SSL 2 5-stars Reviews

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That 4K button though..

That 4K button earned me a grammy and got my family out of generational poverty. Now I live in a 4 bedroom house with a dedicated underground studio installed with an actual SSL desk though I still use SSL 2 out of sheer principle.

Worth every penny.

I bought this on the recommendation of a friend when I was upgrading my home studio set up. The quality from both the regular pre amp and the preamp with the legacy '4k' engaged is an enormous step up from what I had been using.

Sleek design, easy to use... I would be recommending this to everyone.

Best 2 small interface in the market

I couldn't be happier with this product, it is a clear sounding, with impeccable features that will make your home (or even studio) setup better. The 4K feature is nice, although it is not a decisive factor to buy this beast, I rather love the fact that it is silent in terms of noise (even when your crank up the gain) and the clarity and flatness of the pres are astonishing. I'm amazed and very satisfied, well done SSL!

Small form and excellent value for money

Solidly built with great features, I like how it sits on the table and has quite small footprint. Drivers are really good and there is no issues when switching USB between different computers. For home use this is beyond excellent. I have zero noise when recording or playing with Neural DSP plugins. My only regret is not getting the SSL+ for the double headphone outputs.

Excellent quality

It looks absolutely amazing and sounds good, especially pressing the 4K button. For me, the monitor level 'big knobs' makes me feel so satisfy. No software needed, plug and use.

clarity

Very clear sounding interface, extremely satisfied with sound and design. + 4 expensive plugins included in price. Great deal.

Almost perfect

My only gripes are the following:

- No pad. This should be a basic feature on ANY interface, always. My medium output pickups run hot on palm mutes - I am a hard player, but this will 100% clip your signal if you also have medium to high output pickups.

- Worse signal:noise ratio when phantom power is on - this is negligible when you close-mic or mic up a loud source. Nevertheless, it's a circuit design flaw.

- (This is just my preference) The stereo/mono switch should be for the headphone/speaker outputs and not pass-through monitoring.

Everything else is fantastic!!

Honestly, this is a phenomenal interface and I'm incredibly happy. It also looks great, it's very solid and I love that the input/outputs can be plugged in neatly in the back. This is an AWESOME desktop unit, for a really (really!) good price (and comes with SSL plugins).

4k Button

Sidenote, the 4k button is a high shelf. It will increase everything above 1kHz (the shelf curve starts at around 1kHz and reach a plateau from 10kHz up). It's a little aggressive for my taste, but if you have a dull/warm mic or want to brighten your recording, then this will be really handy.

Pro tip: if you have old guitar strings, this shelf might save your recording. New strings are ALWAYS better, but this is a (very naughty) little cheat.

I like to work with this Interface, it can do very good at recording and mixing, I love the legacy 4k button, it gives a nice crisp to your voice. Also at the mixing stage I love the fact that you have 2 buttons of volume, one of them is specially designed for mixing. I also find useful the "Stereo" button.

Better than 2i2

So, I had a 2i2 for my guitar and bass recording at home. Soundwise and latencywise I was happy but didn't like the fact that the card doesn't like high gain pickups. I had to turn down the gain on the channel input all the way and still with some humbuckers it would clip.

That's the only reason I bought SSL2. I tested it and it handles humbuckers better. Still, I would like to have more headroom for guitar recording. On 2i2 I used to turn the gain down all the way, on SSL2 I put it on 1/4 and it doesn't clip with most PAF's and similar humbuckers.

Soundwise, I don't have much to say that hasn't beend said already.

This is SSL. What can be added to this?)

The very presence of this device on the table makes you take music seriously.)) The original handles of the console allow you to touch the legend..

Okay, this is a lyrical digression ;)

Sounds really great! The 4K buttons are very useful for getting brighter sound right away while recording.

Which is also very convenient for me personally - all the wires are behind the interface, and the control buttons and all the indications are on top.

In general, I am very pleased with the choice and of course I can recommend this interface!

Professional grade for home studio

I'm using the unit in my home studio, for mics/line instruments recording. I used to be a professional, and this unit exceeded my expectations. Great value for the money. Have some UAD interfaces and I couldn't tell the differences, besides it cost a fraction.

The preamps are crystal clear, and it's nice to have options for line/hi Z setups and separate phantom power for each channel. The control panel it's quite simple.

I can't tell yet the difference between the legacy 4K feature. It does change the tone, but is something I wouldn't miss.

Good quality

Sounds crisp and clear. No delay.

Comes with some nice plugins.

Very good value for money! Can compete with Universal Audio quality, and much cheaper :)

Great sound, very happy!!!

I'm upgrading from a mbox 2 mini. Impressed by the low noise floor and high dynamic range. High quality build. No problem with the driver, I'm using Studio One 5 on a windows 10 machine. I would recommend this product to anyone who needs a pair of high quiality mic preamps. The big blue knob is an unexpected plus (very easy to adjust levels precisely).

AWESOME!

I love it ! that's it hehe

very enjoyable sound

great build quality

the ID14 Killer!

I recently returned the Audient ID14 after being severely disappointed with it, and it was a toss-up between the SSL2 and the MOTU M2. I'm SO glad I chose this interface. Downloaded the drivers, installed smooth, plugged it and it just worked, no hassle.

Sounds great, is built great, looks great. Oh, and the feature that automatically mutes your interface when turning off and on the phantom power is awesome.

Sound quality is good !

SSL 2 - My Best Friend During Lockdown!

Had to go for the SSL at this price point and it hasn't disappointed. Sound quality pretty clean without the 4K button. But the 4k definitely adds some magic when needed. Very portable and easy to bring around, as well as storing when not in use. If there was one tiny thing I would say, some of the parts are a little flimsy feeling, especially the 4k buttons and the big blue monitor knob, but that's it. In contrast, the gain control knobs feel great, like proper console knobs! Lastly, I am sorry I didn't go for the SSL 2+ with the Midi capability and the extra headphone monitoring input. I didn't think I would need them, but really they would have been useful in the long run.

Simple & Great!

I have been looking for something simple, easy to control, and user friendly, and that's it! sound quality is good as well.

SSL-2 Interface: Excellent

I bought it out of necessity as the drivers where too old in my old interface for an update. I heard from a friend who got the SSL-2+ that they where the bees knees and I had to check for myself. And they're everything about the bees!!!

The clarity is spot on and with the extra 4k boost it's just oozing with sparkle! Very simple to use... plug it in, open your DAW and away you go. Everything sounds clean, crisp and perfect going straight in or mic'd up through an amp/effect pedals etc.

Cons: It was a little bigger than expected but it's still pretty workable! It's pretty much exactly what I was looking for.