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!
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!
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 :-))
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
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.....
@@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.
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 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!
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?
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.
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
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.
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
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...
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.....
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.
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.....
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 🦾
@@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 ! 😁
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.
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!!!!
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
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.....
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 $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
My 2 cents: Having two channel strips of a SSL console for 1100$ 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.
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.
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.....
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.
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.
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?
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 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"
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.....
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 found your review interesting, BUT I'm glad it's analog-only, god knows it will last a lot longer than, USB, Thunderbolt, PCI, etc, like real good analog gear it will always work, while that interface will be yesterdays fish paper
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.....
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.
About integrating an audio interface -- no, I'm looking for exactly this, a fully analog, no-digital, no audio interface. I already have an apogee A/D. I don't want to pay extra for a built-in interface that I have no use for.
Welllllllll, you'd change your opinion if that built in interface converted at either 32bit or DSD format. If this SiX had 8 proper SSL strips with full console features and the interface so it can be used with an iPad in Cubasis, I'd be in. But for now, the Steinberg usb-c 8 Yamaha d-pre pre's with 32bit depth will fill that void. Leave it to Steinberg to handle the brave stuff
@@ET2carbon No, I wouldn't change my mind. I don't want to pay a bunch more for that. 32bit is overkill, you can't make use of that. 24bit is more than enough.
@@ET2carbon 24bits is already more than enough. 20/22bits is even enough. 24bit has 512 times as much dynamic range as CD quality. That's far more than you'd ever be able to actually make use of. Also, bit depth does essentially nothing to high end/treble. You need higher sample rate for that.
@@antiHUMANDesigns I've got a bachelor's of science in this field. I am very aware of this information. I know you think what you're telling me it's fact but it isn't. Are you saying these things to save money and keep your recordings from sounding the most pristine representation of the natural organic acoustic sound? I was taught what you're telling me in school. We were taught the exact thing. Oh you'll never need above 16 bit because the science shows anything above is unnecessary and beyond human capabilities to perceive. Yeah then came 24bit. Then to keep from reinvesting in newer equipment because thousands were already spent, they try to downplay the results because they were told 44.1 16 was the max needed. Then when they actually heard the difference, they upgrade. Then, they said the same about 32 bit, until they heard it. Until you become esdentially analog, the digital technology will continue to progress. I recommend actually listening to a 32bit recording that was either a direct copy from analog or was recorded in 32bit. DSD is even beyond the 384khz. When you start using 1bit at 1MHz 5MHz or 11MHz you very much hear the difference. Yes highs are affected at higher sampling rates. The kind of thing you're trying to tell me is the same as people saying you can't tell the difference between 160kbps and 320kbps. It just isn't true
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...
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!!!!!
@@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.....
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.
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 products are always over priced for the home studio user. Most people can get really good sound with a Allen & Heath, Behringer, Mackie, Yamaha, Sony or any other small format mixer. No matter how they try to sell it. I can get more for my money with other mixers than a way over priced neve, api or ssl product. Great video demo
@@aarons6617 I doubt it. I used a Neve 8048, SSL 4000E and other major consoles. Sounds like you never even been in a pro studio with gear of that magnitude. Sounds like you just wanted to keystroke just to have something to say.
@Marks Music Place I have $30,000+ worth of gear in my studio, so I have an idea. Not quite as much as what those desks go for, but I still have a good idea of what quality hardware can do to a mix and to a mixers mind with sparking/assisting their workflow. Sounds like you’re a little butthurt to be honest, and didn’t see the smile at the end of my comment. I understand you can make decent music with anything, but comparing the sound of all the lower-level brands you mentioned with the quality sound of an SSL just isn’t fair man, and with your history of gear I’d think you would understand that. Not here to fight man so relax a bit :) haha
@@aarons6617 not butt hurt at all. plus I have 100,000 dollars worth of gear in mine. And of course we all have different opinions. My argument was not the quality but the price. Of course SSL or API or Neve is going to sound way better sonically because of the transformers, op amps mic preamps. Caps, Faders, and other electronics. My problem is that even though any studio with really nice gear to include mics, preamps. instruments, mixing desk, is going to sound way better than cheaper gear like a mackie 32 8 bus desk. the software, plugins, are going help reduce the need to buy tons of overpriced gear that most can't afford. This is the very reason plugins, software and clones are starting to dominate the market. There are high in studios that are starting to use compressors like th PRO VLA II and EQ clones like the warm audio version of the pultec EQP 1A because LA2As and Real Pultecs are super expensive. And because so many people are achieving great results from lower cost gear because the software and plugins have gotten that good. I only stress the importance of a powerful mac or PC and really nice converter as really good starting point. IF a person has deep pockets to get the most expensive gear then go for it But a person would be surprise how clones like warm audio and stam audio is just as good and cost a 4th of the cost. SSL realized this, thats why they made the new SSL Origin analog console that only cost 49,000 because a million dollar SSL Duality is just not feasible in the music industry today without having a ton of clients that can afford to pay for the studio time that requires a console of that type. The Music industry is not making billions anymore so record labels are not giving out 300,000 dollar advances anymore. Any way I said a mouthful, I wish you the best with your studio and career.
