Buy the SSL12 and help my channel: sweetwater.sjv.io/c/5015118/937020/11319?prodsku=SSL12&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FSSL12--solid-state-logic-ssl12-usb-audio-interface&intsrc=APIG_7338
Mounting the XLR connector from the front in the right orientation without turning around the interface will make it a right connection. Hence the design, I believe.
The price for the amount of stuff you get is excellent. thinking about picking one up as I get more into multi tracking jazz improv with some friends of mine! Thanks for the review!
@@malonedrum not bad for the price right !! i sort of wish it had adat in and out so you could easily send line outs from daw to outboard gear and then back in. I have one but am thinking about maybe switching to the audient id44. has 20 ins and 22 outs i believe. an old focusrite saffire pro40 that’s now obsolete with new machines can be used through adat with newer interfaces. really quick cheap way to get a bunch more ins, also those old saffire preamps are not bad at all
Great video! The SSL interfaces have been a great add to a crowded market. I was recently looking for a new interface and ended up getting the Audient ID44 but i was looking at the SSL interfaces as well. The 4k switch is interesting. I think more recording people need to start commiting to sounds and just going with them and not getting option paralysis. But thats just my thoughts
I agree, it's an art form that people have drifted away from and there's something helpful about making choices in the process, instead of after the fact.
I saw you playing bass in another video. As a longtime drummer who is learning bass, I’d be interested in your path to learning bass and guitar. Which did you learn first, what’s been challenging, how it’s helped your drumming, etc. Maybe you could make a video on that!
I don’t really play guitar besides just knowing a few campfire chords, but I love being behind the bass and it’s certainly helped me grow as a drummer and at the same time be easier to learn due to my experience behind the drums. I started mostly just to jam along with my students, and then to hop during the house gig I played where a lot of drummers would come sit in. I’m not great, but enough to be on the sub list for a few churches and other very low things.
Thanks so much! There are so few reviews of the SSL 12, this was very useful and well presented! (no Sweetwater where I live unfortunatlety ;-) but we have Thomann). Was torn between this and the Motu M4 - but the SSL is more versatile and seems equally easy to use and portable. You haven't mentioned the 32 bit float, I'm guessing you just keep recording at 16/24 bit!
@@malonedrum Well, its all about your skills! There are so many reviews out there with crappy sound.. But your review is fun to listen on my studio monitors 🙂
Hello Mike! Thank you so much for the review, excellent! I'm looking for similar interface and have pretty much the same requirements as you stated in the video, lol. I have two questions. 1. I heard that the preamps in this interface are quite hot which meant some people found recording drums with very low gain and almost clipping anyways. What is your experience with this please? 2. My second choice would be Steinberg UR44C. It has pretty much all of the things the SSL 12 does but also has DSP inside to have latency-free fx monitoring (EQ, comp, reverb, and some guitar sims). The only drawback of this interface is according to Julian Krause it has noisier preamps (which on SSL 12 are super quiet). Do you have any chance to review this interface? I would highly appreciate that since it would help me choose between the two. Love you videos, keep them coming!
I haven’t had an issue gain staging any instrument to get a nice level without clipping, and no I haven’t had a chance to try any Strindberg interfaces.
awesome review. can you use it as direct monitoring ("stand alone")? I mean it's plugged to mac but mac is power off and you are able to listen what's coming from the inputs? like a analog mixer.
Hey Mike, great video and review. I was wondering if you’re using Ventura or Sonoma. I bought the 2+ and on Sonoma , I get audio output on one channel. Everything worked fine until I updated to 14.5😢
I've never heard it called a crotch mic! 😮 You can't go wrong with ssl. It sounds great. Maybe the xlrs are that way because that's how they're mounted to the board?
