Sonic LAB SSL SiX Compact Desktop Mixer
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- One of the biggest names in the studio world for the past 40 years, Solid State Logic built an enviable reputation for top-end large format mixing desks; for a time, any recording studio wanting to play in the premier division had to offer their clients the experience of using an SSL or a Neve desk.
A mixer with the SSL badge on it has a lot to live up to - so is their new entry into the small-format market - the 'SiX' - worthy of the name?
We asked Gaz to take it for a test drive and find out.
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The most thorough review of this product by far......thanks Gaz...
I quickly found out that this piece of gear is not the solution for what I‘m looking for, but this guy is so amazing that I had to watch the video till the end!
Terrific demo/review! Having no experience with anything approximating a true recording console, I learned a bundle from watching this.
Love this, especially your commentary/singing while engaging the EQ :) Seriously, very well done. I will say, that the things that you mention, and other reviewers have mentioned, as being potential shortcomings don't bother me at all, and I suspect might not bother others who might be looking for something like I am. 1) I don't care that it's not an interface for a DAW. I have an Apollo Duo and I'm mainly looking for extra inputs, flexible routing, extra preamps, etc, so I can keep everything I need as a multi-instrumentalist all dialed in and ready to go. 2) I don't care that there's only one headphone out, because I only work alone. 3) The lay out of the knobs doesn't bother me because I've never used an SSL or any large scale board, so it's all new to me. These three things have been mentioned in numerous reviews, and while I totally see why they're mentioned and could be downsides depending on your needs, for anyone who already has an interface and who records on their own. they might feel the same.
I'm putting my thoughts down here because I hope they can help anyone in my boat who's looking expand on a small setup. Like I said, I have an Apollo Duo, so I have the 4 XLR Inputs on that, which has the Universal Audio Plugins I can track through, but I also have a Vintage King 500 Series rack with a BAE 1073 mic pre, a Rascal Audio Tw0-V, 2 Trident 80B's and an API 505 DI. Which is all, AWESOME. But I work a lot and having to plug, unplug, dial in EQ, then dial in EQ for something else, it just all ends up cutting into my very limited creative time. So, I started wondering if it was time for a patch bay, which I'll admit, confuses the hell out of me. Do I need more mic pres, like a Focusrite ISA Two? Just trying to think of ways for my vocal mic, synths, mic'd drums, drum machines, bass and piano to be dialed in at ALL times, so once I get everything set up, I can focus mostly on playing and recording. I was almost going to buy one of those tiny Switchcraft patch bays, then I was going to buy the Focusrite ISA Two. Then I remembered the SSL SiX and started researching again. With the ISA Two being almost $1000 USD and the SSL Six being $1499 USD, I can get SO much more with the SiX. I can have my Ludwig kit mic'd with 3 mics, the two SuperAnalogue Pre's and the Talkback mic with the LMC engaged, the G-Series Bus compressor, and all the other additional input options. Are the the channel compressors only average? Maybe, but I'll never have an 1176 or an LA2A. I have an RNC :) So, if the channel compressors are kinda like having a couple of extra RNC's, then that's a win! If the G-Series compressor is better than those, great!
Anyway, just wanted to share how I'm thinking of using this because I drive myself nuts researching gear options, and once in a while I come across things that open my eyes, like this video, and I'm always appreciative of the time people put into this stuff. I'm NOT a trained engineer by the way. I'm a songwriter/producer, who because he can't afford to go to proper recording studios has found a way to record myself. I know some of this is out of range financially for a lot of people, me included at most points in my life, but if you're looking at getting some good pieces of outboard gear that'll last for a long time, things like this are wise investments I think. I choose gear very carefully and from what I've read, this seems like a really great piece to add to my evolving home studio. Thanks @SonicState for the video!
Gaz, we need a studio tour
exactly what i was thinking
MrDschiesus 🍳 sactly my thoughts too
Yup. I especially want to know what you have in there that requires you to strap yourself into that chair LOL. (Yes I know... but it's a strange place to hang your back pack :-))
yes please!
