SSL Soundscape V6 is a highly
evolved DAW application that benefits from nearly 20 years of
development. It specializes in audio only recording, editing and mixing;
it does not have MIDI sequencing or offer Virtual Instruments for
creative composition, instead it offers a specialized, elegant,
versatile, functionally advanced user environment with the capacity to
support a wide range of approaches to workflow. The V6 DAW software is
intrinsically tied to the presence of an SSL MX4 PCIe card (or its
predecessor the Mixpander); the DAW utilizes the DSP power and extremely
low latencies (4 samples) of the card and its high channel count fiber
optic MADI I/O connectivity. The system employs SSL’s Soundscape Hybrid
Core Audio and Processing engine which uses a combination of the MX4 DSP
and the host computer CPU/RAM resources with drivers that are designed
from the ground up to gain optimum performance from latest generation
multi-core PC Processors and Windows 7 Operating Systems (32 Bit or 64
Bit).
Mission Critical Applications
Soundscape V6 is designed to satisfy the requirements of professional
recording engineers in sophisticated, demanding, high pressure
environments. Historically Soundscape has enjoyed an enviable reputation
for total reliability and stability and V6 maintains and builds upon
the tradition. Soundscape V6 offers up to 128 channels of simultaneous
recording and playback at 24bit/96kHz, whilst running large amounts of
plug-in processing and utilizing sophisticated mixer architecture to
deliver complex monitoring set ups… and it does it elegantly without
over-stretching the host computer. It offers truly professional
performance and stability.
Benchmark Audio Quality
The Solid State Logic brand is synonymous with the highest standards of
audio performance, setting quality standards for others to follow.
Soundscape V6 maintains these standards at every step of the production
process. In addition to expected high quality recording, a suite of SSL
plug-ins that includes the SSL Channel EQ, Channel Dynamics and Stereo
Bus Compressor provide processing tools with the perfect balance of
precision and unique tonal character. For those who mix inside the box
Soundscape V6 offers a superior Double Precision digital mix bus.
Optimized For Real Time Performance
The Soundscape V6 flexible mixer architecture, true multi client
operation and stunning ‘near zero’ latency creates a powerful system
with the versatility to create multiple (or duplicate) multi channel
record feeds, to create multiple headphone/artist monitor feeds or to
build Mix Minus monitor feeds in Broadcast applications with SSL Console
Grade quality processing.
State Of The Art I/O
The MX4 PCIe card offers 128 channels of fiber optic MADI I/O presented
as a pair of 64 Channel connections. MADI fiber is a lossless digital
audio format that can be combined with SSL Alpha-Link audio format
converters, connected directly to suitably equipped consoles, or
integrated with Broadcast Routers to deliver a very high channel count
with uncompromising audio quality.
Advanced Shared Network Workflow
V6 offers true collaborative workflow at the very heart of its
architecture. It is designed to accommodate and encourage collaborative
file and project exchange between multiple audio engineer ‘seats’ either
working independently with remote file distribution/exchange or
connected locally via a gigabit Ethernet or Fibrechannel network and
central storage (NAS or SAN) infrastructure. V6 is optimised for multi
file format workflow with the facility to use Soundscape Take, standard
Wav and Broadcast Wav file types with different bit-depths on a single
timeline without conversion, dramatically speeding workflow.
Soundscape V6 Key Features
High channel count – up to 128 channels of simultaneous audio
record/playback
Optimized for real time performance – near zero latency,
sophisticated monitoring options
Total reliability – extremely robust system delivers industrial
strength stability