@Marks Music Place I appreciate the reply, and I can agree with a lot of what you said. I know you didn’t say it, but good hardware will never be replaced by plugins trying to emulate what the hardware actual does. I love plugins, some brands way more than others, but I sometimes fear the future of music with how some people think hardware is obsolete nowadays. And I love that less expensive companies are making clones of out-of-reach gear for the masses, and small studios, to actually use. I have a VLA II and a TB12 (both of mine are modded though), but I love the smaller boutique companies more than the companies shelling out mass produced gear from China. That being said, I do have my fair share of Chinese gear :) But companies like Louder Than Liftoff and AudioScape, to name a couple, are changing the game and people should take notice if they haven’t. It’s a great time for gear and music, I just don’t want people expecting everything should be sub $1,000 with endless features and options, because for all that, quality will get cut out to accommodate those features. Thanks for responding and I hope everything is going well for you during all this craziness. Stay safe and healthy!
Nice review, but I don´t know why everybody keeps saying that they want a second headphone amp when the foldback has enough power to drive a headphones and the only thing you need is a Y adaptor cable. Don´t get me wrong, the second headphone would be a nice addition but I just can´t see how would they fit it on the console...
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.....
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!!!!
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...
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.....
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.....
Markus Arike I don’t doubt that it sounds amazing. It should at that price. I was referring to the design layout. I think it could have been better IMO. I’m sure you’d get used to it.
When he was doing the bus compressor demo with the 808 clone I would have liked if he would have turned the decay of the kick drum up a bit to let the usual 808 boom in to see how the compressor handles it.
I don't know how good or bad that bass is, but the sound is amazing!! However, a more interesting test might have been with your cheapest bass, Gaz, (I respect the fact this may not be possible!! Haha) as this mixer is obviously being marketed towards a smaller studio setup and possibly such a setup and band might not have the most high-end instruments...I suppose what I'm saying is it would be interesting to hear what the mixer can do for a low-budget setup.
I think the Rick was quite a good choice because (in my opinion) they sound a bit weedy in a DI so it's a good test of how the mixer handles bass guitar.
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.....
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.....
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
.
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.
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 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!
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?
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.
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
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!
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.
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 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
The best review of the Six I've come across.
It's festooned? I'm sold!
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.....
Best review I’ve seen of this unit. Balanced and thorough, thank you
What an excellent review vid! Your the man, Gaz!
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.
@StringerNews1 yes as "PFL" could just as well =\< "People Find Loudness" :)
I have been saving up for an Industrial radio bass but I need one of these in my life now.
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.....
11:10 a bunch of people will buy this just for that one button!
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.
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.
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
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.
Festooned! What a fantastic word! Not used enough.
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
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.....
Great demo, Gaz! Thanks for making and sharing.
Gaz is such a fantastic bass player.
Love the review brotha, thank you. Cant wait to use mine 🙌🏼
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 $4,000 TO GIVE TO UAD
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS.....
My 2 cents: Having two channel strips of a SSL console for 1100$ 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 Gaz!
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.
" 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.....
Very enjoyable review. Thank you 😊
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.
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.....
Nice review.. Very practical run down of the features..
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.
good style of presentation
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?
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 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"
Fantastic review Gaz. Cheers!
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.....
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.....
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.....
