SSL 6040E
Little is documented about the SSL 6040E. The clearest trace of the model is a classified listing in the "Bulletin Board" pages of Studio Sound (January 1990, p.63; February 1990, p.69). A used example was advertised there at £65,000.
That listing is almost everything currently known. The console was fitted with 32 channels and carried SSL's Total Recall automation. It ran in the same column as G-series 4048E consoles, other SSL 4000-series desks, and professional Studer tape machines, so it was clearly a full-scale studio console of the late-Eighties SSL type. No specification sheet, brochure, review, or production history has surfaced in the Archive's materials.
Known from the 1990 Studio Sound listings:
- 32-channel configuration
- Total Recall automation
- Used asking price: £65,000
If you have a brochure, manual, or studio photographs of a 6040E, the Archive would welcome the record.
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