Solid State Logic Matrix User Manual

Matrix
Control your creativity

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Matrix. This is SSL.

The new standard in project studio integration

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Give your studio a new heart

Your signature sound is a combination of your ideas,
your techniques and your collection of equipment.

With the goal to bring the soul of analogue sound into
the machinery of digital workflow, we designed Matrix ­a seamless way to work in both worlds simultaneously.

With unparalleled creative control over
your DAW and analogue
outboard, Matrix re-configures
your project studio around its
most important element - you.

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Creative harmony

Monitoring

DAW

Outboard Rack

Internal Router

Main
Mini
Speakers
& Cans

Transport

Control

External

Monitoring

Digital &

Analogue

Boutique Pre’s

DAW

I/O

16
Line
Inputs

FX Sends

FX/Line
Returns

16 inputs

(DAW Returns)

16 outputs

(Channel OP)

Soft-key and

Plug-in Control

Ethernet

DAW Control

Foldback
Talkback

Studio Monitors

Artist

Sources

16 Insert
Returns

Software routing

control over analogue

processors

16 Insert

Sends

What is Matrix? In a sentence, Matrix is a
SuperAnalogue™ 16 channel, 40 input mixing
console with inbuilt signal router and
multi-layer digital workstation control. In use
it’s simply the most elegant way to be creative
with your entire arsenal of analogue outboard
and cutting-edge digital equipment.

• 16 Mono Line channels with two
separate inputs per strip

• 32 x 16 x 16 insert router for up to
16 external processing devices

• Stereo Aux Send and 4 Mono Sends
per channel

• ‘Input to Cue Stereo’ doubles
mixdown channel count

• ‘In Line’ DAW monitoring with
‘SuperCue’ headphone mode

• Dual Stereo Mix Busses with
summing inserts and reassign

• 4 Stereo Returns with full Stereo Mix
Bus routing

• Stereo digital I/O (S/PDIF, AES/EBU)
with SSL converter technology

• Stereo monitoring with independent
Main and Mini monitor outputs

• 3 External Monitor inputs with
source summing

• iJack front panel monitor input

• Artist Monitor output with
independent EQ and monitor
source selection

• 16 motorised faders with multiple
layer DAW control

• General purpose MIDI
controller mode

• Additional motorised ‘Focus’ fader for
simultaneous DAW/Console control

• Programmable function keys for
keyboard key strokes/macros

• New DAW-based MIDI
Fader automation

• Ethernet MIDI connectivity and
PC/MAC Browser Interface

Designed to be at the heart of your every day
creative process, Matrix is built to meticulous
SSL hardware standards, to withstand even
the most intensive studio use. Fully equipped
to partner your monitors, workstations and
outboard gear, Matrix lets you shape your
project studio around the way you work.

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Integrate your analogue outboard

Imagine being able to access your favourite combinations of analogue
outboard equipment and apply them to your project without ever
leaving the console.

The Matrix SuperAnalogue™ router manages the sends and returns of
up to 16 outboard processor units together with the assignment of the
console’s channel strip insert points. Using the Insert Matrix control panel
software, any combination of your outboard gear can be rapidly inserted
into any of your console channels, essentially giving you the ability to run
your outboard as ‘analogue plug-ins’ within your DAW.

Insert Matrix Control Panel

• Integrated 32x16x16 routing matrix

Say goodbye to complicated patch bays

• Analogue plug-ins

Insert your analogue outboard into your DAW audio path

• On-screen control interface

Comprehensive routing control panel runs on your DAW computer

• Save FX chains and set-ups

Fast configuration and recall of your outboard chains

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Control your DAW

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At the heart of your studio, Matrix reaches out to give comprehensive
control over your DAW environment, reinstating the console to its role
as creative hub.

With HUI or MCU modes, the 16 motorised faders and channel controls
provide complete hands-on control over your DAW mixer, allowing you
to enjoy mixing on a tactile, fully-featured control surface. Additionally,
Matrix gives you access to transport & navigation functions, plug-in &
virtual instrument parameters, and essential DAW commands, allowing
you to work quickly and easily using just the console surface.

For crucial track adjustment, our unique ‘Focus Fader’ mode enables the
Master Fader (and accompanying V-Pot) to control any channel within
your DAW environment that is not part of the currently selected layer,
perfect for time saving in mixdown.

• 16+1 fader controller & channel controls

Console control over DAW fader, pan and send levels

• Ethernet DAW connection

Avoids multiple cables and additional interface boxes

• Plug-in & virtual instrument control

Map plug-in parameters to faders, V-pots etc. via MIDI

• Control up to 4 DAWs simultaneously

Work freely in Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, Digital Performer - your choice

• Programmable soft-keys for DAW shortcuts

Rapid access to essential DAW commands (up to 350 per DAW layer)

• Full DAW transport control

Punch-friendly controls and navigation wheel

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Mixing and monitoring

Alongside its integration of your analogue and digital equipment,
Matrix is also a first-class SSL mixer drawing on our 30 years of
analogue console design.

The essential functions of recording and mixing; routing, level
measurement and monitoring are organised and arranged to make
everything available at your fingertips to streamline the entire recording
and mixing process.

Matrix analogue architecture provides 16 channels, each with its own
dedicated output. Dual Stereo Mix Busses and four Stereo Returns with
full stereo mix bus routing bring the total available inputs to mix to 40.

Powerful monitoring is a central feature of Matrix with independent Main
and Mini monitor outputs, Artist Monitor output with independent EQ &
source selection, and three External Monitor inputs with source summing.

• 16 SuperAnalogue™ channels

each with two inputs per channel, a dedicated Channel Output,

Stereo Aux Send and four Mono Aux Sends

• DAW automation control of Matrix

Motorised fader automation from your DAW via MIDI

• Dual Stereo Mix Busses

with summing inserts and reassign

• 4 Stereo Returns

with full stereo mix bus routing

• DAW Monitor mode

allows ‘zero-latency’ monitoring/recording

• Stereo monitoring

with Main and Mini outputs

• Artist Monitor section

with independent EQ

• 3 External Monitor inputs

with source summing

• iJack monitor input

3.5mm stereo front panel monitor input

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