Woo ok if there is interest in that, we will have to have a look. Damn I would need a proper tidy up first!
The SSL SIX has replaced my $6k lunchbox in my small studio. LOVE mine.
How do you feel about it a year out, if you don't mind my asking?
@@G.GordonMidi it you want to augment your digital interface with some analog hardware, the SSL SIX is a perfect form factor.
The channel comps are 2:1 which is why they are so light. The g being 4:1 with a 40 cut makes them more suitable for bus. Every time I used my Six, I find out how much more I actually like it. I was skeptical in the beginning and actually only picked it up for the strong pre amps(one channel with a comp in a case and power supply would cost more) in the channel strip with the compressor that I only use about -3db but it is just so flexible and clean I use it all more and more.
SL SiX and SSL Fusion open Sourced ******
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!!
I have had it for 14 days. What people may not realize is the amazing sound quality for mic and DI. It beats the RME pre-amps in UFX for example.
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Quite familiar with pres in RME, Prism Sound, and Apogee...does it compare to any of these?
bigdap100 I tested against RME UFX 2, which
I have. Used 2 Schoeps mics, running one in via Six and one directly into RME. Could heard difference.
@@bigdap100 I can answer regarding the comparison between the SSL Six and Prism pres. The SSL six pres are very very clean and sound/feel "dryer"sounding than the pres in my Prism. It is a perfect coupling though as the 8 channel ADDA is what I have my prism for.
Great demo, Gaz! Thanks for making and sharing.
Finally a good walkthrough video thanx Gaz! Many negative comments, I did my homework: I wanted a mixer with is high quality build ( through it isn't made in the UK anymore) The SiX is build like a tank, future proof with many routing options. perfect for me starting, as an solo artist, slowly building a small music studio. I guess time will tell if it will be a succes, more outputs means more money, like a TwelvE (btw you can link 2 SiX mixers to make a TwelvE) glad they made it without a audio interface. So you can use your own interface, it is focuses on musician who already got some gear, not beginners. Quality has a price folks, and I love it
A TwelvE would be awsome.
Even if it could sum up 12 inputs. But only four outputs if i understood weel.
This is the best video I’ve seen demonstrating the real world recording capabilities of this thing. Then to be able to turn around and sum my stems through SIX really makes this thing a bargain in my opinion. I also love my SSL 2+ interface. I’d be shocked if they don’t make an interface soon with enough I/O to pair with all the routing in the SIX. They’ll get my money once they do!
SL SiX and SSL Fusion open Sourced ******
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!!
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
I don't get why people keep saying it's expensive, or it should have x, y, and z features at this price. An SSL Xlogic 4 channel mic pre costs nearly £1400 (That's just pres, no eq, no compression) and the single channel alpha unit is nearly £1000 (whilst having a much better eq admittedly), This has two mic channels with a limited eq and compressor, two stereo channels, a scaled down mix bus compressor, loads of other connections and functionality. It's a bargain! You want better eq and compression for this price? Dream on, or buy a cheaper, inferior brand of course. I may have to go the latter route sadly, plus I need multiple inputs so I have no choice. I can dream of an AWS948 though!
What an excellent review vid! Your the man, Gaz!
15:51 "Ta ta ta--- More compressed, MORE compressed, COMPRESS! Hey, hey, hey, HEY! HEY! HEY! NO compress, NO COMPRESS-- COMPRESS, COMPRESS! Eh, it's okay."
-My *internal dialogue* while mixing
Best review I’ve seen of this unit. Balanced and thorough, thank you
No doubt in my mind that strong affordable usb mixer/interfaces with DSP are the future for small studio and home producers, I can totally see massive opportunity for hybrids that can save custom eq and compressor profiles like the small Yamaha AG series but also have cracking input, output and monitoring features that we need.
The SSL has the heritage but has the price tag to boot.
I’ll keep my money for now, but I’m keeping a watchful eye on the future.
1 channel on the damn thing is worth more than the cost of the mixer and most people still think it should have an audio interface.
Hi, I am one of those people who think that a decent Interface should make such sound, but in comparison to the sound in this video the pure output of my interfaceo sounds a little bit plastic. Is it really possible to improve the sound of a production when one inserts the SSL Six as an Insert in the masterbus?
This mixer has some interesting quirks and features. for $1500 you get 2 hi gain mic preamps, 3 compressors, a crazy limiter, a 12 channel summing mixer with SSL build quality that will out last a Behringer and sound better than a Mackie or Yamaha. I agree with Gaz on the design quirks like the basic EQ, the fussy layout and design, but it seems like a good price for an SSL.
oh but that's not all... then you get to buy a couple of d-sub cables for $250 so you can connect your outboard gear! lol
Couldn’t you put an other eq like he did with the reverb ?
Wonderful Demo :)
I have been saving up for an Industrial radio bass but I need one of these in my life now.
Gaz, I love your bass playing man! Good review, thanks.
Very kind thank you!
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Great demonstration / walk through of the SSL Six. I am considering purchasing this now, and you video was super helpful. Cheers!
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
I love mine -- I'm using the pres as makeup gain for outboard summing, the stereo channels for keys/line mixing, and it's my main monitor controller. Lots and lots of things it can do, it's perfect for my set-up. Plus, I can ride the main fader to do manual fade-outs.
Hi Poserp do you have a video somewhere of you set-up for the Six... I'd like to use it quite in the same as you do... But I kinda get lost with all the options
@@essouna I don't, but the basic gist of it is hook up your monitors to the Main Monitor outputs for monitoring (this will allow you to dim/mute/mono the main monitors and control the monitor mix from the monitor section), and hook up the Main Bus outputs (the female XLR connectors on the back) to your recording device/interface. I hook up my passive summing to the microphone inputs on channels 1 and 2. This way I can use the channel compressors, the eq, and the main bus compressor on the summed version of my track.
...Adding, be sure you pan channels 1 and 2 L and R, so that you have a stereo image... Sometimes I forget to check that and wonder why everything I'm monitoring is in mono...
@@poserp ok cool it's pretty similar to how i used it except that i don't use the monitor part as i have 3 sets of speakers to listen to my mixes
Excellent review! Thanks a lot 🙏
Love the review brotha, thank you. Cant wait to use mine 🙌🏼
Does the alt input accessible via db25 flow through the main mono channels? I'd like to be able to route signal out from my interface and through the mono channels for processing without having to keep plugging/unplugging from the normal inputs on top whenever I want to plug in a guitar or mic.
Fantastic review Gaz. Cheers!
Lovely review! Any impression on how it is to work with a synth setup? I imagine the G-series compressor and general color to be a match but the EQ section seem limited. I guess the expander would be necessary to get enough inputs and then the price goes up...
It's festooned? I'm sold!
How to just hear the main source without monitor source, because i want to use the main source for realtime mixing or mastering my music, just using fader to print my audio, so i know the exact sound come out from Six ssl Thank you.
I have had mine for 3 months and could not be happier. I/O is great for a small studio
Still thrill ?
If i understood well you could go to 12 inputs and four outputs, two separatly and the 10 others on the main out ?
Totally separatly it would be four and four ?
@@juliendammert7488 I don't know what you mean by four and four. You have the main out and the Bus B out - where I send that signal for additional processing. You have the two main inputs with EQ and an alternate input on 1/2 via the DB25 connected thru my patch bay. With the 2 stereo channel inputs on top, I would probably consider it six and four.... I also use my handsome zulu on the insert/send via the DB25 through the patch bay. I cannot say enough about the compressor. just used lightly brings instant gratification. I run everything through it. It is a great board brings warmth to everything you run through it. I tend to ramble...hope this long, boring answer helps.
@@aking9832 thanks for your answer. Not too long and not boring.
Sorry to not be understable. English isn’t my first language.
I’m new at this and try to understand.
I’m a mutli amps guitarist song writer. For each amps i need two ins. So I tried to figure out how many amps i could plug into the SiX to go into an audio interface to have one separated track for each amps. If it’s four ins and four outs that’s two amps.
My idea was to plug the audio source from multiple amps into the SiX going into an audio interface to record. Then in a second time coming back from the audio interface to the SiX to mix each tracks thru the the main inputs with eq and the Bus compressor.
@@juliendammert7488 Okay. Now I get your question. then yes it can be a four in/four out setup. Yes use 3/4 and 5/6 inputs from amps, output from monitor outs (your record feed) goes to interface, then outputs from interface goes to 1/2 inputs for SSL processing.
@@aking9832 i thought for recording going from one amps to the inputs one and two then going to the Bus B left and right then going to inputs one and two of the audio interface. And a second amp going to the inputs 3L and 5L (maybe with mic pres before) going to the two main outputs going to the inputs three and four of the audio interface.
So I would have two separated tracks from each two amps.
Then playback from the daw to mix thru channel one and two and use comp.
I love mine... Stellar addition to the studio!
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Very enjoyable review. Thank you 😊
I just discovered you, Gaz. Excellent review. I need this piece of gear. If you think about it, I single 500 series SSL mic pre is like $700, and this thing has 2 SSL preamps. So right there, you are getting your money's worth. Also, it has a REALLY good DI - those can cost a few hundred dollars and up. The fact that you can use a pedal for effects eliminates the need to go buy a $300 Radial reamping box. This is a GREAT product, and it sounds amazing.
SL SiX and SSL Fusion open Sourced ******
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
So nobody is going to talk about how sweet, thick, and mellow that old ric is...I want that bass with the old flat string included...name your price!
Thanks Gaz!
Love your videos! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing and being you. You are great.
Like you said, the layout is a bit confusing, so I added lines to box out the Cue1 portion of channel 1. And same for the Cue2 portion. I cut masking tape thin to make the lines, so I can remove the lines.
And, like you said, the rear connections labelling is impossible to see, so I used my label maker (Brother QL500) to add labels next to the jacks.
It appears that you really got to know this thing, so what you say is right on and very interesting and important. Thanks very much for sharing your expert opinion on this.
I use mine strictly for vocals and drum machine paired with a blue robbie with a telefunken tube. Absolutely mind blowing sound. Puts the vocals right up front. Can be aggressive in the mids but its nice
Cheers Gaz, great review. :)
Guys, I need some advice, I want to pair the SiX with a audio interface, with one would be great? Want to use the D-sub connectors. Witch interface would make sense to use?
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing...How did you get the reverb into the SSL?
Nice review.. Very practical run down of the features..
What’s that small omni capsule mic called?
11:10 a bunch of people will buy this just for that one button!
The best review of the Six I've come across.
Thank you, very useful video. Really like your natural and cut-to-the-chase approach. Getting mine today :) . Any basic set of cables you recommend?
do you think the preamp is better than a bad apollo preamp for mics?
What’s the small mic he used for monitoring?
What’s the Effect you connect to SSL six
Hi Gaz, your video actually helped me make the decision to purchase the Six. I wonder if you could help at all. I'm getting a switch noise on the main output, when switching the 'Ext 1 and Ext 2' in and out using the switches above the main fader on the extreme right of the console. The reason I am having to do this is because even when the external volumes are turned to zero, signal is still bleeding through to the Main output. It doesn't bleed through onto the monitor outputs in the same scenario. Just wondered if your unit does the same? Daniel
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Glad I stuck and heard the bass DI.. Coming from a weak signal bass.. that certainly brought the SSL magic. Is that G Compressor going to affect all channel though, or only if the Comp track channel switch is activated? And what A/D interface is the mixer connected to?
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Hi, is this mixer suitable for vintage sounds? thanks and congratulations for the channel
Great review!
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Very nice vid. Thank you!
hi do you lose any audio quality if you record from the B-BUSS ? compared to the min buss outputs ,,thanks
No, you lose no audio quality at all as it is pure analogue, going to BusBis just another way out of the unit bypassing the Bus compressor.
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
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What's all the extra background noise while you talk? is it from the mixer?
great video ! thanks!
The one knob compressor and the EQ sound amazing even in my iPad speakers 🔊🙀
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
" top end with the bell " ;-) & the winner is Gaz !!! great review ... true that the G series bus compressor adds an extra something
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
The price thing is interesting. For the features I personally think it’s a bargain. The folks who save for months to afford Behringer and Mackie gear will think it’s massively expensive and those with high end professional studios will likely see it as a budget item and not take is seriously and see it as consumer-level. It just fits in a middle zone seems to annoy many people at least online.
Yes, and we need more little utility mixers like this that are worthy of the price point. I've been wanting a compact mixer that's actually a compact _good_ mixer and not compact-economy. There must be more people who need compact size without the compact sound.
I definitely agree this is more for the intermediate professional, someone who is very serious about their sound, not yet major but has did a few projects and knows how to work digital and analog gear to form a hybrid studio
SL SiX and SSL Fusion open Sourced ******
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!!
I agree it’s extremely hard work ❤love it
Does the compressor have Sidechain?
Thank you!
FYI, "pfl" below the "mute" buttons are "Pre fader" activations. You can switch the cue behaviour to post via the cue post in the "foldback" master section on the far right.
"PFL" = pre-fade level
"PFL" = post-fade level
Who dreamed that up?
@@StringerNews1 yes as "PFL" could just as well =\< "People Find Loudness" :)
@@AnthonyMartinsRock "Perfectly Fine Level" ;)
good style of presentation
Thanks for this review. I really enjoy the workflow on mine... just had to upgrade my converter though.
Same, I got rid of my apollo and picked up an 8 channel Prism
@@AnthonyMartinsRock Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Great review. What condenser is that?
RUGBY music the mic is a Lewitt LCT 640 TS. Excellent mic!
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
How do you track a vocal, while paying back the music from the Daw ???
thats what I want to know
You can do that in about 4 different ways. You can monitor your daw without it going to the main bus through ext 1 or ext 2, while recording the main bus. Or you can monitor your daw through the main bus and record the cue send directly to your daw. Or you can record Bus b by muting the channels which will send them to bus b. so so many ways.
have you still got it? Thanks!
if not the SIX, then what is the next closest product out there in Aug 2021?
Festooned! What a fantastic word! Not used enough.
Really nice tound on that bass.
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Gaz is such a fantastic bass player.
Just curious what exactly do you use a mixer like this for on what kind of projects? Since there's so little input channels.
LinaaaOfficial some musicians like to combine 3 or more analog synths to make a Poly synth, and if you only have a 2 input channel’s on your audio interface, here is were you can use a mixer like this.
You can use another mixer and feed it into one o for the stereo ins and use the preamps/comp/EQ on this for main voice/instrument, DI... or may be to shape and color a whole mix or bus, add some extra hi Q channels... and then there are the sends and return, for creative FX routing and what not... I guess you’d need the Sub expander for wilder affairs
I use it to record all instruments , even drums (3 mics) using the talkback mic for the kick. It's great for mixing down, and the fidelity is satisfying for anyone who has experience using SSL it's the shit. I love it.
@@gavin4848 love my 6 as well!
Gavin Shear So interesting... how do you position the talkback mic?
Amazing review ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿. Better than SSL’s own review 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
My 2 cents: Having two channel strips of a SSL console for 1100$ is a great idea. However one knob compressor and super limited EQ just makes it way too stiff for tracking various sources. The layout looks messy and cheap - hide the inputs and outputs behind the unit! I'm sure some people will find this usefull for specific purposes, but as the compressor and eq are so limited, it's like having a sports car but only first two gears available.
Yep i hate being limited by the Eq
Thanks for the in depth walkthrough of its features. Though I don't doubt its sonic quality is as good as you and others have described, it strikes me that for this kind of money the whole thing should have been much better thought through. It's as you were saying about something as simple and cheap as an extra line decal to separate the EQ from the cue sends. The overwhelming impression I get is that this could be so much better given even an inch or two of extra width - it would give a much less cluttered and cramped feeling without costing more than a few pennies extra to manufacture - actually given the costs imposed by miniaturisation it might even have been cheaper to make.