I found your review interesting, BUT I'm glad it's analog-only, god knows it will last a lot longer than, USB, Thunderbolt, PCI, etc, like real good analog gear it will always work, while that interface will be yesterdays fish paper
Cheers Gaz, great review. :)
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.....
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.
About integrating an audio interface -- no, I'm looking for exactly this, a fully analog, no-digital, no audio interface. I already have an apogee A/D. I don't want to pay extra for a built-in interface that I have no use for.
Welllllllll, you'd change your opinion if that built in interface converted at either 32bit or DSD format. If this SiX had 8 proper SSL strips with full console features and the interface so it can be used with an iPad in Cubasis, I'd be in.
But for now, the Steinberg usb-c 8 Yamaha d-pre pre's with 32bit depth will fill that void. Leave it to Steinberg to handle the brave stuff
@@ET2carbon No, I wouldn't change my mind. I don't want to pay a bunch more for that.
32bit is overkill, you can't make use of that. 24bit is more than enough.
@@antiHUMANDesigns you would get more dynamic range because of the increased bit depth. And the higher end would sound more natural. Ok,
@@ET2carbon 24bits is already more than enough. 20/22bits is even enough.
24bit has 512 times as much dynamic range as CD quality. That's far more than you'd ever be able to actually make use of.
Also, bit depth does essentially nothing to high end/treble. You need higher sample rate for that.
@@antiHUMANDesigns I've got a bachelor's of science in this field. I am very aware of this information. I know you think what you're telling me it's fact but it isn't. Are you saying these things to save money and keep your recordings from sounding the most pristine representation of the natural organic acoustic sound? I was taught what you're telling me in school. We were taught the exact thing. Oh you'll never need above 16 bit because the science shows anything above is unnecessary and beyond human capabilities to perceive. Yeah then came 24bit. Then to keep from reinvesting in newer equipment because thousands were already spent, they try to downplay the results because they were told 44.1 16 was the max needed. Then when they actually heard the difference, they upgrade. Then, they said the same about 32 bit, until they heard it. Until you become esdentially analog, the digital technology will continue to progress. I recommend actually listening to a 32bit recording that was either a direct copy from analog or was recorded in 32bit. DSD is even beyond the 384khz. When you start using 1bit at 1MHz 5MHz or 11MHz you very much hear the difference. Yes highs are affected at higher sampling rates.
The kind of thing you're trying to tell me is the same as people saying you can't tell the difference between 160kbps and 320kbps. It just isn't true
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...
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 have a tingling sensation telling me it's about time to restring your Ric.
on my to get list for sure, kind of wish they had a rack version
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.....
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.
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.....
SSL products are always over priced for the home studio user. Most people can get really good sound with a Allen & Heath, Behringer, Mackie, Yamaha, Sony or any other small format mixer. No matter how they try to sell it. I can get more for my money with other mixers than a way over priced neve, api or ssl product. Great video demo
Sounds to me like you might need to re-evaluate what “really good sound” is... :)
@@aarons6617 I doubt it. I used a Neve 8048, SSL 4000E and other major consoles. Sounds like you never even been in a pro studio with gear of that magnitude. Sounds like you just wanted to keystroke just to have something to say.
@Marks Music Place I have $30,000+ worth of gear in my studio, so I have an idea. Not quite as much as what those desks go for, but I still have a good idea of what quality hardware can do to a mix and to a mixers mind with sparking/assisting their workflow. Sounds like you’re a little butthurt to be honest, and didn’t see the smile at the end of my comment. I understand you can make decent music with anything, but comparing the sound of all the lower-level brands you mentioned with the quality sound of an SSL just isn’t fair man, and with your history of gear I’d think you would understand that. Not here to fight man so relax a bit :) haha
@@aarons6617 not butt hurt at all. plus I have 100,000 dollars worth of gear in mine. And of course we all have different opinions. My argument was not the quality but the price. Of course SSL or API or Neve is going to sound way better sonically because of the transformers, op amps mic preamps. Caps, Faders, and other electronics. My problem is that even though any studio with really nice gear to include mics, preamps. instruments, mixing desk, is going to sound way better than cheaper gear like a mackie 32 8 bus desk. the software, plugins, are going help reduce the need to buy tons of overpriced gear that most can't afford. This is the very reason plugins, software and clones are starting to dominate the market. There are high in studios that are starting to use compressors like th PRO VLA II and EQ clones like the warm audio version of the pultec EQP 1A because LA2As and Real Pultecs are super expensive. And because so many people are achieving great results from lower cost gear because the software and plugins have gotten that good. I only stress the importance of a powerful mac or PC and really nice converter as really good starting point. IF a person has deep pockets to get the most expensive gear then go for it But a person would be surprise how clones like warm audio and stam audio is just as good and cost a 4th of the cost. SSL realized this, thats why they made the new SSL Origin analog console that only cost 49,000 because a million dollar SSL Duality is just not feasible in the music industry today without having a ton of clients that can afford to pay for the studio time that requires a console of that type. The Music industry is not making billions anymore so record labels are not giving out 300,000 dollar advances anymore. Any way I said a mouthful, I wish you the best with your studio and career.
