Odyssey

Odyssey’s channel strip is based on classic SSL in-line architecture but evolved for the latest workflows. Each channel provides separate record and monitor paths, with independent input gain, output level control, and processing routing.

Both paths feature independent, switchable, and moveable Insert points. Independent Direct Outputs on each path allow analogue sources, processed signals, stems, or individual tracks to be captured directly into the DAW, preserving the full character of the signal chain while supporting lightning-fast hybrid workflows.

Odyssey’s fully analogue, instantly recallable channel dynamics carry forward SSL’s legacy in compression, limiting, gating, and expansion — bringing the tools that helped shape the sound of generations of records into the Future Analogue workflow.

The Compressor/Limiter features signal-dependent Attack with Fast Attack switching, plus RMS or Peak sensing for smooth gain control, punch enhancement, or more characterful compression and limiting, with dedicated Wet/Dry Mix for parallel compression directly within the channel. Alongside it, the Expander/Gate offers Inf:1 Gate and 2:1 Expansion modes with signal-dependent Attack, Fast Attack, and variable Range, Threshold, Release, and Hold controls

Odyssey’s sidechain can be routed as an independent processing resource, linked from the same or alternate channel path, triggered from the Insert Return, or shaped using the channel Filters and/or EQ. From de-essing and frequency-dependent compression to keyed gating, focused expansion, and creating dynamic movement, Odyssey gives every channel the precision, attitude, and musical response that makes SSL dynamics a studio essential.

Each channel features a fully analogue four-band parametric EQ with switchable E and G Series characteristics, giving engineers access to two classic SSL tone-shaping voices. E Series delivers bold, assertive presence and edge, while G Series offers broader, more refined musical control. Selectable HF and LF shelf/bell curves and switchable mid-band Q behaviour provide the precision for everything from subtle correction to decisive creative shaping.

The EQ can be instantly assigned between the Small and Large Fader paths, keeping tone-shaping fluid across tracking, overdubbing, and mixing.

Channels operate as powerful mono strips by default or can be linked in odd/even pairs for stereo operation, providing a single, streamlined control set for paired sources such as keyboards, drum machines, external instruments, stereo effects returns, sub mixes, and stems. Linked channel pairs are ‘matched’ to within a hundredth of a dB, enabling exceptionally precise stereo-matched mic gain, EQ, and dynamics processing — preserving the true balance, depth, and detail of the stereo image.