SSL SiX || How to route Listen Mic Compressor (LMC)

hey! i apologize for the loud parts of this video :)

intro: 0:00
how to route LMC: 0:40
switching to talk mic: 2:40
adjusting gain and level of talk mic: 3:00
picks up entire room: 4:00
messing with talkback mic and guitar pedals: 5:13

steps:
hit the talk button
choose ext 1 or ext 2
enable that channel on the master fader
use the monitor knob to control volume

had several people ask me to explain how I route the LMC on the SSL SiX, and some tips for using it. I would assume these tips are similar on the SSL Big SiX, if you have one of those or are interested in it.

the LMC is really cool because it offers some creative compressor functionality with its crunchiness. As i show in the video, you will route the talk input through EXT1 or EXT2, and then send it to your master fader. This will allow you to record and use the LMC in recordings.

[AaronFerenc]

I just got a SSL Six and I was wondering about this feature. Thanks for the very useful little explanation! I just tried it out and it sounds dope!

[johnnymandez]

Thank you brother! I appreciate this, now I can properly add my drums from my daw through the LMC.

[lucianoluggren]

Hello. The rotary control for the talkback it's not talkback input preamp gain, it's the output level of the talkback circuit after the LMC. The talkback preamp has a fixed gain of +45db. So if you crank up that knob you are not hitting harder the Talkback compressor. Greetings from Argentina.

[bennsutcliffe]

I'm still confused as to which buttons to have pressed to be able to route the talk mic to the main mix bus. Great videos by the way!

[teabreakbeats]

interesting - thanks for the demos, am thinking of getting a mixer!

[philpouss]

Thank you for this video, but as noticed Benn, WHICH BUTTONS do we have to press to route the talk mic to the main bus ?

[Voiceboxcom]

There is NO WAY to route the talkback mic to the main bus internally. The TB mic input only gets routed out the foldback outputs. So in this video Paul must be sending the talkback mic out the foldback outputs and then back into the SSL Six thru EXT 1.... Also Paul keeps referring to EXT 1 as an output. EXT 1 does not have an output. EXT 1&2 are for bringing external signals like a phone for example into the SSL Six, it is only an INPUT. Also, the EXT 1&2 switches in the foldback, monitor and master sections are to switch the EXT 1&2 signals into its respective bus. Below is text copied from the SSL Six manual referring to the foldback section.

Three switches intercancel in order of priority from bottom to top are the TALK, EXT 1 and EXT
2, with the following functions:

-TALK - switches the output of the Talk section to the Foldback Output
- EXT 1 - switches the External Source 1 input to the Foldback Output
- EXT 2 - switches the External Source 2 input to the Foldback Output.

[essouna]

Hey thanks for the video can you actually route the LMC to another input in your soundcard? To have 3 preamps in 3 different channels at the same time ??

[TorstenMatthiessen]

I'm sorry to say, but the "crunshy sound" you hear when you turn up the volume up on the Talkback Mic, is distortion from the console or the interface after the mixer. You need to get your gain staging right. Meters CAN turn red, but they are not supposed to. You should keep the meters around 0dB and only go into the amber lights occationally. You will end up with a much cleaner overall sound. Start out with keeping the faders around 0dB - not channel fader on 5dB and main fader on 5dB - look at the meters ;-)

[paolotonolo]

Great Vid Paul..I just got myself the Big Six ...same thing ..my name is Paolo LOL

[TheRTM]

Question…The video audio that you are now recording is that actually being captured to your camera via the Six?..

[chickenlickin]

It’s not the Phil Collins drum sound I was expecting; ; ( I have the Six but never tried the LMC yet

[saxxoplay]

Can’t you just make a video without the drama bro it’s distracting from the point you’re trying to make.