Thank you for this! I just got an SSL 12 and trying to figure out the SSL 360 software and how it works to set up different monitoring mixes. This was perfect timing and just what I needed - thank you!
this is an amazing tutorial and really helped me finalize purchasing this. the fact you can mono out the headphone jacks is amazing and will be amazing for a 4 piece iem mixer as well as output for backtracks live and the asignable buttons and callback of different setups is awesome cause i do content creating, recording, live sound, and mixing and mastering so this is really cool. really appreciate the video and you definately got my sub plus being able to add extra inputs saves so much money when you look at buying an extra live mixer and you can just throw this in a rack drawer and connect a octopre for extra ins for drum mics and extra vocal mics for recording and monitoring.
Great comprehensive walkthrough! One small issue, though - I noticed at 15:01 you mention that using the headphone jacks as line outs will make HP A act as outputs 5 & 6, HP B as 7 & 8. This is incorrect; in Line Output Mode, each headphone output becomes a mono line out. By default, it's a balanced mono output (expecting a TRS connector), but checking the "Unbalanced" box will configure that output to send an unbalanced mono signal (expecting a TS connector). Other than that, though, it's a really great step-by-step guide, and I'll be recommending this video alongside the SSL 12!
awesome tutorial. I've seen that the ssl2+ can be use as live monitoring / stand alone mixing (with laptop off), just using it for getting power. Seems that ssl12 can be run only with ssl360, have you tried to use it as stand alone / direct monitoring ? once again thanks for your videos.
I’ve not tried that! I don’t think the SSL12 would work too well for that. It’s a lot more complex and lots of the routing and monitoring can only be configured in the software. The SSL2+ literally just has that blend knob which makes it a lot easier for that standalone workflow.
That’s a good thought, but thinking through it, you need somewhere to plug both the input and output to physically get the signal to the analog gear, and loopback is just an internal thing. It’s good for recording audio from Spotify or something if you’re trying to grab a reference track.
Yeah, I haven’t tried it but it should work. There’s plenty of routing options and I think you can even toggle the output between balanaced and unbalanced. I’d still recommend a reamp box or something to make sure you get the level and impedance correct though
Thank you for your information. I have a question for you. Is there anyway that you can do a video on how to route to your DAW out to any outboard gear and route it back into the DAW? I cannot find any good information to do so. And when I try, it never ever works... I have two compressors that I really want to use to get a much bigger sound. But it never works or when it does, its such a bad feedback... And I still cant get any of the routing to work.
That’s a great question. To clarify, you’re wanting to, say, send your mix out of the SSL, to your outboard gear, and back into your SSL? Like an outboard master bus compressor setup?
@@woodyardmusic Yes, very much. I have the FMR-RNC and a ART Pro VLA II that I really want to take some advantage of. Well at least one of them. I know those two compressors don't give hardly any color. But I got them, so why not try to use them. At some point, I do want to swap the tubes out of the Pro VLA one day. Also, thank you for responding.
Okay, heard that. It's gonna be a bit before I can get to this, it's a little more involved than a screen-capture video, but I'll add it to the list and try my best to make it happen!
hello! Excellent video, I use ProTools, I have a pair of Yamaha NS 10s and a passive sublow, can I connect the Yamahas to output 1 and 2 and the passive sublow to 3 and 4? thank you
Thanks! The best way would probably be running 1&2 into your sub, and then out to your mains, most subs have the connections for this and could also have some crossover functionality as well, that would be cleanest. If not, then you should be able to click "follow mix 1-2" on the output section of Line 3&4 so that outputs 1-4 are all receiving DAW playback 1-2, then run your cables. Like I said, the first method is way cleaner, but the second option could work. Tread lightly and raise your volumes slowly :)
Hi, i'm having an issue where my input and playback monitoring plays on top of one another, like creating a doubled delayed effect when recording with a bit of latency... I just wanna hear output monitoring through speakers and headphones... Can't turn it off anywhere it seems, and nobody seems to talk about this problem, which is a huge downer. what do i miss here? Kind Regards Joachim
Hello! It sounds like you’re hearing playback from both the interface and the DAW, one of them needs to be turned off. Are you using Logic or a different DAW?
