The new BiG SiX is based on the acclaimed-but-limited Solid State Logic SiX desktop mixer, incorporating feedback from the market about what artists, producers and engineers wanted to create the next step in SSL hybrid production. BiG SiX is a 16 channel studio grade mixing console that combines features and technologies from legendary large-format SSL consoles with full USB integration, additional processing and advanced routing capabilities — all with the quality that audio professionals have come to expect and rely from SSL.
The basic console design features four SuperAnalogue "Money Channels" with classic SSL Channel Dynamics and updated three-band EQ (based on SSL E Series), the four stereo inputs featuring dual mono switching and wide gain range - all eight with 100mm studio grade faders and professional LED meters with fast and accurate peak response. This is followed by a complete monitor section and main/bus master channel, also with 100mm fader.
SSL describes this new BiG SiX has "the ultimate tool for artists and musicians working in a hybrid recording and mixing environment." The console's SuperAnalogue design should be able to deliver "the punch, clarity, and ultra-low distortion that engineers love from the company's 9000 consoles," along with a new 16 channel AD/DA USB-C interface, which is in fact the sweetest part of the deal for most studios - which record "in-the-box" and have always wanted to have SSL channels for more than 2 tracks at once.
Also included with the BiG SiX is an 'Essential Version' of the SSL G-Comp Bus Compressor, now with the renowned ‘Auto’ release feature, channel dynamics processing and a three-band EQ based on the iconic SSL 4000E console, to help increase the value proposition and make the whole hybrid system fully integrated. Producers and mix engineers will appreciate BiG SiX's comprehensive monitoring section featuring full source matrix feeding two independent headphone outputs, along with its impressive 18-channel analog summing at mixdown capability. The result is that BIG SiX becomes the essential SSL studio controller.
"SiX introduced SSL console-grade processing and workflow to a wider range of users, and BiG SiX, with its enhanced feature set and full USB interface integration takes this a stage further, providing all of the essential tools of a hybrid studio. BiG SiX sets a new benchmark in desktop mixer performance and we can’t wait to see how users enhance their productions with it,” comments Nigel Beaumont, Managing Director of Solid State Logic.
SSL designed the BiG SiX to be a nimble and capable solution at any point in the production process. In addition to 16 channels of high performance 24-bit/96kHz digital audio which the user can reroute to External Inputs, Stereo Cues and Pre/Post Fader options, the console also features fully balanced insert points on all SuperAnalogue inputs, full size 100mm SSL console-grade faders, Mix Bus Inject for cascading an additional SiX and BiG SiX console, dual independent headphone outputs, and much more. As well as offering four SSL SuperAnalogue Mic/Line/Hi-z inputs with polarity switch, the four Stereo Inputs can be individually switched to dual mono, adding further recording flexibility.
The new SSL BiG SiX is available at Solid State Logic's network of authorized dealers and priced at $2,999 USD and €2,499 EUR (excluding VAT).
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