Given its diminutive size, you may be surprised to learn that SiX is equipped with two cue buses for artist mixes. The console's master section has main and alternate monitor outputs with a proper monitor source matrix, as well as mono check, dim, and cut. There's also a talkback mic input with phantom power and SSL's classic Listen Mic Compressor (LMC).
Outstanding sound, feature set, and value
SiX sounds like an SSL — and from that vantage point, it's a tremendous value when you consider what it (and its G Series Bus Compressor) can do for the sound of your program material. Second, derived from SSL's large-format studio consoles, SiX's professional feature set is like nothing we've seen thus far in a compact mixer. Who ever heard of a desktop mixer with SuperAnalogue mic pres, full-sized faders, two cue sends, a monitor source matrix, twelve line inputs during mixdown, and a G Series Bus Compressor? Lastly, an invaluable intangible benefit: if you have clients or artists coming into your studio, appearances matter. When they see the SSL marque, they'll know they're in a professional studio with serious equipment. The name commands instant respect. Case closed.
Solid State Logic: behind the legend
Established in 1969 by Colin Sanders, Solid State Logic initially manufactured FET switching systems for pipe organs. Sanders also owned a recording studio, for which he designed and built a console. More console designs followed, and by 1979, SSL found commercial success with the SL 4000 E Series desk, which would go on to transform the recording industry with its sonic quality and TotalRecall automation. Descendants of the 4000 E — the SL 4000 G Series, 6000, 8000, 9000J, and 9000K — would dominate the professional music recording studio industry for two decades. In the mid-1980s, SSL’s 5000 Series film consoles replaced decades-old Quad-Eight boards on many Hollywood re-recording stages, introducing the film and television industry to console automation and a new level of audio fidelity. Today, SSL is still an innovator, carrying on their legacy with a range of gear designed for the modern hybrid studio.
Features:
- Benchmark SuperAnalogue audio performance
- Professional routing and monitoring
- Classic SSL channel processing
- Full-sized 100mm faders, Mute–Bus B, PFL
- 12-input summing at mixdown
- Legendary G Series Master Bus Compressor
- Completely balanced signal path
- A superb front end for recording
- Channels 1 and 2 equipped with:
- SuperAnalogue mic preamps with 66dB of gain
- Phantom power; 75Hz highpass filter
- Line-level input, switchable to instrument level
- Newly designed SSL compressor
- Balanced insert points
- Channels 3 and 4 equipped with:
- Line-level stereo inputs with Trim
- Master section includes:
- 2 Cue buses (sends available on channels 1–4)
- Main and Alt monitor outputs with monitor source matrix, mono check, dim, and cut
- Talkback mic input with phantom power and LMC