@@thehauntedyouth666if I had to guess, it sounds like input monitoring is turned on in Ableton, which is routing it through the “playback” of your interface. you then hear this up against the slightly faster sound of the interface input monitoring which causes that awful latency sound. I’d recommend turning off the input monitoring in Ableton or turning off the input monitoring on the SSL, either way with the goal of having only one input monitoring occurring. That should fix the issue if I’m following correctly
I've actually been having this exact issue. I'm able to mute the DAW playback, but then the interface volume isn't so loud. I haven't yet figured out how to mute the interface and not the DAW. Although this video should help
How did you get the Spotify song to playback in your daw? I'm running Pro Tools and I want to add a stereo instrumental song (on my desktop) to a new stereo track in my Pro Tools session to add some rythmn instrumentation.
How do I record guitar to where I'm not hearing the raw D.I. signal coming through along with my distortion plugin? Also, how do I direct monitor for zero latency? I have Studio One 7 along with the SSL12
It sounds like you’re hearing both the SSL monitoring AND the studio one monitoring at the same time. So you have to pick: either choose to monitor through studio one, mute everything in SSL12, and if you have control over some sort of I/O buffer size in studio one, set that as low as you can, that will help with latency. OR Monitor through SSL12, it will be lightning fast but you won’t hear your distortion plugin.
hey there. Can't find an answer to my question...Is the interface keeps last loaded profile once it is turned off and then back turned on again...can I setup the routing on my Mac true the 360 app, disconnect the SSL, connect to my iPad and still using the same profile/routing ?
That’s a great question! To the best of my knowledge, the profile stays. As far as iPad, I don’t know, I don’t have an iPad that takes usb-c so I can’t test it.
Do you have this as a separate App along with Logic on your Mac ? Thanks, is there anything to watch out for also with Logic ? Would I get a doubling in sound from a guitar etc , that I would have to deal with ?
Hello, yes this is a separate app that comes with the SSL12. You can use it to configure the interface regardless of the DAW you’re recording in. To avoid doubling, just make sure you’re monitoring in either Logic OR SSL360, not both, just pick one 😁
Hi, how can I get a headphone jack output from the interface to play only the music coming from the daw and not the mic, so I can route the hp to a mixer line L and R and use it for direct Monitoring as a separate monitor mix for tracking vocals. Also how do I turn off direct monitoring in the ssl 360 because the volume in the headphone is low when I've tried to use direct monitoring from the interface. Thanks in advance.
You’ll need to turn down the hp send on every channel except for the daw playback. To turn off direct monitoring in the SSL, just turn everything down except for the daw playback 1-2. Then the only thing you will hear is what’s coming from your daw and you can handle all the monitoring in your daw instead
questio n on the adat on the manual it says it can only be a slave interface because I have a 18i20 and the only way I can get hem to synce is if the scarleet is the master and the ssk the slave ?? i have no problem doing that but would I be loosing quality haveing the scarlet be that master clock???
That’s odd, I actually use an 18i20 with the SSL myself. I’ll have to take a look at the setting on both to see what’s happening. I haven’t noticed any loss of quality though, it always sounds pristine
@@ezurg01 it’s possible because it’s older that it’s harder for vit to play nice. I had two 18i20s and it was even hard to get those two to connect though. I know you have to go into Focusrite control and get all of those settings right too
That means either your input signal or output signal is too hot. If it’s happening on the input channels, turn the input gain down. If it’s happening on the output channels, (headphones for example) then send less audio to that output
@@woodyardmusic in the input only on chanel 1. 2-4 are grean with the same microphone. On the output the headphones and the master are red and line 3/4 is green
Is possible to listen audio mixed with ssl 360 in pc speakers with the only ssl 12 connection via usb? For example, I have instrument on line1, youtube on playback 3-4 (if I set pc audio device on SSL Output 3/4). I see audio tracks on SSL 360 mixer, but I can't listen in pc speakers. Is there a way to do it or I have to connect external speakers to SSL12 outputs? Thanks.
