Hahaha I have my sub 37 overview sheet framed in the living room : )
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That’d be a Tivoli radio. Long broken, but I keep it because it’s so beautiful. Gives the space some balance, not just cords everywhere but a piece or two that’s there just because it’s lovely.
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Ok, so here’s a little A / B thing, just to give an idea of what I’m doing with it now. Perhaps it’s useful for someone else, too. Not exactly sure what I’m doing yet, so I don’t know if this is relevant to you all, but here goes:
What you’re hearing here is a recording from the Blackbox, using its individual outs into the SSL SiX.
BlackBox One Left - a loop from the Tanzmaus, through EQ and compression on the SSL, pumped slightly on the SSL for overdrive.
BlackBox One Right - the bass and cymbal, through EQ and compression on the SSL.
Blackbox Two Left And Right - the actual lead you’re hearing, the bleeps and bloops.
As the track begins, the SSL SiX is active with EQ and compression, on channel 1 and 2, as well as some panning to add to the stereo field. Channel 3 and 4 has slight panning and some trim, but not much.
Everything goes through the SSL SiX Bus Compressor in the end, and the master’s on a fairly normal level, not pumping it into red.
At the end of the track, I turn the SSL SiX features off, one by one. Since the track’s adapted to run through the SSL SiX, I’m not sure the comparison makes any sense since it’s obviously a disaster once the SSL goes off. So not sure how relevant the comparison is, other than showing how much you can do with a track by just running it through the SSL.
Here’s another one. Just a patch from the Prophet 12 this time, though its layers split and routed through four SiX channels for extra dimension. First sixteen bars are through the SiX, second sixteen bars are clean from the Prophet, no SSL involved at all.
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I still don’t understand paying so much money for a six channel mixer (sixer?), but im trying. With a full featured bus compressor, it’d be more logical. I have a feeling that ppl are delusional in thinking that a mixer (with a compressor or not) can help them more that anything else in achieving a ‘sound’ or a feeling; it’s an audiophile magical thinking right there imo
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It can actually sum 12 inputs btw.
So 6 stereo pairs
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If I’m delusional, don’t wake me up😊I really like it here😎
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Do you think it’s only delusion that you often see SSL in all the top studios and not mackie?
I thought it had two mono and two stereo inputs, and a talkback?
Wow ok. The difference in the prophet patch!
I can’t unhear that.
I don’t own one. but I do see the value of it. basically the way I see it is: if I wanted to actually mix and sum a track through this, I would. I would never do that through a Mackie 1202, for example. nor would I use its mic pre’s to track through. it’s difficult to get a decent quality mixer that’s less than 16 channels. most of us here don’t need a ton of channels or a rack full of compressors and such. but we’d like to try our hand at mixing and summing out of the box. this gives us what we need for that, with quality sound, at a pretty reasonable price for what you’re getting. and I absolutely wouldn’t mind tracking through it.
maybe that’s delusional to you, and that’s fine. nothing wrong with recording direct through your sound card and mixing in the box (what I do now). some feel this adds more.
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did you EQ the one through the SiX or use the compressor?
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If you are only recording yourself, and dont record vocals or acoustic instruments, there really isnt much point in having a studio.
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Well, I made it slightly difficult for myself. Here’s what’s going on:
The Prophet 12 can layer two timbres at once. Many Prophet 12 patches are designed that way, or just split up to be used as two entirely separate six voice patches. This one is like that, so I’m routing the first layer of this patch through the SiX channel 1 and 2. That part has some subtle compression and EQ to open it up a bit, and add some weight. The second part goes through SiX 3 and 4, which only has trimming, but that’s enough to drive it harder through the bus compressor, which both parts pass through.
I also pan both parts to widen the stereo field, but the Prophet’s pretty good already in that area, so I’m not sure that added all that much.
All in all, I feel that while this could be done better than what I just did, the tools are there to really widen a patch and make it richer, if you’re clever about the routing.
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Do you even know why ssl mixers became so famous? And for what? And when for what? For what in the ‘80, for what in the ‘90 and for what in 2000s? And why? What competition had to offer?
First sort that out in you mind pls?
I get what youre saying! But it still doesnt make much sense comparing it with a cheap mackie mixer.
The delusional part is in giving it much more credit than it has for imprinting magic over your tracks. I mean, the net is full of shish! Ive been reading greaslutz for 13-14 yrs before getting my brain melted! I guess i became kind of oversensitive now. Sorry!