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Solid State Logic (SSL)
Are any of you out there using these consoles?
I'm having trouble understanding how these massive studio boards work. You see them in all the big Studios around the world. Everbody thats somebody in this biz says mixing on an SSL board sounds better. Now, I realize that the board is analogue in such that the signal is being EQ'd, filtered, compressed all on the board before anything digital can even touch it....but...what does the board playback from? Do these boards have hard disks in them for audio playback and if so, what is the sample rate? ..I heard that you can bind them to pro-tools somehow....but I don't see anything on the digidesign site that has some sort of SSL driver. (I never heard of an SSL board being a control surface!!!) so what gives?? what's truly alalogue these days??? Thanks for any reply in advance! |
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Re: Solid State Logic (SSL)
You just have all the individual analog outputs of your pt interfaces connected to the tape ins of the SSL so each channel plays each output ot pt. You then have all the console buss outputs connected to all the analog inputs of your PT interfaces. Since it's not digital there is not sample frequencies or anything like that and it in no way controls pro tools, other than machine control (transport) or sending SMPTE for PT to follow along with. It does have a clock that supports various sample frequencies for syncronization purposes. No drivers or anything like that.
If you have a PT system, don't you have some sort of small mixer to listen through? same thing, jsut bigger. |
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Re: Solid State Logic (SSL)
OH MY!!! What a SAD, SAD state we've come to. I can't believe that all these newbies and younger generation (and I'm not old... only 30) don't even know how basic signal flow works. They have been so saturated in the DAW world that they don't even understand how a console works.
An SSL is just a console. Nothing else. A DAW is just a multitrack with a lot of editing and mixing features. MOST pro's don't mix inside a DAW. They use a DAW to edit, do some processing, then they use it like a multi track. So... each track has an D/A output that goes to a line in on the console. Then the song is mixed on the console (not in the DAW). It wasn't that long ago that mixing analog was our ONLY choice. I still prefer it, but unfortunately... so many "budget" studios have done away with nice sounding desks. I still do all my bigger projects that way. Actually... I still do my bigger projects to 2" Analog tape! I know... what's Analog tape. I'm sure that's going to blow your mind, too [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] -Tom
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Re: Solid State Logic (SSL)
Hey guys, I got a question...
I understand how PT is used with an analog desk, and why you would want to mix this way. I dont do it as of now, because I simply do not have the money for a desk of that quality right now. I do however wonder if while you guys are mixing with these nice desk's..... Do you still take advantage of some of the plugins, automation, and other cool features of PT? Thanks Chad |
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Re: Solid State Logic (SSL)
Yes... I often will use EQ and some dynamics as well as other editing and processing that I want to do to a track (i.e. normalization, clean ups, etc).
The big desks automate faders and mutes, but that's about it. So... any automation that doesn't fall in that catagory I'll automate in the computer. Then I'll do all my volume and mute rides on the desk's automation. I prefer to do effects to outboard gear from the desk. -Tom
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Re: Solid State Logic (SSL)
Thanks Tom.
I know that there is no right or wrong way. Whatever sounds good! I was just curious. So tom, what do you do the majority of your mixes on? You said earlier that you do bigger projects on a big desk, what about your smaller projects. Chad |
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