Posted on their instagram:

It was 1985, and the 4000E console was prolific in control rooms worldwide, transforming how artists, engineers, and studios made music.

That same year, Solid State Logic’s founder, Colin Sanders, led a team to write a report, 'The Future of Audio Console Design' - a document that explored the future of audio and examined the research and development needed to drive the next revolution in studio technology.

Soon, that vision becomes a reality.

Join Solid State Logic on June 24th and be part of The Studio Revolution - link in bio

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I'm guessing it's digitally controlled analog - either an entire desk, or at least a bunch of outboard.

"redefine"...."reshape".
I dunno. Maybe they're releasing a daw. Just what the world needs

The problem with these teasers is they’re so open ended that fail to pique your interest (well, mine at least). It might as well be a DAW (yawn). Hint that it’s a console and you grabbed people’s attention even before you say anything concrete. Anyway, we’ll see.

Booo you guys are boring!

I heard this will be the next UF8/UF1 in a format that is closer to Avid S4 and also an excellent DAW to go along with it. There will be slots available to plug in analog SSL hardware in a similar format to what McDSP APB units - plenty of expansion and the ability to still get full controller functionality with 0 analog units. I’m not sure what they will be offering in terms of subscription and warranty though… guessing not good since I didn’t hear about those details

Wow that sounds amazing. Very ambitious. My SSL Matrix is worried (but it's not going anywhere). Sounds like 'Lego SSL' v2 - I'm still on v1!

I wonder if they'll include summing now that the Sigma is dead.

My sources tell me they are doing a limited run of Colin Sanders polyesters neck ties. (As in the one modelled in their Insta picture.)

After their last big announcement, which turned out to be a cheap USB interface, I wont get excited.

However they may surprise us/me.

Inflatable ai-programmed mix engineer?

That would be amazing!! Would love a new desk by them.

You heard this where?

I thought it's an SSL studio coffee mug with thunderbolt connection for automatic AI refill.

I caught myself dreaming ..

SSL Revolution 360°, a 16-track hybrid desk with 360° integration and digitally controlled analogue channel strips and bus compressors.

If you think about the 360° software, everything is in place and just waiting to be fulfilled by the appropriate hardware. Even the mixer view icon shows a proper console along with the icons for the interfaces and controllers, as if it already knows there will be a 360° enabled full desk soon. The reason I dreamed about having actual analogue channel strips and bus compressors is because I can't imagine SSL framing their new product so heavily without incorporating their legendary analogue world into the new product. U-Series is a huge leap regarding bringing the console workflow to the next digital level, but a real revolution would be a fully digitally controlled analogue desk, right? Best of both worlds. No compromises.

4x bus compressors in a 16 channel mixer is getting a little greedy now

If they can make it truly modular/expandable so that you can have 8-48 channels, that would really be something. Wish I could add another 8 to my Matrix! Eventually I'll end up with an AWS24/48...

Meterbridge is a must...

I'd be very surprised if knobs were motorised. Very costly and a reliability issue

500 series on channels and subgroups

Stereo compressor on master bus

I just wish they made a modular console that could be purchased in tranches. Like you start with a bare bones set of pres and faders for say 8 channels, and you can gradually add more functionality by getting more modules. That would make acquisition much less intimidating.

It will be infinite encoders, for sure

Wow if that picture was real and it would allow existing users to keep their already made investment and expand, then that’s the ‘super biggest 6’ we’ve all been waiting for. Looks amazing!

Yeah of course, forget the motorized ones. It would be like on the UC-1.

Oh gosh you're right, didn't even think about the modular potential here. I have all three U-controllers and would love to expand them to a bigger console ... but I think from product management perspective it makes more sense to offer a new premium category of those digital controllers. They are like a low barrier entry into SSL console workflows but then you have the premium SuperAnalogue 360 enabled desks from 16 to 32 channels ...

Let's keep in mind what they write on their page:
So its:

1. Pioneering > never seen before
2. Redefining professional studio workflow > Not home studios and more than just an interface
3. Reshape music production and mixing > Definition of a console (or a DAW, but it has to be hardware plus software, most probably SSL 360 because it already has everything it needs to control hardware in full scale

well consider me curious....

that would be a fantastic product and value proposition, digital controllable analogue modular console.. (maybe with MADI and Dante cards options, being able to insert plugins IF needed).
..maybe only 3 bus comps, one for each bus (A, B and C)..

howdy

Cheu

Harrison series 10 and 12 already did this decades ago. Same with Euphonix.

Yeah Euphonix nailed it way back when, loved that desk. Used to use Sarm 4 a lot.

If it is what people are suggesting, it might be quite expensive, but possibly you can get bits of it?

We shall see.

Yes, they were pretty good consoles..!
Craig Alvin was used to use an Harrison like that years ago (probably about 17 years ago or so..).

I believe that today they could build them for a much lower price, and probably a better digital integration, especially with the encoders avalaible today (like WES Audio and Bettermaker are doing).

I hope they will go back to something like that.. best of both worlds..
Easy for tracking, handy for mixing (and the recalls)..

howdy

Cheu

P.S.: Jim, I hope you’re well in the beautiful Carlsbad!

I just got my Matrix 2 and love it!! If its not something between the Matrix and Origin on a small scale, I'm not interested. Just like the picture above.. perfect!!

It's the complexity factor isn't it?! In the LFAC market both flopped because freelancers couldn't use them instictively.

In the current market - I don't know. Obviously it won't be competing with the Duality or Origin - from what I've looked at with the Trinity, they're really aimed at the post sector where you've got in-housers using them (again - not sure they're still not overcomplicated compared to just working ITB but there you go!).

I guess we'll see!

Also the Trident Di-An, Saje Memory, Calrec VCS and T series.

And honorable mention because its an SSL thread, the AT&T digital Disq core for the 4000G console used by Mick G and Masterfonics in the 90's.

These old digital recall consoles I’m sure were great but if I can’t see automation lanes within my DAW, I don’t see the point. Aside from automation, My $200 presonus faderport allows me allows me to put my mouse cursor over settings and adjust every parameter with just 1 fader.

I think the DAW integration and control surface capabilities that are dual functioning that will be the differentiator here. That’s the missing link that prevent a nice console to turning into a table top analog summing device, which seems like a lot of the consoles are being used as

yeah desk automation really was a dog compared to a DAW huh? I've never needed to use it, but I think that's what you can do with the SSLs now - obviously Sigma, but also the AWS and Duality.

Duality and AWS can also be used as DAW controllers of course, but not as well integrated as 360 so hopefully more of that!

I hated all LFAC automation systems.

My biggest gripe was they were Frame based which was fine for Film and post but not music.

In the olden days I just ran multiple mix passes and then edited it together.

I thought it was cool when SSL introduced the Daw controlling the console thing, which others had already done but never got working well (AMS DFC)

Absolutely, and that's what makes SSL 360 and the U-series controllers so good. Anything you automate reflects as the native automation curve inside the DAW because its just plugin parameters you're automating.

Adjusting parameters via mouse over is also possible with UF8 and UF1, with the big potentiometer in "Focus" mode.

I think even when just taking this existing technology and creating a new and bigger product from this, it would be a huge step. But SSL tells us:

To me this sounds bigger than the biggest 360-enabled product we can imagine, because it wouldn't be a "revolutionary new technology". The missing link so far is a technology by SSL to digitally control analogue SSL stuff. So I assume it will be a new software solution similar to SSL Link, which is capable of controlling a new category of SSL analogue hardware, all integrated into SSL 360.

i am def curious abotu what they will bring out, a matrix with 4 stereo buses and 32 faders would be great !