It's like they took it as a design challenge to see how much they could cram into a pre-determined foot print, instead of deciding on a feature set and then determining the footprint and layout to make those features as accessible as possible. The cynic in me also suspects that the cramped foot print is really more of an artificial justification for what they don't include, such as a threshold on the channel compressor or a parametric EQ. SSL have earned the right to charge a premium for their products, but not to take the piss.
SL SiX and SSL Fusion open Sourced ******
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!!
If it can send pre-channel compresor audio, may be mixing it with the comp’d audio would do for a nice Parallel Comp.
I never really liked the Rickenbacker bass , but THAT particular unit , you got there just had me secondguessing - it sound REALLY good,- Thanx for a damn fine review - you are the best 🦾
Mikkel Grum Bovin it’s a very Woody sound my Ricky. Thanks for kind words.
The tone is in the fingers as much as anywhere else!
@@jimharris6389 Being a bassplayer with 40+ of active playing - my frettless Fender PJ w. Bartolini p.ups-my Fender fretted P´s & J`s, Musicman,my Luthier Handbuilth "Noname" wonderbass, my 200+ year old Upright, ,my ChapmanStick, and Hex,Variax, and everything in beetween, p.ups,-Floorboards, Boomerang´s, ´N Analog verb´s - Delays - TapeEcho machines Bucket Brigade of Nagra´s -Top´s N Combo´s - DI´s and Ladies, in, out, and Overboard, Under N OverBridge , you got it , i got it ,WE got it. OOH Yeah ! and , im a handsome son of a mother ! .... as you say .... "The tone is in the fingers as much as anywhere else`" You stun me with that revelation, and its hard to come back after such a splendid insight ! 😁
@@GazWilliams Definitely the nicest sounding DI'd Ricky I've heard.
Gaz, I love the talkback microphone! What is it? I own this mixer and love it. Great review.
Did anyone find out what that omni capsule mic is Gaz is using for talkback???
What type of talkback mic is that?????? I cannot find anything similar that is still in production and available. If anyone knows please respond!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!
I ended up getting a SoundCraft LX7II in almost new Condition......man....Im Starting to thing the Medium Sized SoundCraft Consoles are the Best on a Low Budget, Unliess you can afford a full SSL, Trident or API.......I would put my SoundCraft LX7II against...the Little Six, Big Six, Mackie, Tascam 24 or Mix Wizard any day of week...this thing is taking my Masters up to a new level
Ive got 24 Clean Pres, Mixing Bay in Middle of the Board, Aux Sends and Returns, 4 Band British EQ on Each Channel and InBoard Headphone Tracking....you wont beat this unless you can go all the way up to a "High End Console"
Great Video!! I have this product and it was inspireing to see your way of setting it up. I do not want a soundcard though.
I still wait until SSL brings us a Eight, with at least 4 preamped channels and a little bit more control on the compressor. This is not good enough and made me go for the Crawnborne USB. Much better preamps and very powerful machine, that also has a splendid DAC on board.
For my purposes the SiX lacks just a few features to make it really interesting. And those Cranborne products also look great. I thought of buying the ADAT-version but am still doubting if I will go for more rackmount or lunchbox analog gear or a mixing desk when I expand. By the way, preamps? I guess that you mean ones that you added?
I wouldn't put line input instruments into the micpres. That's what the stereo channels are for in my setup. I use the micpres for guitar and bass. The versatility of this unit is amazing and the sound is way above anything on the market at this price. I don't think it's an upper low end product at all. It is a great tool for any small home studio.
Grande!
This mixer is absolutely great. I can't believe you're saying it's expensive.
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
My favorite mixer I don’t own but one day I’ll have one
You will love it
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
After reading some of the comments of the reviewers its obvious some can't afford to purchase it, rather not have it or simply haters of the product so don't slam it without even experiencing it hands on. I did my research before purchasing and no regrets here.
