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.