Solid State Logic UF8

UF8 is a studio controller designed for today’s DAW-based production workflows and ultrafast turn-around times. An expandable 8-channel advanced DAW controller, UF8 connects engineers, producers and artists directly to the creative process, offering absolute command of their workflow and significantly accelerating the speed of audio production and content creation.

UF8 offers intuitive features that are developed from a true understanding of production workflow; Simultaneous control of multiple DAWs, multi-purpose Master Encoder for DAW timeline navigation, track banking and mouse wheel emulation for precision, hands-on control.

Dedicated automation section and dual-purpose Selection Keys permit rapid access to select functions; solo and mute clearing in Pro Tools® and Logic Pro®. New CHANNEL and PLUG-IN control modes provide enhanced workflows for those using UF8 with Pro Tools - easily access your sends and plug-ins without slowing down your creativity.

Features

• High-quality 100 mm touch sensitive faders
• High-resolution colour displays
• All metal enclosure, finished with a brushed, anodised top plate
• 8 Endless Rotary Encoders
• Custom Workflows with 43 assignable keys per UF8; 5 banks of 8 User Keys + 3 Quick Keys
• Intelligent Multi-Purpose CHANNEL Encoder
• Mouse Scroll Emulation; control of any plug-in parameter you hover the mouse over with absolute precision
• Hi-Speed USB connectivity

SSL 360° Software Application 

SSL 360° is the command centre and brains behind UF8. It’s a cross-platform application for Mac and Windows. Installing is quick and easy. Once installed SSL 360° allows you to configure your UF8(s) for your DAW, customise the User Keys and save/load profiles. SSL 360° manages software and firmware updates for you. You can find SSL 360° within the 'Documents & Downloads' tab on this page or the downloads page and select ‘SSL UF8’ from the drop-down list.

SSL Native Plug-in Bundle  

Full licences of Vocalstrip 2 and Drumstrip plug-ins, SSL Native's highly regarded vocal (it's also great for speech / VO work) and percussion production tools are bundled with UF8. Giving you a range of professional quality processors suited to music, audio and post-production tasks. 

UF8 integrates with all major DAWs and includes workflow ready templates for Ableton® Live™, Cubase™/Nuendo™, Pro Tools®, Logic Pro®, Studio One®, LUNA™ and Pyramix™. Many producers and engineers prefer to split their creative process across multiple DAWs. UF8 is uniquely flexible and promotes SSL's Open DAW Policy - Control 3 different DAWs simultaneously and keep your production and mixdown process agile.

System Requirements 

SSL 360° software must be installed on your Mac or Windows computer in order to use SSL UF8. SSL 360° is available for FREE from the 'Documents & Downloads' tab on this page. 

SSL 360° software requires the following:

• Mac - 10.15 (Catalina), 11 Big Sur (Apple Silicon & Intel), 12 Monterey (Apple Silicon & Intel), 13 Ventura (Apple Silicon & Intel)
• Windows 10, Windows 11 (including 12th Gen Intel Machines)
• Intel 3rd Gen Core i5 (or comparable AMD processor) CPU running at 2.4GHz or higher
• 8GB RAM or more is recommended
• Internet-connection for software updates from SSL 360° application

Supported DAWs

The following DAWs are officially supported by UF8 and have dedicated profiles in SSL 360°. We only officially test with the most recent versions of each DAW software. In most cases, previous versions will also work fine.

• Pro Tools®
• Logic Pro®
• Cubase™ / Nuendo™
• Ableton® Live™
• Studio One®
• LUNA™
• Pyramix™

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