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By CharlesRandolph Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:38 pm
SSL ORIGIN
PRICE: $50,000

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Solid State Logic (SSL) announce the first preview of the latest ORIGIN analogue console at AES NY 2019. As the latest in a long heritage of SSL studio mixing consoles, ORIGIN has traditional analogue studio workflow at its heart whilst providing the perfect partner for a modern DAW driven ‘hybrid’ production studio. The traditional design looks back to the ‘origin’ of in-line consoles for signal flow inspiration, but blends cutting edge analogue developments to deliver a unique sonic signature that is still unmistakably SSL.

A purely analogue, inline, dual channel design, with 16 buses, E Series EQ and the
classic Bus Compressor, ORIGIN breathes new life into a design classic across the whole console. The new PureDrive™ mic pre inherits the clarity and purity of previous SSL Mic Pre designs, that can also switch character to a warm, harmonically rich and driven tone that varies with mic pre gain. The new mix bus and mix amp architecture delivers an amazingly low noise floor along with a huge headroom for a summing bus, that retains the classic SSL sound while bringing the breadth and space to mixes that engineers and producers love from analogue summing. Balanced insert points per channel path, dedicated channel direct outputs, stem-ready 0dB fader bypass switches, and a new configurable centre section, make it an ideal way to add console workflow to a modern production studio.



“This really is the culmination of everything we have put into analogue console design over the past four decades” comments Niall Feldman, SSL Director of New Products. “ORIGIN is the studio console we would have created then, for the way we work today – it is quite simply a new analogue classic.”

“Music production is core to our origin at Solid State Logic” adds Nigel Beaumont, SSL Managing Director, “and it’s important we utilize this unique heritage to continue defining new products that are more accessible to the growing studio market. It allows us to deliver next generation consoles such as ORIGIN, with the right features, at the right price point, and of course, with that unmistakable SSL sound.”

For more information on ORIGIN and the story behind it, please head to the Solid State Logic website: https://www.solidstatelogic.com/studio/origin

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By mr_debauch Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:12 am
terry towelling wrote:SSL spokesperson is named "Fadey"? puns aside, $50,000 seems a pretty good deal for so much mixer.



yeah i'll take 3 or 4
By terry towelling Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:05 am
3 or 4? either you've been plugging output expanders into your output expander or hawkwind have reformed and asked you to produce a triple album of classic mid 70s british prog rock.
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By Monotremata Mon Oct 21, 2019 4:48 am
CharlesRandolph wrote:Where did you find a API 1608 for 25K?


Oh shit I was way off haha. The new 1608-II (I haven't seen that yet) starts at 52k without automation.. I could've sworn the 1608 started at like $29k but maybe Im thinking of the price of the expander haha. I remember the first time I looked them up maybe 5 or 6 years ago and finally realized how expensive a REAL console was.. I looked at the Behringer in the closet and went 'Damn I guess youre in for the long haul then' haha.
By CharlesRandolph Mon Oct 21, 2019 2:04 pm
Monotremata wrote:Oh **** I was way off haha. The new 1608-II (I haven't seen that yet) starts at 52k without automation.. I could've sworn the 1608 started at like $29k but maybe Im thinking of the price of the expander haha. I remember the first time I looked them up maybe 5 or 6 years ago and finally realized how expensive a REAL console was.. I looked at the Behringer in the closet and went 'Damn I guess youre in for the long haul then' haha.


Recording console prices have come way down. But buying one should not be an impulse buy. What I like about recording consoles, is that they're direct. No need to rack the brain, on complex work around. I like to keep my setup as simple as possible.
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By Monotremata Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:46 pm
CharlesRandolph wrote:
Monotremata wrote:Oh **** I was way off haha. The new 1608-II (I haven't seen that yet) starts at 52k without automation.. I could've sworn the 1608 started at like $29k but maybe Im thinking of the price of the expander haha. I remember the first time I looked them up maybe 5 or 6 years ago and finally realized how expensive a REAL console was.. I looked at the Behringer in the closet and went 'Damn I guess youre in for the long haul then' haha.


Recording console prices have come way down. But buying one should not be an impulse buy. What I like about recording consoles, is that they're direct. No need to rack the brain, on complex work around. I like to keep my setup as simple as possible.


Yeah thats why I just got an old Soundcraft last month hah. Once I can move from the MPC Software to the Live, that thing is going through the mixer with everything else. Its gonna be just like old times again, which means things are just going to get done without any DAW hassle anymore! Probably have to wait until tax return time for the Live but in the meantime Im building back up the cheaper parts of the whole setup like rack effects and getting the cabling sorted so everything is ready to go once the king comes home haha.
By CharlesRandolph Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:17 pm
Software DAW work very well. If the person using it, streamlines their system. I've built a computer just for Virtual and Sampled Instruments. Less is more, but I draw the line at those pocket toy devices. :lol:
By CharlesRandolph Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:52 pm
joeyparedes15 wrote:Image

lemme just pull out my wallet real quick :lol: :lol: :lol:


Cheaper than 1 year at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, USC, or UCLA. You have to ask yourself, what how much are you willing to invest in yourself and your music. I know crate digga who spent easily, $100,000K on records.