Following its earlier announcement, Solid State Logic (SSL) has launched a new console which delivers a sublime analog sound with instant, effortless, and complete recall and reset across the entire console. Oracle aims to fulfill the dreams of producers, engineers, and studio owners around the world: a true professional solution, delivered with SSL quality, reliability, and support.
Since SSL launched the groundbreaking SL 4000E console with total recall in 1979, producers, engineers, and studio owners have dreamt of a console that could deliver the unmistakeable analogue sound quality of SSL, but without the disruption and uncertainty of manual recall between sessions; a mixing console that could instantly recall settings and adapt to on-the-fly creative shifts, while effortlessly switching between multiple sessions in a single day.
Now, that dream is a reality as Solid State Logic revolutionizes analog mixing console technology once again. Today, the company is proud to announce Oracle: a fully analogue in-line mixing console offering large-format features in a compact, AWS-size footprint, with instant, effortless, and complete recall of all processing, routing, gain, and pan settings thanks to the company’s innovative new ActiveAnalogue™ technology.
Revolutionary ActiveAnalogue™ technology
With the ability to instantly switch between mixing or tracking set-ups, change the session’s workflow in less time than it takes the artist to switch tracks, the new ActiveAnalogue™ technology within Oracle significantly increases the potential throughput of any studio facility, while delivering the authentic analogue tone that artists and producers crave.
ActiveAnalogue™ combines the renowned sound and power of SSL’s analogue processing and summing with ultra-precise adjustment and an active recallable control system. No trade-offs, no downtime, no disruption.
Oracle features
- Large-format, small footprint, in-line console, with up to 112 inputs at mixdown.
- 4x Stereo mix busses, 16 track busses, 10 aux busses, 16 stereo ‘Flex’ groups.
- Available with 24 or 48 mono line-in channels.
- Iconic SSL analog circuitry, controlled with new ActiveAnalogue™ technology.
- Next-gen PureDrive mic pre’s with ‘Drive’ control.
- Legendary SSL 4-Band parametric EQ with switchable E/G Series curves.
- Integrated THE BUS+ and dynamic EQ processors.
- Flexible channel architecture – track, overdub, and mix with Oracle.
- Small and large fader paths with assignable EQ and insert points.
- Flexible monitoring provides multiple stereo options and is immersive mix ready.
- Insightful VU or plasma ‘style’ metering with dynamic ‘Detail View’.
- Advanced DAW control with SSL 360 integration.
- SSL Dynamic Automation System ready.
- O-Control app: offline tool for session preparation and console configuration.
- 13U 19” rack(s) houses all analogue circuity and can be located remotely, within the control room, or under the console.
A new SSL Sonic Signature
Oracle merges the harmonic drive technology of the latest SSL PureDrive mic preamps, the current-driven busses introduced in ORIGIN, and various flavors of harmonic saturation accessible throughout the console.
Additionally, it delivers unprecedented recall and reset capabilities along with the sonic flexibility of SSL’s latest analog circuit design. It is capable of producing the beautifully precise sounds of SuperAnalogue™ audio, to a palette of driven analogue tones, and everything in between. From an SSL legacy perspective, Oracle embodies the DNA of the classic E, G, and J/K consoles, while taking SSL’s sonic signature into the future.
More information: Solid State Logic / Oracle
