What to do with the SL9000 channel strip ?

[dante]

Well having sung the praises of the SLL mixer in Prophead Record, and now having upgraded to Scope 5 the strip is there ! And I figure its gotta sound better than the one running native.

Problem is, its only the strip. On 12 DSP I can barely load up an STM2448 and 22 of these strips. Has anyone used these strips to make a full mixer ( it doesnt seem to come up as an option in STM insert slots, unless Im missing something ).

Other than that, Id be interested to know what r ppl doing with it ? an input pre for recording ? other...

[Liquid EDGE]

Id be interested to know what r ppl doing with it ? an input pre for recording ? other...

Well last night i used it as a pre for recording a vocal. Not what it was intended for (did think that as it is stereo, used the left of it for when i used it last night). Over on Xited.org i'm told it was originally made for recording drums.

[dante]

Yeah thanks liquid, I saw your post over at XITED... was meaning to add my 5 cents worth there as well.

I guess thats the answer I was looking for, eg that ppl were using it as a pre, rather than trying to make a full mixing desk out of it.

[at0m]

[...]doesnt seem to come up as an option in STM insert slots[...]

Hoi Dante,


Are the files in the correct path, as per cset.ini? Here's from my config:

• [StaticPath]
  Effects=D:\Scope5/Devices/FX/

If they're not, put/copy them there, or adjust your "Effects="

Hope this helps,
at0m.

[dante]

Ok thanks Atom. I sussed the problem. The channel I was trying to select the SL9000 in to was mono, so of course the effect didnt show up. Now I changed it to Stereo, and of course it shows .... DOH !!!

But thanks to you I fiddled and found out what the problem was..

[dante]

If anyone can tell me what the 6 buttons shown do on the SL9000, I'd be grateful. Ive played around but have no idea what the abreviations mean except DYN and EQ.

buttons.JPG

[w_ellis]

Last page here will tell all: http://www.digitalaudiosoft.com/plugins ... 0-C350.PDF

[dante]

Cool... Thanks for that. So they are a choice of routing algorithms ...

[w_ellis]

Exactly. I've not really delved into it in any more detail, but certainly intend to try it out at some point.

[dante]

Well I will try nut it out and if I can add value to existing doco might be a scoperise article in it....

[at0m]

[edit: started this post before I had to go out for a while, and in the meanwhile the link to DAS was posted above. Posting just some links now:]

http://www.solid-state-logic.com/music/ ... alogue.asp
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb04/articles/ssl.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMK57VDmxfA

[dante]

Yep well strikes me that I have a stereo drum track so I had the problem of only being able to turn the snare up with surgical EQ.

But with 3 of these inserted into 3 STM channels and feed the stereo signal into all 3 I might be able split the signal into kick, snare and hi-hats, using filter =>sidechain=>gate algo, then raise snare vol without affecting the snare EQ so much.

[tjsound]

What to do with the SL9000 channel strip ?

I do nothing. Because it does not work after reload project.
It seems he can only remember their settings in the projec,t not as an insert.

[dante]

Not getting that problem on Scope 5 PCI ver. I tried the experiment above about using 3 x SL9000 inserts, didnt quite get the sonic result I was after because too much crossover in source material (kick and snare). But all 3 inserts remembered setting after reload.

You could try unload / reload the device into the insert slot.

[Yogimeister]

Not getting that problem on Scope 5 PCI ver. I tried the experiment above about using 3 x SL9000 inserts, didnt quite get the sonic result I was after because too much crossover in source material (kick and snare). But all 3 inserts remembered setting after reload.

You could try unload / reload the device into the insert slot.

Hi Dante,

Which Mixer were you using for inserting the SL9000 ?
(I also have the same problem with the SL9000 loading in a "Faulty unresponsive" state inside the 1632 mixer - havent tried other mixers yet ... - and for some reason, I am also having trouble loading presets into it (inside and outside the mixer ....)

[dante]

STM2448 - on PCI - see initial post. But now I use STM1632 or DAS mixer with C350L on XITE-1D.