I just received an email introducing the Revival 4000.
Per the email:
Revival 4000 is an all-analogue channel strip rooted in the foundations of SSL’s sound. The 4000 Series redefined music production, powering countless chart-topping hits. Now, the Revival 4000 brings that analogue legacy to life once more, delivering the unmistakable early-1980s signature SSL tone in a single rack unit.
This looks fantastic!
At Sweetwater, $ 2,000 seems like a great price point!
Great minds think alike. I’m going to call Front End Audio to see the lead time for this.
The rational v00d00 would just get two Coil Audio 70Ses but Nostalgia got me here.
Sweetwater says in stock FYI. Let us know if you pick one (or two) up!
Waiting for the next future 4000 series console probably coming up based on this.
Waiting for civilian reviews after the influencer drops. I trust civilians more.
Also I’m buying my tickets for Japan this weekend and might need to set money aside for an S950 if I’m feeling frisky over there.
Just came in to post a link. 
I think a pair of these would be really nice to have. Probably not right away, but when I get back into a gear buying mood I suppose.
Also came to post this. Think one or two of these would be perfect with the BiG SiX.
I’m personally of the mind that a stereo 4K strip for 4K€ is a little too much coin for too little flavour, but YMMV as usual. SSLs arent known for their vibeyness, they are more on the clean side
This looks to be a rock and roll channel which has a vibe.
The 9000K and future models were more geared towards, R&B, pop, jazz, classical. Those were more behaved and you had to really run the levels to get something. The Jensen transformers on the revival might not even need to be run hard to get a vibe.
I get that you are v00d00ppl but this type of mumbo jumbo vibespeak is not doing anyone any favors. A lot of this gear was made to be very clean in its time and the perceived vibe is derived from records made on it that would sound vibey even through a different console/channels.
If you like it, awesome! If it’s not for you, awesome! Everything doesn’t need to be a debate!
Awesome!
Thomann.de is pushing the device now for an excellent price: 1719 Euro. WOW.
But still waiting for a small footprint console from SSL with that channel strip.
For a second I was very excited to see this and I confess im was sucker for this kind of stuff but tbh it’s very sad and neurotic to think that this piece of gear would make AaaaNY significant difference to my music just bc it’s analog. Especially one single unit! Would be fun if it could but naah it’s really and utterly pointless to waste my money on such stuff in 2025. Love duende classics and other SSL plugs btw!
His response was directly to a claim of it not being vibey and flavorful enough.
which I also disagree with. Every stage in your signal chain adds something to your sound. Doesn’t matter what you want to put there, doesn’t matter if it’s $15 or $4000, whatever your setup is, it contributes to your sound.
These particular channel strips DO in fact have a distinctive sound, just like a Neve has its own, etc. I use the Rupert Neve DI because of its transformers (1073) and run my Gemini through it 100% of the time, because I like the way it sounds. (much cheaper than these SSL channel strips, but also a lot less features. (basically ins and outs 
) There is a reason that people gravitate toward these companies’ products. They’re obviously not for everyone, but then, they don’t have to be.
I don’t see why anyone that IS into them should have to tone down their discussion of them though. The only mumbo jumbo is someone telling someone else what they should and shouldn’t say.
Edit: A different type of example that’s not in the astronomical range would be the TR-909 + Mackie 1604 creating one of the major sounds of techno in the 90s.
Sadly never had the opportunity to use a SSL 4000 console, but I’m curious to know how much richer this strip will sound in comparison to the super analogue channels on the B6? I’m guessing it will wipe the floor with it.
I really can’t stop anyone from buying this, neither would I want to really. I like SSL. But I assume that it’s fine to… voice my opinion on the things said in the thread, no?
I’m not sure what the precise differences would be. Most of my SSL knowledge is on the design side of things, and from a couple of people I know that have worked on them. Also from people that have recorded some things in some very large studios. I’ve heard some of the material, but couldn’t say exactly what role the console played. The reason I’m personally excited is precisely because I want a few more varieties of recording flavor in my small studio. I always put so much effort into the synthesis side of things, that over the last couple of years, I decided that that side was good enough, and I should put a bit more effort into the recording side. I really want to play with the dynamics processing, and having another flavor of transformer is something I’m excited about now that I’ve started exploring those options. I’m not exactly going to go completely overboard, because that wouldn’t really make my projects much better, it’s more for the exploration and experience. One or two of these (while a big investment) would be a lot of fun to explore and learn from. I’ve no plans of becoming a professional recording engineer, but that doesn’t mean I can record like one.
Of course! Voice away. I just thought that targeting someone else’s opinion as mumbo jumbo was an odd approach to the discussion. Just another opinion. Audio adjectives are hardly the best way to discuss sound also. So vibes, flavors, and other descriptions that meh us out 
still aren’t going to give anyone a good idea of the differences in sound.
My interest goes a bit beyond the sound itself too. I’ve discussed the internals at length with some engineers, have seen some schematics, and have found the VCA automation interesting.
Even though these aren’t cheap, it’s the first time I’ve personally been even in the ballpark of where I could actually work with them, so that’s kind of exciting for someone into all this.
I’ve held off on buying expensive recording gear for pretty much the past few decades. Never really needed it for one, wasn’t always in the position to buy any, and then wasn’t really sure what the best approach to adding it would be. I see people with racks of Avalon preamps, Neve strips, etc. but was never quite sure how they were using it all.
I started small, and plan to keep it pretty small, but having a small rack with a few things like this in it has been fun, educational, and adding a couple of these will just expand on that slightly without what I predict would be diminishing returns for my own projects.
Exciting time to be alive considering all the outboard options that are out there. Just a case of finding the the gear that pricks your ears up the most. I love my B6 for it’s clean sound, but would love to hear what this strip can do, especially as the 4000 is so coveted.