Solid State Logic Xlogic Alpha Channel Strip    Item #: SOL ALPHA 

The SSL Xlogic Alpha Channel brings the legendary SSL sound to home and professional studios everywhere.
With the classic combination of a mic preamp, filter, EQ and dynamics, the XLogic Alpha Channel provides the perfect front end to your digital audio workstation. With all the features needed to record great vocal or instrument tracks, the Alpha Channel offers a studio class mic pre and processing based on SSL’s years of experience in designing the world’s leading analogue recording consoles. A huge proportion of the music you know and love was recorded on SSL, renowned for the superior audio qualities you’ve heard on countless hit records. That elusive sonic ingredient is here in the Alpha Channel.

SSL Xlogic Alpha Channel Features Professional ultra clean mic preamp with line level & Hi Z instrument input switches Variable Harmonic Drive circuit; a Time Machine of distortion characteristics High Pass Filter with selectable 40Hz, 80Hz or 120Hz cutoff frequency Built in professional quality Analogue to Digital conversion - as standard Auto sample rate sensing and self adjustment Three band SSL parametric EQ with mid freq Q control and dual LF curves Intelligent auto compression that maximises recording headroom and avoids DAC clipping

MusicTech Magazine - February, 2007

SSL XLogic Alpha Channel Specifications

Connections

• Microphone: Balanced, 3-pin XLR-F, Zin=1k ohms (10k ohms for Hi Z)
• Instrument: Unbalanced, 1/4 inch mono jack, Zin=1M ohms
• Output: Balanced, 1/4 inch stereo jack, Zo=40 ohms
• Insert Send: Balanced, 1/4 inch stereo jack, Zo=40 ohms
• Insert Return: Balanced, 1/4 inch stereo jack, Zin=10k ohms
• Link (2 of): RCA phono, limiter sidechain control voltage (dc.)
• Power Supply: IEC320 3-pin connector, 100-240 Vac, 50-60 Hz
• SPDIF In (digital): RCA phono, 1V pk-pk, Zin=75 ohms, SPDIF format
  The ADC will lock to this signal if present

  SPDIF Out (digital): RCA phono, 1V pk-pk, Zo=75 ohms, SPDIF 24bit format

  Synchronised to SPDIF In, else free-runs at 44.1 kHz

EQ

• LF Section:
  • Shelf Gain Range: +-19 dB
  • Bell Gain Range: +-15 dB
  • Shelf Frequency Range: 40-600 Hz
  • Bell Frequency Range: 34-500 Hz
  • Bell Q: 1.4
• Mid Section:
  • Gain Range: +-17 dB
  • Frequency Range: 300-5200 Hz
  • Q Range: 0.7-1.9
• HF Section
  • Shelf Gain Range: +-19 dB
  • Shelf Frequency Range: 1/5 kHz-22 kHz
• EQ Dynamic Range: 100 dBu

Limiter

• Threshold: -3 dBFS
• Ratio: 6, over-easy
• Headroom: 12 dB min, 14 dB typ
• Attack Time: 50 uSec
• Release Time: 200 mSec
• Limiting Distortion: 0.5% max
• Non-limiting Distortion: 0.001%

Insert Point

• Operation Level:
  • Limiter Switch Out: 24 dBU, unity gain to output
  • Limiter Switch In: 12 dBU, +12 dB gain to output
• Output Impedance (Send): 150 ohms
• Input Impedance (Return): 10k ohms

Physical

• Dimensions (HxWxD): 1.75 x 19 (inc. rack ears) x 9 inches
• Weight: 8 lbs.

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   Review 212 KB  PDF

   Installation Guide 1.18 MB   PDF