Solid State Logic SSL SiX Desktop Analog Recording Mixer

To the casual observer, SiX looks like any other compact desktop mixer. Look a little closer, and like all SSL consoles, SiX reveals a carefully considered feature set driven by an obsessive desire for total flexibility to encompass every creative eventuality. It may be small, but SiX is a classic SSL design. It carries the DNA of 40 years of confirmed expertise in creative studio workflow. Listen to SiX, and you will experience the impeccable sonic performance that is the hallmark of every SSL console. It is powerful and intuitive. It is inspiring and rewarding.

SiX is a condensed professional console for use in the studio, in post-production, on stage, and for podcasting. SiX offers a big console sound and an impressive set of utility features in a format that is small enough to stick in a bag and go wherever you need it. SiX is stunning value; it offers two recording channels with SuperAnalogue mic pres, two-band EQ, an essential one-knob version of the classic SSL Channel Compressor, a new two-band Channel EQ, inserts, and 100mm faders.

On the main mix bus, there is a two-knob version of the legendary G-Series Bus Compressor and the unique Listen Mic Compressor on the Talkback. In mixdown mode, it is a very capable twelve-channel summing system that offers analog detail, depth, and width to your mixes.

The SuperAnalogue Sound of SSL
SiX is an SSL SuperAnalogue design - it gives you the sonic signature of a large format SSL console on your desktop or in your backpack. Its read more signal path is fully balanced from front to back on everything except the headphone output. It delivers pristine, detailed audio with a wide dynamic range, ultra-low noise, distortion, and superb imaging. If you want to know more about the technical reasons why SSL mixers sound so good, read our Lifting The Veil document.

Two Recording Channels
SiX has two mono channels with SSL SuperAnaloguemMic pres; these are transparent, fast and have a much wider available gain range than you would typically get on a compact desktop mixer -- 66dB of gain compared to the more typical mid-40s or 50dB found in desktop mixers. They have phantom power, 75Hz high pass filter and an independent line-level input which can be switched to instrument level input with high impedance.

Moving down the channel strip, Solid State Logic have a one knob compressor circuit. This design is based on and has the same sound as the classic SSL feed-forward Channel Compressor circuit. It has a program-dependent attack time, a fixed release time and fixed ratio. Simply adjust the threshold, watch the traffic lights flash to see how much compression is happening and rely on the circuit to automatically adjust gain to match input levels. This is a cool-sounding circuit that makes it simple to dial in a consistent level and get signals sitting right in the sweet spot.

Both mono channels have a new two-band SSL EQ that may be independently switched between shelf and bell curves, with different centre frequencies for each type. This approach draws upon the SSL design legacy of specifying response curves and centre frequencies for channel EQ that are immediately intuitively pleasing in their response; these curves and frequencies were selected by our team as the most "musically useful" for a wide range of sources.

SiX has 100mm faders. Solid State Logic spent some time working on alternate fader tapers and settled on a law that gave us the most control over the most useable gain range, making on-stage level control far easier than it would be with a rotary or a 60mm fader as found on other compact mixers.

Each channel has a fully balanced insert point for integrating other signal processors, which is after the EQ and Compressor circuits, and like all SSLs, the insert send is always active - meaning you can use this as a "dry" record send to your DAW if required.

At the bottom of the mono channels, Solid State Logic have an ALTernate input switch, which can source 2 extra mono channels from a connector on the rear of the console, which can be used at mixdown.

Line Level Heaven
SiX has two stereo input channels with -10/+20 dB trim for line sources such as synthesizers, drum machines, output from soundcards, etc. These have their balance controls and 100mm faders. If only the Left input of a stereo channel is connected (and the right left free), the channel will automatically switch to mono, panned center.

While SiX might be small it can handle a lot of inputs at mix-down! Using the two mono input and the two stereo input channels gives SiX its name, but Solid State Logic also have two stereo EXTernal inputs (with volume controls in the master section) which can be sent to the mix bus. Include the ALT inputs and Solid State Logic have up to 12 channels that can be summed into the main mix bus.

Master Bus Magic
SiX has a G Series Bus Compressor on the main mix bus. This uses the same circuit design as the legendary SSL Bus Compressor from our larger consoles but with a fixed ratio, attack, and release settings and a more modern quad-VCA chip. The simplified controls make it easy to get that SSL glue and snap on whatever you push through your master bus. SiX also has a set of inserts on the main mix bus that can bring external processing tools (like SSL Fusion) to your mixdown.

Routing Pro
SiX has a collection of professional routing & monitoring features taken directly from our large format console heritage. It has two Stereo Cue buses (with level and pan controls) for individual artist foldback mixes. The Master Section has primary and alternate monitor outputs with a proper monitor source matrix and mono check, dim and cut. The fader channels all have proper PFL and a Mute button that routes the muted signal to a 'Bus B'. Bus B can be used as a convenient DAW record send but it can also be routed to the monitor matrix.

Features:

- Benchmark SuperAnalogue audio performance
- Ultra-low noise: ultra-low distortion
- Stunning Record Path
- Two SSL console grade SuperAnalogue mic pres
- Classic SSL Channel Processing
- Essential versions of SSL Channel EQ and Dynamics
- The unique Listen Mic Compressor
- Nothing slams drums quite like it!
- Professional Routing & Monitoring
- The hidden versatility of truly professional features
- 12 Input Summing at Mixdown
- 12 line-level inputs with channel and Master Bus inserts
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Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Base Item
Shipping Weight: 6 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 36 x 32 x 16 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 729750X2

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Web: https://support.solidstatelogic.com/

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