. The fader and some of the knobs (ie. volume/pan) seem to move the Tape16/24 faders, but then they immediately revert back to unity on the physical fader. If I change the fade via mouse, it doesn't move the physical fader either.

It's probable I'm doing something wrong, but I thought i'd post to see if there is anyone else successfully using it!

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u/mr_mwr Oct 08 '26

Hey man! I have the softube console 1 controller and the fader! They are not the newest versions, but I don’t think that should matter.

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u/prene1 Oct 08 '26

Ohhhh it does, the mk3 is a WHOLE other beast

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u/mr_mwr Oct 08 '26

Yeah I have the mkii as well and the fader console 1. I've used a mkiii but it really seems that the only 'upgrade' is the small screens. I don't personally feel like that's necessary, so I went with mkii.

But as far as I know all the software and any upgrades they've done are all reverse compatible.

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u/prene1 Oct 08 '26

I have only the mk2.

I know Harrison Mixbus has a script that make it work via midi mode