What will you create?

SSL 2 and SSL 2+ are more than just an audio interface, they are the centre of your new Solid State Logic studio. Class-leading mic preamps, Legacy 4K analogue enhancement, studio-quality monitoring and the incredible SSL Production Pack software bundle. SSL have been designing cutting-edge mixing consoles and processing tools for the world's finest recording studios for over four decades. Now you get all that hit-making know-how in your own personal studio.

2-In/4-Out USB Audio Interface

2 x SSL-designed microphone preamps with unrivalled noise performance and gain range for a USB-powered device

Legacy 4K - analogue colour enhancement for any input source, inspired by classic SSL consoles

2 x Professional, high-current grade headphone outputs, with plenty of power and the ability to create a second independent headphone mix for the 2nd performer

24-bit / 192 kHz AD/DA AKM Converters - capture and hear all the detail of your creations

Easy-to-use Monitor Mix Control for critical low-latency monitoring tasks

Balanced monitor outputs, with stunning dynamic range

Additional unbalanced RCA outputs for easy connection to DJ Mixers

MIDI I/O

USB 2.0, bus-powered audio interface for Mac/PC - no power supply required

SSL Native™ Vocalstrip 2 & Drumstrip plug-ins

+ an extended trial of the complete suite

?Perpetual licenses for Vocalstrip 2 and Drumstrip, for the fast-track to the best vocal and drum sounds. Plus, try all the other SSL Native plug-ins (including the legendary Channelstrip and Bus Compressor) out for free, for 6-months

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Ableton®Live Lite™

?The lightweight version of Ableton's acclaimed music creation software for musicians, producers and performers alike.

Native Instruments® Hybrid Keys & Komplete Start

?Kick start your musical journey with 2,000 customizable sounds – drums and percussion, bass, acoustic instruments, synths, pads and atmospheres, effects, and more in Komplete Start. Hybrid Keys lets you dig deeper by blending sampled pianos, synthesizers, mallets, and more, adding creative effects to produce completely new sounds.

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1.5GB Samples from Loopcloud®

?SSL and Loopcloud have come together to curate a collection of ready-to-roll samples and loops for your creations, organised intuitively by genre and available through the award-winning Loopcloud app.

On top of the existing software bundle featuring Vocalstrip and Drumstrip from SSL, Ableton Live Lite, Native Instruments Hybrid Keys and Komplete Start and 1.5Gb of Loopcloud samples we will be adding:

- IK Multimedia Amplitube 5 SE
- Celemony Melodyne 5 Essential
- AAS Session Bundle containing Lounge Lizard, Strum Session and Ultra Analog Session

SSL 2 or SSL 2+

Which one is right for me?

The table below will help you to compare the differences between SSL 2 and SSL 2+. Both products have 2 input channels for recording and balanced monitor outputs for connecting to your monitors. The SSL 2+ gives you 'that little bit more', with an additional professional high-current headphone output, complete with independent level control, making it perfect for when you are recording with another person. Furthermore, this additional headphone output can be set up in a way that allows the other person to have a different headphone mix. SSL 2+ also features unbalanced outputs for easy connection to DJ mixers and finally, it has traditional 5-Pin DIN MIDI input and MIDI outputs, for connecting to drum modules or keyboards.

Legacy 4K – Analogue Enhancement

Real analogue enhancement inspired by SSL 4000 series (4K) console

SSL has a history of innovation in analogue electronics and console design. Whether it be the sound of our classic EQ '242' and '292' EQ circuits, the punch of the legendary SSL G-Series Bus Compressor or the incredible bandwidth and sonic accuracy of our ground-breaking SuperAnalogue designed mic amps and consoles, we're always moving forward with analogue.

With SSL 2 & SSL 2+, we're giving you two class-leading input stages to enable you to capture the best audio 'picture' of your microphone or instrument. However, sometimes the raw sound of a microphone can sound a little 'uninspiring' or lifeless and you need something to bring it to life. This is where the Legacy 4K button comes in.

Legacy 4K is an all-new analogue enhancement effect, inspired by the character of an SSL 4000 series console (often referred to as '4K'). With the Legacy 4K button, we've distilled 2 essential characteristics of the 4K sound into a single-circuit, which you can engage when you need to breath some life into 'boring' or 'dull' sounding input sources.

1st characteristic: High-Frequency EQ boost – The first thing engaging the Legacy 4K button will do is introduce a 'forward', yet musical high-frequency EQ boost, something which 4000-series EQs are known and loved for.

2nd characteristic: Subtle-Harmonic Distortion – 4K consoles are synonymous with imparting a certain 'mojo' to signals passing through them. This mojo comes through multiple stages of harmonic distortion from compressor VCAs, VCA Faders and other crucial areas like the transistor mix amps. Using modern components, we've created a circuit that injects a controlled amount of finely-tuned, sweet- sounding harmonic distortion into the signal path, helping to give your sound more edge!

Class-Leading Mic Preamps

The Art: We've designed 2 class-leading, beautifully detailed mic preamps to capture every nuance of every performance, with enough gain to cope with whatever microphone you're plugging in.

The Tech: Many USB-powered audio interfaces use standard IC circuits in their mic amp designs. We prefer to use a different approach. Our 2-stage design uses a mixture of specially chosen discrete low-noise transistors in combination with ICs. This enables us to design mic preamps with exceptional noise performance and a superior gain range.

Specs

• Best Noise Performance: -130.5 dB EIN

• Huge Gain Range: 62 dB

Studio Quality, Front to Back

Just because you're working out of your home studio or on the road, doesn't mean you should compromise on the quality of your audio interface. With SSL 2/SSL 2+, we've chosen to use the same industry-grade parts as found in our larger consoles and I/O products, delivering the same kind of quality you'd expect from a large SSL-equipped studio, into your personal workspace.

The Tech

• Alps Pots throughout

• Neutrik XLR and Jack Connectors

• High-Current NJM Headphone Amp Output

• AKM AD/DA Converters – As used in our acclaimed Alpha-Link I/O products

System requirements and Specs:

Mac OS 10.11 and above | Class-Compliant, Plug-and-play

Windows 8.1, Windows 10 | Install included ASIO/WDM driver

Connectivity

USB 2.0 Type C Connector (Box includes Type C to C and Type C to A)

Mic Preamps

EIN: -130.5 dB

Gain Range: 62 dB

Instrument/Line

Max Instrument Input Level: +15 dBu

Max Line Input Level: +24 dBu

*Specs (Measured to AES17 Standards)

Monitor Outputs

Dynamic Range: 112 dB?

Max Output Level: + 12.5 dBu?

Headphone Output(s)

Dynamic Range: 111 dB

Max Output: +10 dBu

Sample rates?

44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz