I just looked at the Softtube Console 1.
 
Faders not there aside, it only allows control of its own Softube plugins.
 
This is from their Q & A page:
 
Q: But what about the plug-ins I own from other developers?

You can still use them just as you did before, insert them in your DAW and mix with the mouse. You can toggle on/off the Console 1 On-Screen Display with a dedicated button on the hardware, so just turn it off to see your DAW windows again. Working like this, you will get a workflow that is very similar to an analog studio. Console 1is your mixer and centerpiece, and the other plug-ins are like your outboard rack effects that you patch in and adjust separately. Console 1 makes your workflow easier, it doesn't take anything away or lock you in.
 
Q: So I can't use other developer's plug-ins within the Console 1 system?
Not currently. We'll see what happens.
 
Interesting concept - I think as currently implemented, it would distract me and be a bit cumbersome, in having to switch back and forth for controlling other plugins, as well as the faders.
 
Bob Bone
 

Yeah, it wouldn't suit all ways of working for sure.
 
I've got a v700, and what I find is that I use the channel strip control knobs for ProChannel EQ and compression, and generally use the mouse for most other things. So I'm already more or less working in a Console 1 sort of way. On that basis, I find it quite appealing.
 
I also like the fact that, as it's actually not a DAW controller, you're not having to deal with shaky DAW control surface support. This, I think, is of particular relevance to Sonar users, as at the moment, Cakewalk have basically quietly abandoned control surface support.
 
This is something a bit different; a combined hardware and software channel strip. I think it's a really interesting approach.

I have used a Behringer FCB1010 midi foot board for years now, and the thing is as rugged as it gets.
 
I have also had some cheapo mixers from them that just quit working after a while.
 
I suppose it depends on which line of products you are looking at with them.
 
Bob Bone
 
 

I just set up my old YAMAHA Pro 1 desk which has been gathering dust for over a decade to control the Console and Pro Channel in X3....

super chuffed! BE GONE WITH YOU MOUSE!!!

Uh - oh - time to take over the world again, eh Dexter?
 
Cool, glad you thought of that, and that it worked - I suppose you were pacing yourself, for those 10 years?  :)
 
Bob Bone