SSL Console

1. What is the signal flow in the SSL 4000, if the master status is set to 'Record' and 'Fader Reverse'?

Channel:Mic input -> Small Fader -> Routing Matrix Monitor: Tape return -> Large Fader -> Quad bus

Channel: Mic input -> Large Fader -> Quad bus Monitor: Tape return -> Small Fader -> Routing Matrix

Channel:Line input -> Large Fader -> Routing matrix Monitor: Tape return -> Small Fader -> stereo bus

Channel:Line input -> Small Fader -> Routing Matrix Monitor: Tape return -> Large Fader -> Quad bus

2. The three main signal paths for each channel in the SSL console are

Channel, monitor and group (bus)

Mic, line and Insert

Channel, mic and monitor

Quad bus, cue sends and external to monitors

3. What button allows you to send the Mix bus output directly to the cues (HeadPhones)

Quad to Cues

External to Monitors

External to Studio

Status Lock None

It has to be patched

4. How many VCA group master faders does the SSL 4000 have?

16

4

8

2

None

5. Which button on the SSL module switches the 'mic/line' Input to the channel path per module against the master status?

Direct

Float

C/O

Flip

Phase Reverse

6. The 'Subgroup' button at the input section of the channel path on module 20 takes it's feed from

Quad bus

Tape machine output 20

Group 20

Small fader 20

7. The default solo on the SSL is

AFL (non destructive)

Solo in Place (destructive)

PFL

Inactive

None of the above

8. With 'Record + Mix' Status selected:

Places all modules to mic input

Individual channel status is dependent on the selection of the Ready Group or Ready Tape buttons

Disables the output of the fader feeding the matrix

Disables the float button

Individual channel status is dependent on the selection of the 'Float' button

9. How many channels is the Compressor in the Center Section.

2 channels (Stereo)

4 channels (Quad)

6 channels (5.1)

8 channels (7.1)

10. The 'Gate' button in the dynamics section on an SSL module

Changes the compressor to a gate

Changes the expander to a gate

Mutes signals going into the expander below a certain threshold

Switches the external key inputs from the patchbay into the sidechains

11. The 'Split' button for the filters on the SSL puts the filters

Post EQ

Directly after the input of the channel path

Directly after the input of the monitor path

Post dynamics

12. Is it possible to feed the Echo Returns in the Center Section to the headphone mix?

Yes

No, there is no way to do it

Yes, but you have to patch the return directly into the headphone mix

No, you have to patch the returns back to modules

13. In Record + Fader Reverse status

Small fader feeds the Mix (quad) bus

Small fader feeds the routing matrix

Small fader output is disabled

Large fader feeds the routing matrix

14. The first 8 outputs of Pro Tools are normaled to what modules?

1-8

17-24

25-32

None, Pro Tools must be patched

15. Fast attack on the compressor or gate is selected by

Pulling up the ratio or range knob

Pulling up the release knob

Pulling up the threshold knob

Pushing down the release knob

Pushing down the ratio or range knob

16. To activate the side-chain on the dynamics section

Plug any signal into the key input

Patch into the insert return

Hit ready tape button

Hit 'Ch In' or 'Ch Out' and 'Mon' buttons

The dynamics section must be after the EQ

17. In the dynamics section on the SSL the 'Channel Out' button

Switches the dynamics section into channel path post EQ

Switches the dynamics section into channel path pre EQ

Switches the dynamics section sidechain post EQ

Switches the dynamics section to channel path post fader

18. On the SSL, in 'Mix' status, if the input button on the small fader is pressed the signal is taken

Post Large fader

Pre Large fader, pre processing

Pre Large fader, post processing

Post Larger fader, pre processing

19. By selecting the 'PRE' + 'IN' buttons in the insert section of a module on the SSL

You enable the insert return pre EQ in the monitor path

You enable the insert return pre EQ in the channel path

You enable the insert return post EQ in the channel path

You enable the insert return post EQ in the monitor path

You send a feedback loop to the headphones deafening the singer and securing your career as a NYC Bus Driver

20. The Float button on an SSL module

Reverses the faders for that module against the master status, and sends the monitor signal to the matrix

Switches the VCA fader into the monitor and reverses the signal flow against the master status

Switches the channel signal to the routing matrix, nothing goes to the quad buss

Sends the fader feeding the Quad bus to the Routing Matrix and disables the output of the other fader.

21. The buttons 'Ready Group' and 'Ready Tape' on the SSL

Select the signal that you want to record to tape

Select the status in every single I/O module, regardless of the master status

Select the input signal to the monitor path

Select the input signal to the channel path

Both need to be pressed in order to enable the track for recording

22. What is the normal SMPTE patch so the SSL computer can read SMPTE from the analog multitrack.

Group Output 24 to 'Gen' patch point

MOTU SMPTE Output to 'Read' patch point

Multitrack Return 24 to 'Read' patch point

Multitrack Return 24 to patch point A in the SMPTE to machines sections

23. The AFL solo on the SSL 4000G uses

The quad bus

A separate mono solo bus

The group matrix

Modules in record mode only

The cue sends output

24. In MIX status what is the feed for the small fader if only the 'Output' button is pressed

Post processing, post fader

Post processing, pre fader

Pre processing, pre fader

Pre processing, post fader

Pre EQ, post Dyn, post fader

25. Pulling the Group Trim pot on any module solo isolates that module from what?

Channel Solos only

Group Solos only

Channel & Group Solos

It has nothing to do with solo isolate

26. In Mix status, what is the feed for the small fader if both 'Input' and 'Output' are pressed.

Post processing, post fader

Post processing, pre fader

Pre processing, pre fader

Pre processing, post fader

Pre EQ, post Dyn, post fade

27. By selecting the direct button on module 19 you would expect

The channel path to send a mix of bus 19 and other channel signals to group output 19

The channel path to send bus 19 directly to the mix bus

The channel path to send to bus 19 disabling all other feeds to bus 19

The monitor path to send to bus 19 disabling all other feeds to bus 19

28. The 'I' selection on the thumbwheels at the bottom of each VCA fader solo isolates from what?