SSL Mixer Manual - Absolute Professional Audio

Audio Toolbox plug-ins
The Audio Toolbox set of mixer plug-ins must be enabled by entering a password in the SSL Mixer software (you can find the
password in the product’s registration card and in a sticker on the MX4 box). Entering the password in one of the Audio
Toolbox plug-ins will automatically enter it for the rest of the plug-ins listed in the Options menu (Chorus/Flanger, Dynamics,
Delay, Dither).
The Audio Toolbox plug-in effects combine DSP power efficiency with excellent audio quality. They are very useful collection of
essential tools, bread and butter processes for everyday tasks.
More comprehensive, optional DSP effects are available from Solid State Logic and third party companies.
Chorus/Flanger, Dynamics processor, Delay and Dither elements are available for insertion in any mixer channel in all relevant
mono, mono to stereo or stereo configurations.
The parameters shown in the mixer columns can be edited directly with the left and right mouse buttons or the scroll wheel.
Double-clicking a parameter value field allows text entry. Double-clicking the name of an element in the Mixer channel opens
the main plug-in window.
Clicking the "open" and "save" buttons in the top section of a main plug-in window opens standard Windows dialogue boxes
which can be used to load or save presets.
There is also a bypass button in the top right corner of the window. The controls include faders which can be clicked and
dragged, value fields which can be double-clicked to open dialog boxes and where the right and left mouse buttons can be
used to respectively increase or decrease the value.
Chorus/Flanger
The Chorus/Flanger plug-in algorithm requires only a small amount of DSP resources. Mono, Mono to
Stereo and Stereo versions are available.
To produce the Chorus/Flanger effect, a proportion of the original signal is sent through a short delay. The
resulting delayed signal is modulated by a low frequency oscillator (LFO).
In the main section of the window, the "Mix" fader controls the amount of
signal that is delayed and sent to the LFO, the "Delay" fader controls the
length of the delay, and the "FdBk" (feedback) fader controls the proportion
of the processed signal that is sent back the input.
In the LFO section of the window, the "Freq", "Phase" and "Depth" faders
control the frequency, phase and depth (amount of modulation) of the LFO,
the "Wave" buttons allow the selection of a sine or triangular LFO waveform
shape, and the "Phase" indicator "lights-up" to indicate the LFO speed and
phase.
The Chorus/Flanger can produce anything from a slight thickening or
doubling of the sound, to the common jangly effect that's great for guitars.
Flanging is at the extreme end of the control range, with large pitch
changes, delay variations and amazing stereo width and movement. It's
great for Sound Design, alien voices etc.
The parameter values can also be edited directly with the mouse in the mixer channel element.
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