Description

The C300 HD is SSL's answer to film and TV post studios moving to HD in the late 2000s. What I like about it is the "Master Studio System" logic: a single Centuri core centralises DSP and I/O, the surface scales from 8 to 96 faders to fit the room, and up to four DAWs are driven from the same strips. A 7.1 sweetening and mixing machine built for speed.

Technical

Specifications

Inputs / Outputs

Total inputs	512

Processing

Mix buses	80
Max sample rate	96 kHz
Architecture	Control surface + remote Centuri processing core (SSL industrial computer, modular DSP, I/O cards)
Processing engine	Centralised Centuri DSP/IO core: processing and I/O grouped in a central rack, remote control surface
Channels	Over 500 mix inputs, up to 512 inputs from a single Centuri core · Up to 512 input channels and over 500 mix inputs from a single Centuri core
Buses	80 mix busses, multichannel formatting up to 7.1
Surround and immersive	Stereo, 5.1, 7.1, Dolby; 4 x 7.1 monitor outputs
Sample rate	96 kHz, HD / Tri-Level sync

Surface

Physical faders	96
Motorized faders	Yes
Touchscreen	No
Faders	Scalable assignable control surface from 8 to 96 faders
DAW control	Simultaneous HUI control of 4 DAWs, joint access to console paths and DAW tracks
Multi-operator	True multi-operator working (up to 3) · True multi-operator capability from a single processing core

Recording

Onboard recording	No

Networking

Networking & protocols	MADI / AES/EBU
Redundant PSU	No
Redundant networking	No

Other

Applications	64 PEC/Direct switches, 128 x 8 monitor matrix, 32 x 16 re-record matrix, serial control of HD VTRs

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Solid State Logic C300 HD