SSLtech
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...Okay, I was wondering if it was a console which I worked on which was similarly updated 'E' with G boards plugged in, which was shipped to Colorado.
Those EQs are the G EQ's also, assuming you hear a slight (and sometimes delayed by a half-second or so) 'click' of a relay after you press or release them. THey have the [x3] and [/3] buttons and no option for Bell or Shelf. -That's the 82E292 board, which was also a 'G' version. A number of people fitted them to 'E' series consoles to update them, but not everyone paid for new knob-caps, so don't go by the knob cap colour to tell you ANYTHING. -EVER. (some people bought black/pink/orange knob caps to make users THINK that the board's EQ had been replaced/updated, without EVER updating the circuitry inside... What's funny is that some users actually heard a difference!!!)
The other G-series upgrade to the 611 modules (all 4000 and 6000 series consoles had SL611E channel strips for mono and SL612E for stereo) was to replace the LOGIC card, and the group summing amp trip pot with a pot which also has a 'pull-up' switch for 'solo-isolate' -Any channel thus solo-isolated was used for FX returns and then didn't solo when a source channel was solo'd... and if you solo'd the return it logically went into AFL/PLF instead of destructive solo (which would of course have killed the source channel(s).
So yours is an 'upgraded' E, it appears. -Personally, I prefer the E EQ to the G EQ, since the E is capable of more useable curves (you cannot do a deep narrow cut on a G because the deeper you cut or boost, the wider the bandwidth becomes... -I hate that!) -After a while, SSL reverted back to offering the 'old' black-knob E-series EQ on all G-seres consoles as standard, and the 'G' (292) version was only sold to those who asked for it (which was rare). For the 9K console they offered a switch to allow either mode of operation (constant-Q versus constant-bandwidth). the other noticeable differences were the loss of Bell/shelf option for HF and LF (an absolute crime, in my eyes!) and the fact that it cuts or boosts by 21dB per band instead of 15dB per band... (if 15dB of boost isn't enough, what the hell are you trying to do to the signal!?!?!?!!!)
Another subtle difference between E's and original G's is the 'split' button on the EQ, IIRC. It's reconfigurable with some trace cutting on the motherboard, but I personally like the 'split' configuration of the 'E' series, so I wouldn't bother.
Keith
Those EQs are the G EQ's also, assuming you hear a slight (and sometimes delayed by a half-second or so) 'click' of a relay after you press or release them. THey have the [x3] and [/3] buttons and no option for Bell or Shelf. -That's the 82E292 board, which was also a 'G' version. A number of people fitted them to 'E' series consoles to update them, but not everyone paid for new knob-caps, so don't go by the knob cap colour to tell you ANYTHING. -EVER. (some people bought black/pink/orange knob caps to make users THINK that the board's EQ had been replaced/updated, without EVER updating the circuitry inside... What's funny is that some users actually heard a difference!!!)
The other G-series upgrade to the 611 modules (all 4000 and 6000 series consoles had SL611E channel strips for mono and SL612E for stereo) was to replace the LOGIC card, and the group summing amp trip pot with a pot which also has a 'pull-up' switch for 'solo-isolate' -Any channel thus solo-isolated was used for FX returns and then didn't solo when a source channel was solo'd... and if you solo'd the return it logically went into AFL/PLF instead of destructive solo (which would of course have killed the source channel(s).
So yours is an 'upgraded' E, it appears. -Personally, I prefer the E EQ to the G EQ, since the E is capable of more useable curves (you cannot do a deep narrow cut on a G because the deeper you cut or boost, the wider the bandwidth becomes... -I hate that!) -After a while, SSL reverted back to offering the 'old' black-knob E-series EQ on all G-seres consoles as standard, and the 'G' (292) version was only sold to those who asked for it (which was rare). For the 9K console they offered a switch to allow either mode of operation (constant-Q versus constant-bandwidth). the other noticeable differences were the loss of Bell/shelf option for HF and LF (an absolute crime, in my eyes!) and the fact that it cuts or boosts by 21dB per band instead of 15dB per band... (if 15dB of boost isn't enough, what the hell are you trying to do to the signal!?!?!?!!!)
Another subtle difference between E's and original G's is the 'split' button on the EQ, IIRC. It's reconfigurable with some trace cutting on the motherboard, but I personally like the 'split' configuration of the 'E' series, so I wouldn't bother.
Keith
