Take command with confidence
When you're in the heat of battle, you need a clear view of everything in your audio environment. SSL knows this. That's why the L550 Plus was designed to keep every control you need at your fingertips when you need it. The L550 Plus's uncluttered interface arranges the most commonly used functions to sit within reach where your hands naturally fall on the console. Color change technology provides instant visual feedback without causing eye fatigue. You also get three fader banks that offer lightning-fast access to the L550 Plus's 36 faders, which are complemented by a knob-per-function Channel Control Tile that's tailor-made for those who prefer the hands-on-hardware approach.

High-resolution 19-inch multi-touch screen
Thanks to its high-resolution 19-inch multi-touch screen, the L550 Plus is as intuitive to use as a smartphone. Not only can you use this touchscreen for system and I/O configuration, but you can also create surface layouts using the Layer Manager, for opening the L550 Plus's Channel View and Console Overview, and more. The Layer Manager empowers you to place any Channel, Stem Group, VCA, Aux, or Master, anywhere on the available Fader Tiles. The Channel View gives you a clear, logically organized overview and interface for your channels. Console Overview supplies an at-a-glance view of the entire console's signal flow. You also get a dedicated Automation interface and straightforward access to the console's Effects Rack.


The SSL L550 Plus includes a high-resolution 19-inch multi-touch screen.

The SSL L550 Plus includes a generous amount of local I/O.
Great-sounding complement of local I/O
The Solid State Logic L550 Plus includes a generous amount of local I/O, with the capacity to serve both front-of-house and monitoring duties. For starters, you get 32 analog mic/line inputs and 32 analog line outputs boasting SSL's renowned SuperAnalogue design for a sound reminiscent of the company's legendary studio consoles. You get four headphones/monitor outputs along with AES/EBU I/O with fully variable sample rate conversion and an array of MADI ports with redundant capabilities. There's also a separate MADI In/Out port for connecting external devices, such as Waves MultiRack or a VST effects host. SSL Blacklight II connectors, a Dante card, and a redundant pair of SSL X-Light connectors are also included, plus MIDI, LTC, Word Clock, and GP I/O. To top it off, this digital live console vaunts a frequency response within 0.05 dB of flat from 20–20kHz (within 1.3 dB down to 10Hz), a THD+N of <0.005%, and superior 24-bit/96kHz conversion.

Teeming with high-quality baked-in effects
The L550 Plus's Effects Rack is loaded with a full range of studio-quality processors accessible via the insert points on Channels, Stems, Auxes, and Masters, as well as from the router. This digital console includes seven categories of effects in mono, stereo, and multichannel formats. The L550 Plus retains the whole gamut of effects processors, including reverbs, delays, modulation effects, EQ, and even the famous SSL Stereo Bus Compressor. You also get a digital emulation of the SSL Variable Harmonic Drive (VHD) circuit, guitar and bass cabinet emulations, a Denoiser and Enhancer, a sizeable cache of metering tools, and a Dialogue Automix system. The L550 Plus's Effects Rack is designed to emulate the familiar workflow of a recording studio, and your effects routings and parameters are stored as part of the console's automation. All effects operate with ultra-low latency — an essential for live applications — and the entire Effects Rack runs off its own dedicated processing core with adaptive processing for ultimate efficiency.