SSL Nucleus

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I'm a professional sound designer and composer working in video games. I've had the nucleus as the centerpiece of my home studio since 2013 but am ready to upgrade. It will be superfluous at that point so I'm looking to sell it now. I've included pics of the space it was used in as I have a very clean environment and none of my gear gets abused.The nucleus is a wonderful unit and the build quality is fantastic. All the buttons have both a stiffness and a bounce to them that make them a joy to work with.All the radial dials are solid and feel like they came off a 20K board. Very durable and they don't soften in feel over time.The transport controls are also very satisfying and chunky. The build quality really shines through. Everything is just really solid.You get two mic pres that double as DI inputs. The mic pres are the same pres that are in their AWS line and they sound as good as anything you'd get in a lunchbox format.I've been really happy with it and have had 0 problems with it since I originally set it up. It's just been a very stable unit.Paging is a breeze and all the buttons are user assignable if you want to really customize your setup. You can swap between multiple daw setups if you wish as well.I've used it as a control surface for both Cubase and Reaper. Even in reaper it functioned well but it's integration shines read more