SSL X-Desk Installed 

So appreciate the detail you've included here. Thanks man. It's a pity SSL have discontinued this desk... still, they've really found a space in the higher end small desk options.

Man you have an extremely interesting and very unique workflow nothing like you ever see on RU-vid. You have vision and it seems like you’ll stop at nothing to achieve your goals. I’m a pretty big fan of this channel I can watch and listen to your content for hours man. Thank you for all the awesome content.

Very nice! Thanks for the videos!!!

Great setup. Having two mixers ganged up really makes things clearer. The cheapest good EQ I know of is the Elysia XFliter (19" or 500). So may want to check it out, and Happy New Year! 🙂

Hell yeah - Great video. I use 2 X-Desks in place of your API and then I have a Thermionic Fat BUSTARD II in place of your X-Desk as my drum bus. I agree that SSL has a signature sound. I also agree the gain trim is amazing, and it's rarely talked about [I made a point about it recently on GS]. The world slept on X-Desks and I'm kinda glad. Enjoy!

Amazing setup 😊

nice! lots of ideas here

Really enjoying your content, thanks

Hi Hopetown. Actually there is another way for parallel processing with your X Desk. If you push the Button right underneath the „Master“ Main Insert you are getting a 100% Dry Main Mix. Now you can throw a Compressor into the Main Inserts and blend the processed Signal parallel „in“ with the Main Mix Pot/Mix Level. 👍 Btw the X Desk can be mounted into a Rack if you‘ve got the Rack Kit ✌️Just saying. Thanks for the Video

this is such a rad setup, thanks for doing these videos really awesome insight!!

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Cool additions to the setup. I agree, unless I push my API, it is clean. I find that useful for me, but now I want to try the ssl also.

Thanks for the video.i have a pair of desks and I really love themone feature you will love about the desk is that you can link up to 4 of them in case you need more channels and have one be the master out for all of them.

The Box is a sexy looking widget. It definitely wins on that front against other things in its general category. But, as you said, lack of buses is a big issue. I seriously considered it but ended up going with the SSL XL-Desk. It only has four buses (well, three in practical terms since A is the main stereo bus) but it does make a big difference, and they all support parallel processing. And it has four stereo channels which can take up some of the load that you might otherwise use buses or channels for. It's a stupidly flexible box, and if you get creative you can do a huge amount with it. I'm trying to use the DAW as purely a digital tape deck, so that's important. I agree with making the 500 modules patchable. You can do it on the XL-Desk, but I'm already downing in snakes and that would make it a lot worse, and it would be so confusing not having the module on that channel affecting that channel. I'm already overly prone to twisting the wrong knobs as it is. Of course on the XL-Desk you can selectively assign the 9-16 500 modules in pairs over to the four buses with just a switch, which adds some flexibility without the need for patching. I also agree about the issue of having modules dedicated in some ways as well. For instance, the XL-Desk has a dedicated stereo 500 slot for the master bus. But there's literally nothing I'd ever only want to use on the master bus and never have available for tracking or mixing. I think they'd have done better to provide a set of buttons to allow it be assigned to any of the four buses or maybe to a pair of the 9-16 channels. I think that the Box allows the master section comp to be assigned to channels, right? And definitely I agree about the endless attempts to optimize flow (and space available.) Studio rearrangements are pretty much my exercise regimen. At some point, even making fairly small changes becomes a lot of work. I've got almost everything half-normalled, but I still somehow end up with a fair amount of patching. Still, in the end, it's a lot less patching than it would otherwise be. I'm using a pair of MOTU A16's, which are connected together via AVB. It would be awfully nice to get it down to one space and I'm sure the Lynx is higher quality, but that's a $3000 difference in price relative to that Lynx. The DB25 connectors on the Lynx are nice though. And, if you are using high quality cables, the difference in price between DB-25 snakes (one connector each side) vs 8 XLR or TRS can be non-trivial over a good number of snakes.

Super Jelous! wow Api+X-desk! WTF

Just a heads up I use the line inputs for my preamp signals when recording and the alternate inputs as my DAW returns when mixing and just flip the switch on the top of each channel.that feature is worth the price of admission for me on the Xdesk.

Cool setup. I've been thinking about adding a few CAPI EQs to the inserts on my Xdesk. I've currently got 8 racked up SL502s pulled out of a console in that place to have a little baby SSL for mixing and then use Pultecs mostly on the front end for tracking. Are you intending to use the additional 8 inputs/cue bus for anything?

The set up you have now is very similar to mine……I probably have way to many rack mounts for my set up but…..whaddya gonna do My main problem is having enough line from piece to piece. Shit ton of chords

How would you describe the D.W. Fearn mic preamps? I've used a lot of preamps, but never those.