SSL Duality 48-Channel Console #066 (Used)

The Solid State Logic Duality is firmly established as the industry standard for large-scale professional audio production worldwide. Akin to previous generations of classic SSL consoles, Duality achieves success by enabling engineers and producers to work quickly and ergonomically, as well as delivering superior sonic results. Duality’s innovative hybrid approach has found many fans, by combining a traditional analog path and signal processing along with exceptional DAW control and integration, all within a single hardware surface.

Duality combines technology from SSL's acclaimed music console, the XL 9000 K Series with new design concepts which faithfully recreate the overload characteristics of valve circuitry. It retains all of the sonic benefits of SuperAnalogue capacitorless servo coupled circuitry, then adds variable harmonic colouration on a channel by channel basis, contained within a control surface which will be familiar to any recording engineer who has previously used SSL consoles.

The ubiquitous DAW has brought many benefits to audio production, including visual audio editing, integrated digital effects processing and convenient session storage and recall. However, although eminently flexible, DAW’s present new challenges of integration within the studio environment today. Duality was carefully designed with these requirements in mind. It addresses all the needs of current DAW production techniques in an integrated, high quality and robust design, coupled with all of the sonic benefits expected from a Solid State Logic console.

SSL's extensive design experience has been utilized to create the ultimate capture path for inputs into the DAW, where recorded signals can be edited, processed and mixed via Duality's control surface. The signal paths can then be either summed internally within the DAW or returned to the analog domain for further processing via Duality's channel path EQ and dynamics processors, before final summing via the console's balanced analog mix bus architecture. With a comprehensive 5.1 monitoring section, audio can be auditioned with the highest possible audio integrity.

A high resolution, digitally controlled gain element in each channel allows the motorized faders to be switched to control any DAW that supports the HUI or Mackie Control protocols, while retaining control of the analog signal path. The faders and their associated channel-based rotary encoders (D-pots) provide direct control of DAW faders, pans, sends, plus input and output routing. The Master Control Panel and Duality's center section screen give paged control of all plug-in parameters.

CONSOLE INFO

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Cosmetic Condition 1-10 (10 being "new"): 8
• Cosmetic flaws: Old scribble strip, hand rest fabric used
• Working order 1-10 (10 being "new"): 8
• List of major working faults: Old scribble strip, two dead screens
• Does console have direct outs?: Yes
• Are direct outs transformer balanced?: No
• How many lines inputs at mix?: 48
• Are known modifications documented?: None
• When was it last serviced?: Autumn 2024
• List any spare parts included: Switches and screws

FEATURES

• Model and qty of mic pre/EQs: 48
• Model and qty of compressors: 48
• Number of aux sends: 2 Stereo Cue + 4 Aux busses
• Number of effect sends: 2 Stereo Cue +4 Aux busses
• Number of busses: 24
• Phantom power: Yes
• Brand of automation: SSL
• Does automation work?: Yes
• Number of speaker selectors: 4

ACCESSORIES

• Brand and type of patch bay: Mixed, 96-point
• Quantity of patch bay(s): 96-point, 8 rows + 2 user rows
• Location of patch bay: Right
• Brand and length of cabling: Belden, various lengths
• Brand and type of furniture: N/A
• Is stand included?: Yes
• Is producer's desk included?: No

DOCUMENTATION

• Is original manual included?: No
• Does it have a recent tech report?: Yes