Off the back of the hugely popular SSL Origin Series console, SSL’s now announce the Origin 16-Channel; a compact, powerful variant – delivering the same performance and versatility as it’s larger sibling in a format well-suited to smaller studios, educational institutions and smaller mix facilities.
Origin represents the perfect marriage of classic analogue circuitry with a host of modern features, making it the perfect candidate for the modern hybrid studio. Powerful dynamics and tone-shaping facilities marry with a comprehensive modular centre-section, allowing the Origin to be configured any workflow style. This could include a host of custom analogue processing modules for tracking and recording, or a combination of screens and controller for a complete hybrid workflow solution – all of which are easily reached from the listening position. ORIGIN 16’s ultra-low power consumption and innovative power saving features equal lower operational costs for smaller rooms and musician-based project studios.
ORIGIN 16’s PureDrive microphone preamplifier provides a wide range of sonic options, bringing unparalleled flexibility whether using it for tracking or mixing. Users can attain ultra-clean to driven sounds present in previous SSL mic pre designs, but also engage a warmer, more harmonically rich tone by activating the “Drive” function.
ORIGIN 16 also uses a classic SSL EQ design made famous on its previous generations of consoles. The E-Series ‘242’ EQ was probably the most popular EQ from the SL 4000 Series console range, and this design was also present in several SSL console designs that followed, including the G-Series. A built-in classic SSL Bus Compressor, with sidechain access and HP filter, make ORIGIN 16 the perfect solution for mixing and summing.
ORIGIN 16 key features:
- 16 mono in-line channels / 16 track busses / 8 stereo subgroups / total of 56 inputs at mixdown.
- Same master section and monitoring options as 32 channel ORIGIN.
- PureDrive™ mic pre inherits the clarity and purity of previous SSL Mic Pre designs, and can switch to a warm, harmonically rich and driven tone that varies with mic pre gain when the “Drive” function is activated.
- Mix bus and mix amp architecture delivers an amazingly low noise floor, huge headroom along with SSL’s latest summing bus technology that retains the classic SSL sound while bringing the breadth and space to mixes.
- Acclaimed SSL E-Series ‘242 type’ four band parametric channel EQ.
- Classic SSL Bus Compressor with sidechain access and HP filter.
- Balanced Insert Point per Large Fader and Small Fader Channel Paths.
- Dedicated Channel Direct Output make it easy to print mixes to the workstation.
- Modern circuit designs and unique power management tools deliver ultimate reliability and low running costs.
“We are thrilled to extend the ORIGIN range, offering no-compromise SSL quality to an even broader range of professionals. For its size and footprint, we are confident there is no other analogue console on the market today that offers superior performance or value.” comments Nigel Beaumont, Managing Director of Solid State Logic.”
Available to order now at Funky Junk.
