For me, the issue between the left and right balance on the stereo channels was not that big of an issue when I had the Six, as they were only off by a little, and some of my stereo signals can be pretty wonky anyway. If you wanted to calibrate it you could just try sending a test tone through from your DAW, then return it into your DAW, and check the meter. Then turn the balance knob to where both sides are equal, and put a little mark, or a little piece of tape on the mixer panel, so now you have the mark in case the knob get moved.
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Every mixer I have ever owned has not had perfect balance between left and right on a test signal. Never anything audible though, I am sure my ears are more off than the mixer balance was. Of course I have never had a 20k mixer so I imagine those are dead on. But in actual practical use a tiny bit off does not make any difference except to my OCD.
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Since this is class compliant could you just hook it to something like an MPC one that can accept class compliant usb interfaces? I am a little confused as the big six description lists a driver for windows but uses core audio for macā¦
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This whole thing about the balance being slightly off, I never noticed. This canāt possibly be a real issue, only something you can perhaps confirm by measuring it but still go āOh, okayā and just get on with it.
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Iām fairly confident that if you run 50% of commercial recordings through something with good level meters (especially digital), youāll see an unbalanced stereo pair.
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It was a non-issue for me as well. I am more worried about my balance after a handful of beers.
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Hence your handle, right? Once you pan too hard to the left, a mate steps up to
(waaait for it)
hold your beer.
And I guess thatās my exit. Getting my coat now.
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I mean, I know you baited me. Iām just too much of a sucker to resist.
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Iām interested too! Seems like the SSL S2+ is working fine with the current MPC models, from what I read at the MPC forums.
The combo would be quite powerful, I quite like the AIR plugins for mixing, but they probably canāt keep up with actual SSl analog components.
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Weāve just hit the peak of this thread. People should enjoy and remember this.
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so my problem: i used to have this ssl6
although i like the sound and the feel, i didnt need it
this one looks amazing, will be lovely with my a4/matriarch/digitakt
butā¦ 3k$ 
might be better to spend so much money into paying off my house, or go on holiday with my family.
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Can confirm, I hook up my SSL 2 to my MPC Live II (Retro) and it works great. The possibility of using a Big Six with my MPC is genuinely mouth watering (or maybe Iām hungry for lunch?).
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If this wasnāt a perfect moment of Elektronautās own Starsky & Hutch, I donāt know what is.
Mods, call it. As my man says, this thread needs to be preserved in the perfect state it eventually reached. It would be a shame if we ruined it with further on topic nonsense.
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howās the latency?
I really like Espenās channel but if the reason I didnāt buy a piece of kit was because I ādidnāt want to pay for thatā I wouldnāt have any gear at all ā¦ I have an allergic reaction to anything over $250 lol
he does make some additional good points though
This is something to look into as I believe the new mpc line 2.10 update requires LINUX based class complianceā¦ unsure if big six will work? Anyone know?
Reference for mpc class compliment workflow and latency issues:
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Sick - see me post above.
No latency? See the link I posted above. Thansk
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I like that he really pushed the preamps to show us how it saturates. Gets pretty dirty which I wasnāt expecting. Now, where can I find a spare 3Kā¦
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