That’s a tough one. Unless you get into something weird with aggregate devices, it would be best just to plug in your speakers directly to the interface
Hello I just bought a SSL 12, but I'm struggling with something here. When I setup my windows system sound as SSL Monitors, I only can listen them through my HP A out if I set the HP A mix to Follow Mix 1-2. But I teach guitar online and I need to hear the system sound like youtube or anything through my speakers but I want to only listen my Microphone monitoring in my HP A mix. How can I do that???
I think you need to turn off “Follow Mix 1-2”. Then mix your speaker content on the faders and use the knobs for HP A to dial in just your DAW playback
@@woodyardmusic yea I just got it! Problem was that my windows 11 screen wasn't showing the full screen in ssl 360 software so I couldn't see that's my playback returns were all routed directly
I must be missing something... when I hit play in Cubase and then click on SSL 360° to view the panel Cubase stops playing... Is this normal and do I need special hardware or is it something else?
Excellent video while I look at different interfaces to figure out which one to go for. SSL 12 is probably the one I'll go for.
It’s my favorite that I’ve had! Perfect balance of quality, functions and ease of use
Thank you for this! I just got an SSL 12 and trying to figure out the SSL 360 software and how it works to set up different monitoring mixes. This was perfect timing and just what I needed - thank you!
Awesome! It took me a solid day to get my head around it so I’m glad it helped you out, hopefully a bit faster
this is an amazing tutorial and really helped me finalize purchasing this. the fact you can mono out the headphone jacks is amazing and will be amazing for a 4 piece iem mixer as well as output for backtracks live and the asignable buttons and callback of different setups is awesome cause i do content creating, recording, live sound, and mixing and mastering so this is really cool. really appreciate the video and you definately got my sub plus being able to add extra inputs saves so much money when you look at buying an extra live mixer and you can just throw this in a rack drawer and connect a octopre for extra ins for drum mics and extra vocal mics for recording and monitoring.
Yeahhhh, you get it haha. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you decided to go with the SSL!
Great comprehensive walkthrough! One small issue, though - I noticed at 15:01 you mention that using the headphone jacks as line outs will make HP A act as outputs 5 & 6, HP B as 7 & 8. This is incorrect; in Line Output Mode, each headphone output becomes a mono line out. By default, it's a balanced mono output (expecting a TRS connector), but checking the "Unbalanced" box will configure that output to send an unbalanced mono signal (expecting a TS connector). Other than that, though, it's a really great step-by-step guide, and I'll be recommending this video alongside the SSL 12!
Wow! Great note, thanks for adding that
great video!
Thank you!
Very informative. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Great video, thanks for this information!!
You’re welcome!
Awesome, thank you
You’re welcome
Thank man ! Great Video !
Thanks!
awesome tutorial. I've seen that the ssl2+ can be use as live monitoring / stand alone mixing (with laptop off), just using it for getting power. Seems that ssl12 can be run only with ssl360, have you tried to use it as stand alone / direct monitoring ? once again thanks for your videos.
I’ve not tried that! I don’t think the SSL12 would work too well for that. It’s a lot more complex and lots of the routing and monitoring can only be configured in the software. The SSL2+ literally just has that blend knob which makes it a lot easier for that standalone workflow.
Thanks. Really good tutorial!!
Thank you!!
Can you use the loopback feature to run out your daw through analog gear back in to your daw
That’s a good thought, but thinking through it, you need somewhere to plug both the input and output to physically get the signal to the analog gear, and loopback is just an internal thing. It’s good for recording audio from Spotify or something if you’re trying to grab a reference track.
Hello! Is it possible make reamp from te OUT LINE to the Analog Input?
Yeah, I haven’t tried it but it should work. There’s plenty of routing options and I think you can even toggle the output between balanaced and unbalanced. I’d still recommend a reamp box or something to make sure you get the level and impedance correct though
@@woodyardmusic Awesome! Many Thanks!
Thank you for your information. I have a question for you. Is there anyway that you can do a video on how to route to your DAW out to any outboard gear and route it back into the DAW? I cannot find any good information to do so. And when I try, it never ever works... I have two compressors that I really want to use to get a much bigger sound. But it never works or when it does, its such a bad feedback... And I still cant get any of the routing to work.
That’s a great question. To clarify, you’re wanting to, say, send your mix out of the SSL, to your outboard gear, and back into your SSL? Like an outboard master bus compressor setup?
