Live Sound Production

From the Studio to the Stage

SSL Live is a next-generation platform for live sound production—from touring and festivals to theatre, houses of worship and installed sound. Designed around superior sonic performance, intuitive control and robust connectivity, SSL Live helps engineers deliver outstanding results on the most demanding shows. Drawing on over five decades of Solid State Logic console innovation, the Live ecosystem combines pristine SuperAnalogue™ audio quality with powerful DSP, elegant workflow, and a comprehensive networked I/O architecture.

There are three main elements to SSL Live: the control surfaces and software tools that provide fast, intuitive operation; the Tempest DSP engine with patented Optimal Core Processing (OCP) powering SSL’s acclaimed processing and workflow features; and an AoIP-centric connectivity layer built on Dante (with SSL X-Light), Blacklight II and MADI for scalable, resilient audio transport and routing.

Control Surfaces

SSL Live control surfaces consist of four main elements; a multi-gesture touch screen, Fader Tiles, a Channel Control Tile and a Master Tile.

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Tempest DSP Engine

Patented with Optimal Core Processing (OCP), the Tempest Engine powers SSL’s acclaimed processing and workflow features.

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I/O & Interfaces

AoIP-centric connectivity layer built on Dante (with SSL X-Light), Blacklight II and MADI for scalable, resilient audio transport and routing.

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Fully networked control interfaces

Six Consoles, One Soul

There are six models available in the SSL Live console range – the L100 Plus, L200 Plus, L350 Plus, L450, L550 Plus and the L650. At SSL we believe that offering differently sized and specified consoles should not mean compromising on quality or features.

All consoles use the same Remote I/O, use identical audio conversion and internal audio engine technology. The combination and layout of Fader Tiles, Master Tile and Channel Control Tile varies but the controls available and feature set are identical. The consoles use the same software with identical architecture, routing capability and of course audio processing tool kit – so a full channel on the L550 is the same as a full channel on the other consoles, plus they all offer exactly the same outstanding collection of insert effects.

The differences between the models centre on physical size, layout, available channel paths  and processing power, and available local I/O. The differences are so straightforward they are summed up in the comparison table opposite.

Managing Your Session

Keeping control of even the largest sessions is very straightforward with Live. The control surface layout is completely configurable allowing users to place any Channel, Stem Group, VCA, Aux, Master etc anywhere on the available Fader Tiles. This is done using a beautifully straightforward drag and drop Layer Manager interface. Whether at FOH or Monitors, Live allows you to create your own personal perfect layout. The combination of elegant Layer & Banking and Super Q hardware controls with excellent touch screen layouts, makes navigating and controlling sessions extremely fast and superbly comfortable.

Colour Function

Our consoles use colour beautifully. Within the fader strips a single large LED strip is used to identify and organise the type of signal path (VCA, Aux etc) or the instrument group (drums, vo-cals etc) assigned to the fader. The colours used are user definable. Controls designed for parame-ter editing (Aux send levels, EQ & Effect parameters etc) in the fader strips and in the Channel Control Tile also use colour coding. What is selected in the touch screens and the various sets of edit control hardware can be made to follow each other.

Flexible Open Architecture

SSL Live delivers exceptionally flexible processing allocation via a dynamic Path Pool, letting you assign mix paths as Channels, Stem Groups, Auxes or Masters in mono, stereo, LCR, 4.0 or 5.1 as the production demands. To maximise DSP efficiency, paths can be configured as full or dry, while Insert Effects carry their own dedicated, dynamically allocated processing. The Output Matrix also has dedicated processing, can be split into up to four matrices, and provides high/low-pass filters, 4-band EQ, up to 2 seconds of delay and SSL’s unique all-pass filters—plus two inserts for the internal Effects Rack or external hardware. In short: precise control, smart resource management and powerful routing without compromise.

Integrated Immersive Audio Control

With the introduction of object-based mixing, live shows and events have a whole new multidimensional layer to inspire an audience. Within a multi-array loudspeaker configuration, an object-based mix enables instruments, speech, or audio effects to be positioned and controlled in an exact location beydond the traditional stereo field. To support this increase in immersive audio across touring, installed sound and HOW, Solid State Logic have partnered with key loudspeaker manufacturers to deliver tightly integrated control of immersive audio loudspeaker systems. With an upgraded OSC interface, alongside native integrations for d&b Soundscape, L-Acoustics L-ISA and the Meyer Sound Spacemap Go, all SSL Live consoles, from L100 Plus to L650, offer ease of use and more coherent workflow for operators, all without leaving the SSL Live ecosystem.

Open Sound Control (OSC)

d&b Soundscape

L-Acoustics L-ISA

Meyer Sound SpaceMap Go

Effects Rack

SSL Live’s internal Effects Rack delivers a familiar, studio-style workflow on stage: access it via insert points on Channels, Stems, Auxes and Masters—or directly from the router—with every parameter stored in console automation.

Choose from seven categories and 45+ ultra-low-latency effects (mono, stereo and multichannel), including reverbs, delays, modulation, EQ and the iconic SSL Stereo Bus Compressor; with Live V6 you also get Fusion Effect Rack and Path Compressor Mix Control.

A dedicated processing core with adaptive processing maximises efficiency as you add effects, supporting up to 48 instances on L100 Plus/L200 Plus/L350 Plus and up to 96 on L450/L550 Plus/L650.