4. Operational Overview

SSL Console Bundle for MX4

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Peak Meters

The peak meters in the input and output sections contain a clip indication light. This can be reset using CTRL+double click anywhere on the peak meter area (this does not have to be exactly over the LEDs). This will also reset the clip indication in the small plug-in window in the mixer once the EQ curve or LED Background of the Dynamics have turned red.

The peak meters also have a right click menu. Here the

clipping indicators can be reset and an automatic clip reset time can be selected. By default this is set to 1 second, meaning that the clip indication will be automatically reset after 1 second.

TIP: The EQ curve in the big graph window also indicates clipping; the whole EQ curve turns to a deep red colour once clipping has occurred. This indication is set to a fixed reset time of 1 second and is not affected by the clip reset settings.

Automation

Any „knob“, Rotary, Button or EQ-Graph Node exposes its GUI position to the build-in Automation interface. This is not the case for the Clip Reset Menu and the general Controls in the GUI Topbar.

Plug-In GUI in Focus

Tweaking parameters with the scroll wheel needs the respective GUI to be „in Focus“, which means it has to be the active Window.

In order to prevent erratic parameter changes, you therefore have to first click on the GUI you want to change, before the Mouse Over and Scroll-wheel are able to detect the Knobs.

Details on Rotary Knob Precision

All rotaries inside the SSL MX4 Plug-Ins and Mixer Applications follow the rotational Click&Drag principle, which allows the control resolution to be defined by the distance from the centre of the rotary control.

Take your time to get used to this behaviour. Compared to Up/Down Click&Drag, where you cannot alter the knob precision without additional controls (ie. pressing CTRL), the Rotation approach gives you a stage less precision using the mouse only.

In addition while you click&drag the Scroll-wheel is also active, providing very fast simultaneous adjustment.

Plug-in top bar

The Top bar of the main Plug-In GUI is common between all SSL Console Bundle Plug-Ins.

Loading a Preset

By pressing the LOAD FILE button, a standard Windows dialogue opens allowing you to browse through the factory presets and load them. All 3 SSL Console Bundle plug-inʻs come with presets that are intended to work as a useful starting point.

Saving a Preset

After pressing the SAVE FILE button you can browse to a folder, type in the name and press SAVE to store the preset.