@@woodyardmusic Yes, very much. I have the FMR-RNC and a ART Pro VLA II that I really want to take some advantage of. Well at least one of them. I know those two compressors don't give hardly any color. But I got them, so why not try to use them. At some point, I do want to swap the tubes out of the Pro VLA one day. Also, thank you for responding.
Okay, heard that. It's gonna be a bit before I can get to this, it's a little more involved than a screen-capture video, but I'll add it to the list and try my best to make it happen!
@@woodyardmusic I really appreciate that you are looking into this? Cause I can't find anyone else to do it.
hello! Excellent video, I use ProTools, I have a pair of Yamaha NS 10s and a passive sublow, can I connect the Yamahas to output 1 and 2 and the passive sublow to 3 and 4? thank you
Thanks! The best way would probably be running 1&2 into your sub, and then out to your mains, most subs have the connections for this and could also have some crossover functionality as well, that would be cleanest. If not, then you should be able to click "follow mix 1-2" on the output section of Line 3&4 so that outputs 1-4 are all receiving DAW playback 1-2, then run your cables. Like I said, the first method is way cleaner, but the second option could work. Tread lightly and raise your volumes slowly :)
Hi, i'm having an issue where my input and playback monitoring plays on top of one another, like creating a doubled delayed effect when recording with a bit of latency... I just wanna hear output monitoring through speakers and headphones... Can't turn it off anywhere it seems, and nobody seems to talk about this problem, which is a huge downer. what do i miss here? Kind Regards Joachim
Hello! It sounds like you’re hearing playback from both the interface and the DAW, one of them needs to be turned off. Are you using Logic or a different DAW?
@@woodyardmusic I'm using Ableton
@@woodyardmusic My old focusrite had a switch from playback to input, It's weird SSL oversaw a simple but important feature in this line
@@thehauntedyouth666if I had to guess, it sounds like input monitoring is turned on in Ableton, which is routing it through the “playback” of your interface. you then hear this up against the slightly faster sound of the interface input monitoring which causes that awful latency sound. I’d recommend turning off the input monitoring in Ableton or turning off the input monitoring on the SSL, either way with the goal of having only one input monitoring occurring. That should fix the issue if I’m following correctly
I've actually been having this exact issue. I'm able to mute the DAW playback, but then the interface volume isn't so loud. I haven't yet figured out how to mute the interface and not the DAW. Although this video should help
How did you get the Spotify song to playback in your daw? I'm running Pro Tools and I want to add a stereo instrumental song (on my desktop) to a new stereo track in my Pro Tools session to add some rythmn instrumentation.
The SSL uses input 7-8 as a “loopback feature”, you just set a stereo ProTools channel to input 7-8 and that should do it
Does your routing stick if you power cycle? Or does it default o I/o mode until 360 is opened and sets up the routing?
It sticks, it always picks up where you left off. You can always save presets too though
@@woodyardmusic Awesome. Thanks !
How do I record guitar to where I'm not hearing the raw D.I. signal coming through along with my distortion plugin? Also, how do I direct monitor for zero latency? I have Studio One 7 along with the SSL12
It sounds like you’re hearing both the SSL monitoring AND the studio one monitoring at the same time.
So you have to pick:
either choose to monitor through studio one, mute everything in SSL12, and if you have control over some sort of I/O buffer size in studio one, set that as low as you can, that will help with latency.
OR
Monitor through SSL12, it will be lightning fast but you won’t hear your distortion plugin.
@woodyardmusic thanks so much for the info! I appreciate your quick response!
Can the ssl 12 work with an iPad and Garage Band?
That’s a good question, I’m not sure. I’ll try this week if I have some time
hey there. Can't find an answer to my question...Is the interface keeps last loaded profile once it is turned off and then back turned on again...can I setup the routing on my Mac true the 360 app, disconnect the SSL, connect to my iPad and still using the same profile/routing ?
That’s a great question! To the best of my knowledge, the profile stays. As far as iPad, I don’t know, I don’t have an iPad that takes usb-c so I can’t test it.
@@woodyardmusic thanks for the answer . Great review by the way
Do you have this as a separate App along with Logic on your Mac ?
