Solid State Logic SiX Ultimate Desktop Audio Mixer

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 signal path is fully balanced from front to back on everything except the headphone output. It delivers pristine, detailed audio with wide dynamic range, ultra-low noise, ultra-low 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. The 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 signal path is fully balanced from front to back on everything except the headphone output. Channel Processing In addition to Mic Pre’s, SiX’s SuperAnalogue Recording channels feature classic SSL feed-forward Channel Compressor circuit and two band SSL EQ with shelf and bell curves. Two Recording Channels SiX has two mono SuperAnalogue™ Mic’ Pre’s taken from large-format duality and AWS consoles, offering phantom power, 75Hz HPF and independant line-level inputs. Mix 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. Easy to get that SSL glue and punch on your master bus.

Two Recording Channels SiX has two mono channels with SSL SuperAnalogue™ Mic’ Pre’s; 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 we have a brand-new 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.

Line Level Heaven SiX has two stereo input channels with -10/+20 dB trim for line sources such as synthesisers, drum machines, output from soundcards etc. These have their own 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 centre. 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 we 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 we 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 very 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 be used to bring external processing tools (like SSL Fusion) to your mixdown.

Key Features: A fully professional condensed console for use in the studio, in post-production, on stage, and for podcasting. Benchmark SuperAnalogue™ audio performance Ultra low noise : ultra-low distortion Stunning Record Path Two SSL console grade SuperAnalogue mic pre’s 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

Ways To Use SiX SiX is extremely versatile. It has been carefully designed to offer the connectivity, routing options, and workflow features to fulfil the needs of a range of users. These videos use diagrams to explain the connection and workflow options for some common applications. SiX for Recording We talk you through how to connect up and use SiX for recording a singer songwriter and then how you might use SiX for a classic three mic drum recording. SiX for Music Production We talk you through how to connect up and use SiX for studio writing/recording sessions and then how to reconfigure it for mixdown. SiX for Small Scale Post We talk you through how to connect up and use SiX for professional small scale post production and dubbing sessions. SiX for Podcasters We talk you through how to connect up and use SiX for intuitive high quality podcast and webcast production. SiX On stage We talk you through how to connect up and use SiX as a professional personal mixer on stage for up to two musicians.