Priceless !!! It may seem like a good joke (I thought it initially), but it is not. It’s for real. Solid State Logic has announced the release of SiX console which I think it will become in a very short time a must-have in every recording studio especially where the budget for equipment is not so high. And not only, I guess !!! All I hope is that SSL will continue this fantastic line to, maybe, a SSL TeN or SSL SiXteen but there are poor chances, unfortunately.
Coming back to the main subject, Solid State Logic SiX is almost everything you like or you want from an SSL console but in a small format and, most important, the SSL Six price is only £999 +VAT or $1499+Tax or €1199 +Tax. The price was unbelievable when I first saw the news.
The fact that it comes with just two microphone channels and a total of 6 inputs makes it ideal, perfect for studio applications but unused in most of the LIVESOUND setups.
We leave our opinions aside and move on to extraordinary things about Solid State Logic SiX. God seems to have give us a finger, and we want the whole hand, and I am convinced that I will not be the only one to experience this feeling.
SSL SiX Overview
SSL SiX comes with two microphone inputs with SuperAnalogue preamplifiers. Not designed by, not powered by, not like … those. These are the preamps you find on the large, classical consoles like SSL AWS 984 (the price is about $100,000), SSL AWS 924 (the price is about $80,000), SSL AWS 914 (the price is about $70,000), or on the new wave mixing consoles like SSL XL-DESK or SSL MATRIX 2. So basically on SSL SiX, you get the original sonic signature from the large format consoles in the backpack, and at a price, I say It is unbeatable.
Both microphone inputs also have the rest of the channel strip in a version, let’s say it, essential, lite. There is a Compressor and an EQ there, more than enough.
SSL SiX Price
Only for these things and it was enough but we add some more and then we let you enjoy the video presentation and discover on your own what knows and what can do SSL SiX at only $1499 / €1199.
SSL SiX comes with G Series Bus Compressor on main bus. It is the one you can find on the large mixing consoles and the same that it is on the SL4000, for example, with the small amendment that the ratio (4: 1), attack and release settings are fixed. However, we are in the bonus area for long time ago.
You can read more about SSL SiX directly on Solid State Logic website, here: solidstatelogic.com/six .
