Description
Technical
Specifications
Inputs / Outputs
| Total inputs | 40 |
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Processing
| Architecture | SuperAnalogue hybrid mixing console: 16 channels, analog audio path, digital control and routing |
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| Channels | 16 line-level SuperAnalogue channel strips, 40 line inputs total (2 line inputs per channel) |
| Channel processing | Integrated insert router: 'plug-in style' management of analog outboard (16 insert sends/returns), no external patchbay needed |
Surface
| Physical faders | 16 |
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| Motorized faders | Yes |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Faders | 16 motorised faders (analog mixing + DAW control) |
| Automation | Total Recall of routing and switch settings; integration of up to 6 SSL X-Rack units |
| Monitoring and talkback | Monitoring section (main/mini/cans), FX sends 1-4, stereo returns 1-4 |
| DAW control | Multi-DAW control over Ethernet (soft-keys, plug-ins, transport) |
Recording
| Onboard recording | No |
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Networking
| Redundant PSU | No |
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| Redundant networking | No |
Physical
| Build | SSL SuperAnalogue circuitry, line level (external mic preamps, e.g. X-Rack modules) |
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Strip & details
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Software
SSL Matrix RemoteDownload
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Accessories
Other
- SSL X-Rack
SSL modular rack system (preamps, EQ, dynamics, summing) integrable with the Matrix Total Recall, up to 6 units.
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History & design
The SSL Matrix is a hybrid mixing console introduced in 2008: a fully analog audio path, in SuperAnalogue circuitry, placed under digital control and routing. It carries 16 line-level channel strips (40 line inputs in total) and 16 motorised faders used for both analog mixing and DAW control.
Its distinctive feature is the integrated insert router: external analog outboard (compressors, EQs, boutique preamps) is inserted and recalled 'like plug-ins', with no physical patchbay. Total Recall stores routing and switch settings, and up to six SSL X-Rack units can be integrated into the system to extend processing.
The Matrix also controls several DAWs over Ethernet (soft-keys, plug-in parameters, transport), with a full monitoring section (main, mini, cans), FX sends and stereo returns. It was succeeded by the Matrix2, then the Matrix2 δelta.
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