@Marks Music Place I appreciate the reply, and I can agree with a lot of what you said. I know you didn’t say it, but good hardware will never be replaced by plugins trying to emulate what the hardware actual does. I love plugins, some brands way more than others, but I sometimes fear the future of music with how some people think hardware is obsolete nowadays. And I love that less expensive companies are making clones of out-of-reach gear for the masses, and small studios, to actually use. I have a VLA II and a TB12 (both of mine are modded though), but I love the smaller boutique companies more than the companies shelling out mass produced gear from China. That being said, I do have my fair share of Chinese gear :) But companies like Louder Than Liftoff and AudioScape, to name a couple, are changing the game and people should take notice if they haven’t. It’s a great time for gear and music, I just don’t want people expecting everything should be sub $1,000 with endless features and options, because for all that, quality will get cut out to accommodate those features. Thanks for responding and I hope everything is going well for you during all this craziness. Stay safe and healthy!
If it can send pre-channel compresor audio, may be mixing it with the comp’d audio would do for a nice Parallel Comp.
Nice review, but I don´t know why everybody keeps saying that they want a second headphone amp when the foldback has enough power to drive a headphones and the only thing you need is a Y adaptor cable. Don´t get me wrong, the second headphone would be a nice addition but I just can´t see how would they fit it on the console...
16:42 low key this is a banger tho
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
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.....
What’s that small omni capsule mic called?
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!!!!
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...
I see them making a hybrid interface to mesh with this.. maybe a Lil fusionish/Apollo x6 like
4:39 “no audio interface”…7 seconds later I’m off to write this and then start looking at the SSL BIG SIX
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?
Very nice vid. Thank you!
It's not only analogue. It is SUPERANALOGUE! What a SUPER bullsh..
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.....
What's all the extra background noise while you talk? is it from the mixer?
If Barry Gibb didn't make it as a rock star....
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing...How did you get the reverb into the SSL?
if not the SIX, then what is the next closest product out there in Aug 2021?
Love your videos! Thank you!
do you think the preamp is better than a bad apollo preamp for mics?
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
Came for the review, stayed for the singing
Gaz likes 1980's Miami bass music...see 19:12.....sweet!!!!
Thank you!
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.....
Good review Gaz. This thing seems like an expensive mess.
Expensive but mess? Go listen to the mix on Producing Bonedo, it sounds phenomenal.
Markus Arike I don’t doubt that it sounds amazing. It should at that price. I was referring to the design layout. I think it could have been better IMO. I’m sure you’d get used to it.
When he was doing the bus compressor demo with the 808 clone I would have liked if he would have turned the decay of the kick drum up a bit to let the usual 808 boom in to see how the compressor handles it.
Max Matson ah yes good idea, sorry I missed that.
No problem. I appreciate you replying back!👍✌
great video ! thanks!
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.
BELL BELL SHELF BELL BELL BOOST
I don't know how good or bad that bass is, but the sound is amazing!!
However, a more interesting test might have been with your cheapest bass, Gaz, (I respect the fact this may not be possible!! Haha) as this mixer is obviously being marketed towards a smaller studio setup and possibly such a setup and band might not have the most high-end instruments...I suppose what I'm saying is it would be interesting to hear what the mixer can do for a low-budget setup.
I think the Rick was quite a good choice because (in my opinion) they sound a bit weedy in a DI so it's a good test of how the mixer handles bass guitar.
@@iqi616 Ahhh....fair enough :)
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.....
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.....
The eq and cue send 2 should have swapped places. Would have been much more intuitive.