Solid State Logic SiX
UPC/EAN #878076001371
MPN #729750X2
The SSL SiX is a fully-professional condensed console for use in the studio, post-production, on stage and for podcasting.
Small is beautiful...
The SiX may be small, but it is very serious. What follows are the key elements that make it a professional product for the highest quality audio applications.
Fully balanced inputs and outputs
All, and we mean ALL of SiX's inputs and outputs are fully balanced (except the Phones output, of course!). This means professional equipment with balanced connections can be properly interfaced allowing longer cable lengths without noise/hum pick-up penalties and the best signal to noise performance from the whole signal chain.
Short is beautiful...
To provide the purest audio signal paths, SiX has several features not normally found on small footprint mixing consoles e.g. the channel processing is switched, allowing it to be removed from the signal path if it's not being used. Also, the insert sends are always active, meaning that the purest path from Mic Pre to DAW is achieved by using the Insert Send as a direct channel output, with the Dynamics and EQ switched out of circuit. This is one example of how SiX's versatile signal flow can be used. It's definitely worth taking some time to understand the SiX block diagram and reading the examples later in this manual. We hope you'll really unlock the versatility of the console when discovering the many signal paths that are available and the multiple ways they can be used.
Meter scales and response
The upper LED meter points on SiX's main meters have been carefully chosen. The console is designed with a huge +26dBu headroom and the meters have defined segments for +24dBu and +18dBu, this is to match the two most common 0dB Full Scale (dBFS) alignment standards, i.e. European/EBU at 0dBFS=+18dBu and the US/SMPTE standard at 0dBFS=+24dBu. Ensuring optimum performance for convertors and ensuring proper gain structure throughout the signal chain. The meters in SiX have been designed with a fast 'peak' response (rise time to 60% Full Scale Deflection approx 1ms @ 1kHz) and a slower release to meter peaks while still showing useful signal levels.
Power and power management
You will have noticed that SiX is powered by an external power supply. This may not be that convenient, but it significantly helps the design and performance of SiX. It moves the electrically noisy power supply away from the SuperAnalogue circuits that live inside SiX. This allows us to design the internal electronics to have a bandwidth as wide as feasible and thus deliver the great phase and transient response SSL large format console users have come to expect in a very small footprint package. Another thoughtful design feature is how the power rails are gently ramped on power-up to avoid thumps on all outputs.
Features
Two SuperAnalogue wide gain range mic pre's for pristine recording quality.Two wide gain range stereo line inputs.Individually switchable phantom power on each Mic Input.Line level input with true HiZ (1M) impedance switch for passive coil inputs (e.g. guitarpickups).
Two recording channels with fully balanced inserts, simple SSL EQ and Dynamics and truebypass processing switching.
Accurate, fast peak response LED meters.Mixing versatility12 channel stereo summingProbably more studio grade analogue summing per square inch than any other console.Main bus with fully balanced insert and simplified SSL Bus Compressor.100mm studio grade long throw faders, unique in this form factor.Application flexibilityA 'proper' foldback section with two stereo send/cue busses with talkback, local monitoringplus 2 stereo cue feeds.
Versatile B-Bus/Mute switching provide record and mix busses for simple overdubs.Useful, flexible signal routing and summing.Versatile 'summing' monitor section with two external source selectors.'Listen mic compressor' with flexible routing for studio talkback or more creative applications.
