The SSL L500 Plus is a Large Scale digital live console designed for the most demanding applications in Touring, Installation, Houses Of Worship and Theatre.
The console surface combines multi-touch screen control with assignable hardware controls, while the audio engine itself is the SSL Tempest platform, which uses patented Optimal Core Processing (OCP) to deliver highly efficient and reliable performance with minimal latency.
The console has 976 inputs and 976 outputs. It has 256 mix paths at 96kHz. These paths can be assigned as Channels, Stem Groups, Auxes and Masters to suit demands and configured as mono, stereo or LCR. Insert Effects have their own dedicated processing, which is also dynamically allocated. A 32 x 36 Output Matrix also has its own dedicated processing and can be segmented into four separate smaller matrices if desired.
The Live local I/O and Stageboxes use SSL’s patented SuperAnalogue™ mic amp technology combined with 24bit/96kHz DAC’s. Mic amp gain is controlled with extreme precision in more than 16,000 steps ensuring totally smooth control. The console has a large compliment of local I/O options including SuperAnalogue mic inputs, analogue line I/O, headphone/monitor outputs, AES/EBU, MADI, and optional Blacklight II and Dante connectivity. In addition, a fully scalable set of remote I/O units are available for Live including analogue, AES/EBU digital, MADI and Network I/O (Dante) devices, plus SSL’s proprietary Blacklight II high bandwidth multiplexed MADI connection.
SSL Live consoles feature an internal effects rack that can be accessed via the insert points of Channels, Stems, Auxes and Masters as well as from the router. There are seven categories of studio quality, mono, stereo and multi-channel, ultra low latency effects designed specifically for live use. The effects rack has its own dedicated processing core with adaptive processing that intelligently reduces the overall processor overhead as you increase the effects load. Depending on the effect type up to 96 effects can be used in an L500 Plus.
The SSL SOLSA Application allows creation and editing of Live console Showfiles on your laptop or desktop PC. Almost anything that can be done on a console can be manipulated and configured using SOLSA. This includes console architecture configuration and setup of Fader Tile Layers and Banks. Stageboxes and I/O routing can also be assigned along with the creation of scenes and other automation editing.
The TaCo iOS mix app provides wireless tablet control of SSL Live consoles. Designed for both monitor engineers and artists, the app can be limited to control an individual Aux mix or unlocked to quickly and easily control all mixes from a single screen. Up to 10 tablets can be connected simultaneously to provide personal mix capabilities to each performer on stage.
The SSL Live V3.2 software release includes more than twenty feature additions and improvements that respond directly to the needs of the SSL Live console professional user community. Significant feature highlights include; integrated Dante I/O Module sample rate conversion (SRC) allowing connection to a network running at a different rate or in a different clock domain. Dante 48, 96 and 192 kHz sample rate support and compatibility with AES67. Control workflow has been streamlined with new Quick Control assignment options and Channel Control Tile screen layout. There are updated automation features and a new ‘look ahead’ optimised automation screen layout. Effects Rack configuration has been improved and a new Multiband EQ & Dynamics per band solo mode added. There are enhancements to the Layer Manager & Console Configuration pages and VCA’s are now excluded in Super-Q in Faders mode.
V3.2 software is a free release to all SSL Live console owners and is available to download from the SSL web site now. Min V3.0 existing installation required.
