SSL 18 Review: A Console in a Box? (vs. Audient & MOTU)

Описание: The SSL 18 has arrived, but how does it stack up against a modern favorite and a 10-year-old legend?

In this video, I take a subjective look at the SSL 18 audio interface. To see if it lives up to the hype, I’m putting it head-to-head with the Audient iD4 and my trusted studio workhorse, the MOTU Traveler mk3.
From pushing the preamps with a ribbon mic on drums to testing the AD/DA converters with high-quality vinyl playback—we’re finding out if you can actually hear the difference.

The video has been uploaded with FLAC audio, and only a delicate touch of processing has been used to achieve some gain on the drums ( 2 dB compression and 2 dB limiting ).

What’s inside:
SSL 18 Unboxing: Build quality and first impressions.
The Drum Test: Recording drums with a single Ribbon Microphone.
The Vinyl Test: Comparing conversion quality on line inputs.
New Tech vs. Old Pro: Does 10 years of development change the sound?

Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:14 The contenders 0:41 Unboxing 1:47 Ribbon "Würst" 3:05 Preamp comparison 4:32 Preamp A/B 4:55 What I hear 7:08 Converter test setup 7:28 Vinyl test 8:18 Conclusion

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MOTU Traveler mk3 (The Legend)
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