Solid State Logic has announced SSL Live V6.1. This latest update to SSL’s live sound platform introduces the MPL 16-8 mic/line stagebox, alongside enhancements designed to expand immersive mixing workflows and enable greater flexibility, control, and performance.
SSL Live V6.1 includes a major update to the generic Open Sound Control (OSC) interface, including a new PAN graphic that enables X-Y or X-Z touchscreen interaction, as well as encoder and fader control for up to 8-fader and 8-switch functions. This ensures deeper integration with OSC-enabled immersive processing systems, including those using published OSC profiles or the ADM-OSC standard, in addition to SSL’s existing bespoke OSC external pan implementations.
From an AoIP perspective, SSL’s live built-in Dante routing allows a Dante network to be part of the console. Resource shared outputs and mic gain control are owned and arbitrated with first-in-wins logic, preventing consoles on the network from accidentally stealing resources. A Showfile Load with Owner Override feature can be used to defeat this safety mechanism when required, making moving I/O or console surfaces across systems quicker and easier.
SSL Live V6.1 also claims a ‘significant improvement’ in Channel View and Detail View responsiveness, enhancing usability during critical tasks. Meanwhile, an additional option for infinite peak hold and overload metering, with a manual clear, provides a history of audio events so a mix engineer can easily track issues down across very large input counts.
A new expansion capability means that compact SSL Live L100 consoles now support the TCM1 device, bringing hardware Midi, LTC and GPIO connectivity to the entry-level model for the first time.
SSL Live V6.1 will be available as a free download for the entire console range.