SSL 500-Series SiX Channel

The SSL SiX Channel offers a highly efficient yet remarkably complete mono channel strip in 500 module format, featuring a preamp capable of up to 72dB of gain with a low-cut filter, phase reversal, and phantom power. Alongside the rear mic input, the front panel provides a switchable line or DI input with 63 dB of gain, ensuring versatile connectivity. The two-band EQ covers high and low frequencies with ±15 dB of boost or cut, and each band can be switched between shelving and bell curves. While insertion points, centre frequencies, and EQ quality are fixed, they reflect decades of SSL expertise in filter design, guaranteeing that signature blend of precision and musicality. The compressor that follows is streamlined to the essentials, offering only a threshold control, while all other parameters are preset or automatically adjusted according to the input signal, with an LED traffic light providing clear monitoring of level reduction.

Solid State Logic (SSL), is a renowned British manufacturer of high-end mixing consoles and hardware. It was founded in 1969 by Colin Sanders and is based in Begbroke, Oxfordshire. Initially the company developed transistors to control church organs, hence the name Solid State Logic. At the end of the 1970s they made huge advances in the domain of large mixing consoles with the 4000 series which pioneered the oncoming era of the ‘super’ consoles. Later, the 6000 and 9000 series also proved to be a great success and are still being used in countless recording studios all over the world. In 2005, Peter Gabriel and David Engelke took a majority stake in the company and then sold it to the Audiotonix Group in 2017.