Excuse my ignorance but isnt not having the audio interface built in what gives it its analogueness the analogue sound out then captured?
No. It’s perfectly possible to implement an interface that’s in parallel with the analogue outputs rather than digitising all the inputs as they enter the mixer, which is what most digital mixers do. If you’re recording into a DAW the audio has to pass through a digital interface anyway, so a good one built in to the mixer would make sense. Though paying that kind of money for what amounts to a small mixer with inadequate eq, dynamics and so few channels doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest.
Well...it's a step in the right direction. If they would add parametric EQ I'd buy one right now. I love the layout of the Shelford Chanel for ergonomics. If someone would duplicate that layout (leaving out "SILK" and to the right) and put two into a chassis this size with faders and a bus or two, I'd be overjoyed.
It would be really hot. My unit already gives of a nice bit of heat knowing how tightly packed the single channel 1u unit the Neve is already, the SSL six is actually really small. It works be interesting to see a manufacturer add those extra bits. I'm sure it could be done though the units would get bigger and more expensive. I picked the six for its size, price and two preamps along with the 4:1 g comp as it miraculously is set up how I use it anyway. For me, the EQ is far better than I would have imagined. It's more of a shaping tool. You would have to try one to see what it is capable of doing first hand.
Good Review
Great review Gaz, but I was irritated by a constant hissing noise during the review. Was this the desk (I doubt it), or your hair rubbing on the worn mic?
SSL SiX and Fusion open sourced inside your FAVORITE DAW
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
It's a shame they didn't have room for a sidechain compressor hpf on the input channels. There's a 50hz hpf on the buss comp (which is why it sounded better here), but even that is a little too gingerly for most program material. Would love a version with 125hz sc hpf available on all the comps.
I'd really like one of these but I'll wait to buy the 2.0 they should put out with an interface and some of the design issues fixed...
eggfooyuong SSL Eight perhaps
great video. Advanced but not in a scary way !
Acustica Audio Formula to get the Exact sound of the SSL 6 inside of your daw....after ran through any analog Rack with Any Decent Mixer will giv you the Exact SSL Sound of the SSL SiX and Fusion Vintage Drive..on any mix ***************************
ONE MIX BUS
AA Sand 2 or 3 Pre
Tauptape plugin set at C4 (Studer Dual Mono )
Full Sand 2 or 3 Strip
Another Sand 2 or 3 Pre (Total Cost) $500 oposed to $4000 for the SSL SiX and the Fusion.....(Keep in mind) Austica Audio plugins are live sampled analog from a $500,000 SSL Mixer.....
After your favorite Limiter and Meter......
That my friends is an Authentic Warm, Punchy, $100,000 SSL E Board right in your DAW
Catch : You'll have to have at least an
i7 32gb Ram and your Virtual Memory sat at 20000 MB
on a SSD Drive
Im doing this to OPEN SOURCE THAT SOUND....FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA.....$10,000 TO GIVE TO SSL!!!! OR $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
Expecting parametric EQ on both channels of a mixer "at that price point" is a huge ask. One channel of SSL 500-Series parametric EQ is $900 USD. It isn't a Mackie.
Not only that but with the send/returns, you can easily add whatever modules you want to this. These are perfectly serviceable EQs for most simple recording tasks and even some mixing. If you need something more, you can put it inline.
PSA - This mixer is on sale at Sweetwater for $1199, at $300 off list it's kinda hard to argue with it! I think they're running that sale thru the 26'th of May...
TBH, I'd sooner have a maximum number of individual outputs than an integral audio interface that will be using some soon to be obsolete connection format or drivers that are no longer supported.
I have a Mackie Onyx which has Firewire and the drivers have never been certified by Apple or Microsoft.
what monitors is he using?
Big ones are genelec, little ones are ik
on my to get list for sure, kind of wish they had a rack version
new strings?
I really want to get one but I agree with you it is a shame that they are missing that second headphone output. Ahhh! Maybe i'll wait...
you can plug in a splitter
I added a headphone amp 100 Canadian,40 US