Specifications
SuperAnalogue Channel Microphone Amplifier
Gain **dependant on potentiometer tolerances
Variable from +6dB to +72dB**
Input Impedance
1.2k
Max Input Level
1% THD 21 dBu
Output Headroom
>+27dBu at onset of clipping
Frequency Response
20Hz to 20kHz: +0.1/-0.3dB-3dB high rolloff:> 100kHz
THD+Noise (-20dBu applied, +30dB gain) @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz)
< 0.0015%
CMRR (-10dBu applied, +30dB gain)
> 80dB
Equivelant Input Noise (EIN) 150 termination, maximum gain
<-127.5dButypically -129dBu
SuperAnalogue Channel Line Input Amplifier
Gain **dependant on potentiometer tolerances
Variable from -3dB to +63dB**
Input Impedance
10k
Hi-Z Input Impedance
1M
Max Input Level 1% THD
>+27dBu before clipping
Output Headroom
>+27dBu at onset of clipping
Frequency Response
20Hz to 20kHz: +0.1/-0.3dB-3dB high rolloff: > 100kHz
THD+Noise (-20dBu applied, +30dB gain) @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz)
< 0.0015%
CMRR
> 70dB
Equivelant Input Noise (EIN) 150 termination, maximum gain
<-110dBu
Channel Equaliser
Output Headroom
>+27dBu at onset of clipping
THD+Noise +20dBu @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz)
< 0.0015%
Noise
<-88dBu
Channel Compressor
Ratio (slope): 2:1
Threshold: +10 to -20 dB (typical)
Attack Time: 8ms to 30ms
Release Time: 300ms
Output Headroom
>+26dBu at onset of clipping
THD+Noise
+10dBu @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz): < 0.03%+20dBu @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz) Threshold @-20: < 0.5% (typical)
>Frequency Response
- 20Hz to 20kHz +0.9/-0.9dB
Noise
<-90dBu
SuperAnalogue Stereo Channel Line Input Amplifier
Gain
Variable from -10dB to +20dB
Input Impedance
10k
Max Input Level 1% THD
>+31dBu before clipping
Output Headroom
>+27dBu at onset of clipping
Frequency Response
20Hz to 20kHz: +0.1/-0.3dB-3dB high rolloff: > 100kHz
THD+Noise (-20dBu applied, +30dB gain) @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz)
< 0.0007%
CMRR
> 50dB
Equivelant Input Noise (EIN) 150 termination, maximum gain
<-93dBu
Overall Channel Signal Chain Specifications
Output Headroom
into 600 at onset of clipping: >24dBuinto 10k at onset of clipping: >27.5dBu
THD+Noise
+20dBu @ 1kHz (filter 22Hz to 22kHz): < 0.0015%
Frequency Response
20Hz to 20kHz: +0.1/-0.3dB-3dB high rolloff: >100kHz
Output Impedance
100
Pot centre detent accuracy
+/-1dB, typically <0.5dB
Overall Console Noise
Noise at Main Output: 1 mono channel routed (all other muted): <-90dBu (<-116dB with respect to +26dBu)
All channels routed: < -85dBu (<-111dB with respect to +26dBu)
Write a review about the Solid State Logic SiX
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5.0
Mark Thomas-Stubbs
Halifax, NS
November 27, 2019
Size isn't everything!
I've been waiting for a product like this - an analogue hub for my oh so digital studio. I wasn't expecting a big sonic difference than mixing "in the box" but the very first mix I summed in the SiX sounded wider and with more depth - so much so, I was convinced I had some out of phase connectors or level differences in my signal chain.
Read more As it happens, I did! ;-) After putting everything right and calibrating all the channels and G-Bus I did a new mixdown and was pleasantly surprised to hear the SiX mix still had more "space" than the ITB mix. I actually think much of the credit goes to the G-Bus compressor - don't know how or why, but I'm not going to argue! The "zero latency" recording through the SuperAnalogue mic pres feels like a bonus... and makes the SiX a serious bargain. There's also something nice about being able to say I mix on an SSL!
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5.0
Mitch Stone
ottawa
April 25, 2019
Game Changer
If your looking for a 96 track mixdown this product is not for you but if you have rented a studio to run stems through a ssl console and then ran into the oh oh I should have mix it differently. I always wish I could afford a ssl so I could mix into it from the start.
Read more This Product is Amazing at summing up stems and giving the sound as much analog saturation, g comp compressor is better than my $3000 fatso bus compressor. This product is definitely a game changer and would strongly recommend to anyone who is serious about achieving a professional sound
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