SSL

Explore 1 SSL vintage audio models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.

Audio Interfaces

• SSL2 — SSL 2 two-channel USB audio interface — 62 dB gain, 192 kHz, sub-1ms monitor mix, 880g desktop build.

Compressors

• G384 — SSL G384 — the G Series stereo bus compressor in a rack, the console glue sound without the console.

Equalizers

• G383 — SSL G383 Logic FX dual mic preamp/EQ — G Series console sound in 1U, variable impedance 600Ω–8.5kΩ, 4-band parametric EQ.

Mixer

• 4032-B — SSL 4032-B large-format console — no confirmed production years or factory specs survive; used-market asks ran around $44K in 1997 broker classifieds.
• 4048G — SSL 4048G — a G Series large-format console with Total Recall and VU metering, listed by brokers at $165K–$179K in the early 1990s.
• 4056-E — SSL 4056-E: 48-channel SL 4000 E Series console in a 56-frame. Brokers listed it at $220K. The E Series desk that defined the modern control room.
• 5000M (1984–) — SSL 5000M broadcast console (1984–) — modular M Series desk that became a film post-production standard at Skywalker Ranch, with Instant Reset and up to 96 inputs.
• 6064E — SSL 6064E large-format analog console — documented in 1990 trade classifieds at $275K, 2001 refurb at $115K. Production years unknown.
• AWS-900 — SSL AWS-900 (2004) — 24-fader SuperAnalogue console with XL 9000 K signal path, switchable E/G EQ, DAW control, and Total Recall for project studios.
• C200 — SSL C200 — 64-channel digital production console mixing up to 128 sources, with analog-style control and 96kHz I/O.
• J9000 — SSL J9000 — a large-format SSL console known from late-'90s/2000s mix-room credits and a serial #4940 sighting. Thin documented record.
• SL-4048 — SSL SL-4048 — a 48-channel SL 4000 variant documented through period installations, G Plus/Ultimation configs, and six-figure used-market asking prices.
• SL-4056 — SSL SL-4056 — a 48-channel SL 4000 E Series console documented through studio credits, broker listings, and trade-press room directories.
• SL-5000 — SSL SL 5000 M Series (1985) — the modular broadcast console that became Lucasfilm's film-dubbing desk at Skywalker Ranch. Hybrid chips, Instant Reset, 112x56x8 monitor matrix.
• SL-6000 — SSL SL-6000 E Series (1983) — the six-bus Stereo Video System console that put live and post stereo audio under one engineer and shared Total Recall data with the 4000 series.
• SL-9000 — SSL SL-9000 large-format analog console — SuperAnalogue design, Ultimation and Total Recall standard, DiskTrack integration. The analog flagship of SSL's 1994-95 triple launch.

Mixers

• 40-E — Honestly, the archive has almost nothing on the SSL 40-E. No spec sheet, no manual, no editorial review — the fact file for this exact model name came up.
• 4000-E (c. 1981–1989) — SSL 4000-E large-format studio console (c.1981–1989): 56-frame, 52 mono modules, G Series computer, $250K used in 1989.
• 4048E (c. 1980s–early 1990s) — SSL 4048E — a 48-channel 4000 E-series console documented mainly through 1990 Studio Sound classifieds showing G Series computers and ~£100k asking prices.
• 4064-E — The SSL 4064-E was a large-format SSL console documented at Nashville's Emerald Sound Studios in 1988 and in used-gear listings through 2003.
• 4064G (c. 1987) — SSL 4064G — G-generation large-format console, c. 1987 by inference. $275K used in 1990; documented with Ultimation and Total Recall. Specs undocumented.
• 6040E — SSL 6040E: a 32-channel SSL console with Total Recall, documented only through 1990 Studio Sound classified listings. Little else survives.
• 6064G — SSL 6064G — an obscure SSL audio mixer; the only period trace is a 2001 Mix classified listing a refurbished unit at $115,000.
• 611E — Little is documented about the SSL 611E; the surviving record is a 2013 product listing and a 2014 dealer ad, both in Mix.
• SL-4000 (1979–2002) — SSL SL-4000 — large-format analog studio console (1979–2002), E and G Series, Total Recall automation; documented through period trade press.

Mixing Consoles

• XL 9000 K — SSL XL 9000 K — SSL's first new analogue console in eight years, launched 2002 with SuperAnalogue circuitry and surround tools for DVD-A and SACD.

Unknown

• 125K — Little is documented about the SSL 125K; period classified ads suggest the name came from a $125,000 asking price for a 1987 SSL 6048E console.
• 135K — SSL 135K is almost completely undocumented; period classifieds list other SSL consoles but no 135K, and even its identity as a model is unconfirmed.

Other Models

• 4000 — The SSL 4000 series defined modern music production with its aggressive EQ, legendary bus compressor, and Total Recall automation.
• 4040E/G — SSL 4040E/G large-format console — early-'90s used-market prices ran from $100K to $140K depending on automation and condition.
• 4064E/G — The SSL 4064E/G large-format console — G-series computer, facility-grade build, and a used market that ran from $190K to $95K across a decade.
• 9000J — SSL 9000J — the SuperAnalogue analog production console engineers called clear yet flaccid, then fixed with outboard. Studio workhorse of the mid-'90s.
• Fusion — A fully analogue stereo outboard processor introduced by Solid State Logic in 2018, designed for mixing and mastering with dedicated analog coloration.
• SL 5000 M — SSL SL 5000 M (1985–): modular broadcast and film console with Instant Reset, hybrid chips, custom cassettes. The desk behind Hitchcock Theatre dubs and ITN news.