Thanks, is there anything to watch out for also with Logic ? Would I get a doubling in sound from a guitar etc , that I would have to deal with ?
Hello, yes this is a separate app that comes with the SSL12. You can use it to configure the interface regardless of the DAW you’re recording in. To avoid doubling, just make sure you’re monitoring in either Logic OR SSL360, not both, just pick one 😁
Hi, how can I get a headphone jack output from the interface to play only the music coming from the daw and not the mic, so I can route the hp to a mixer line L and R and use it for direct Monitoring as a separate monitor mix for tracking vocals. Also how do I turn off direct monitoring in the ssl 360 because the volume in the headphone is low when I've tried to use direct monitoring from the interface. Thanks in advance.
You’ll need to turn down the hp send on every channel except for the daw playback. To turn off direct monitoring in the SSL, just turn everything down except for the daw playback 1-2. Then the only thing you will hear is what’s coming from your daw and you can handle all the monitoring in your daw instead
questio n on the adat on the manual it says it can only be a slave interface because I have a 18i20 and the only way I can get hem to synce is if the scarleet is the master and the ssk the slave ?? i have no problem doing that but would I be loosing quality haveing the scarlet be that master clock???
That’s odd, I actually use an 18i20 with the SSL myself. I’ll have to take a look at the setting on both to see what’s happening. I haven’t noticed any loss of quality though, it always sounds pristine
@@woodyardmusic mine is a gen 2 maybe that’s why? Don’t really know been struggling to get them to synced with the ssl 12 being the master
@@ezurg01 it’s possible because it’s older that it’s harder for vit to play nice. I had two 18i20s and it was even hard to get those two to connect though. I know you have to go into Focusrite control and get all of those settings right too
Hay
On some of my chanels the peak bars are red instad of green
Whay is it?
That means either your input signal or output signal is too hot. If it’s happening on the input channels, turn the input gain down. If it’s happening on the output channels, (headphones for example) then send less audio to that output
@@woodyardmusic in the input only on chanel 1. 2-4 are grean with the same microphone. On the output the headphones and the master are red and line 3/4 is green
I am having troubles with syncing via midi cables. There are 12 ports etc. but it does not connect to hardware.
I haven’t tried it with midi yet, definitely something I plan on doing in the future though!
Is possible to listen audio mixed with ssl 360 in pc speakers with the only ssl 12 connection via usb? For example, I have instrument on line1, youtube on playback 3-4 (if I set pc audio device on SSL Output 3/4). I see audio tracks on SSL 360 mixer, but I can't listen in pc speakers. Is there a way to do it or I have to connect external speakers to SSL12 outputs? Thanks.
That’s a tough one. Unless you get into something weird with aggregate devices, it would be best just to plug in your speakers directly to the interface
@@woodyardmusic Thank you for the answer! And thank you for the video, an amazing tutorial to understand better how to use SSL 360!
Hello I just bought a SSL 12, but I'm struggling with something here. When I setup my windows system sound as SSL Monitors, I only can listen them through my HP A out if I set the HP A mix to Follow Mix 1-2. But I teach guitar online and I need to hear the system sound like youtube or anything through my speakers but I want to only listen my Microphone monitoring in my HP A mix. How can I do that???
I think you need to turn off “Follow Mix 1-2”. Then mix your speaker content on the faders and use the knobs for HP A to dial in just your DAW playback
@@woodyardmusic yea I just got it! Problem was that my windows 11 screen wasn't showing the full screen in ssl 360 software so I couldn't see that's my playback returns were all routed directly
I must be missing something... when I hit play in Cubase and then click on SSL 360° to view the panel Cubase stops playing... Is this normal and do I need special hardware or is it something else?
It might be something else, I’ve never had that happen to me but I’ve also never used Cubase so I’m not too sure
@@woodyardmusicThanks for your comment. I found how to make it work, a setting Cubase. It works ok now 😊
@@acousticsong-guitarco964how’d you fixed it?
Very detailed video, but delivery of information kinda sedative. Boomy sound (a HP filter/low cut will be nice).
Heard, thanks for the feedback!
confusing
Sorry! Anything I can help with?