Solid State Logic Announces Matrix2 Console
With its original release back in 2008, Solid State Logic opened eyes with their hybrid Matrix console, which combines many highly desirable qualities of digital and analog into a single platform.
Adding to the analog summing, preamps and digital patch and DAW controls, SSL just announced it has created a new and improved console with the Matrix2.
The new and improved Matrix2 adds new features and functionality.
The new console includes an improved patching system that now integrates hardware control, a new “Fader Linking” system, DAW digital automation control and more.
The SSL Matrix2 is slated to ship December 2013 for $23,999 MSRP.
Here are more details from Solid State Logic:
One of the unique and much praised features of Matrix has always been the integrated software controlled patching of analogue channel inserts, and this has been significantly upgraded in Matrix2. Hardware device inserts can now be loaded directly from the console hardware controls — previously this was done only via the remote browser software — with an intuitive new interface that facilitates loading individual processors, A/B comparison of different processors and building processor chains. The Matrix remote browser software has also been re-designed to provide a new “drag and drop” style interface for loading processors and building chains.
A powerful “Fader Linking” system has been added to the console, which allows two or more faders to be grouped, to facilitate stereo or 5.1 channel control or subgroup style mixing. The A-FADA (Analogue Fader Accesses DAW Automation) summing system used in Duality, AWS and the new SSL Sigma rack has been introduced to enable the analogue faders of Matrix2 to be driven by automation data from a user’s DAW. A-FADA enables channel automation to be performed entirely in the analogue signal path but with the advantages of DAW automation data editing. The addition of A-FADA to Matrix2 facilitates project portability between different SSL products. The previously optional 5.1 output card will now be included as standard pre-fitted in all units.
All of these new features (excluding the 5.1 output card) will be available to existing customers as a free upgrade.
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