04-12-2023, 12:32 PM
Interesting, I was looking at possibly getting one of those SSL audio interfaces for home recording! So, as long as folks are posting requests for new products, how about this idea: Harrison/SSL Portastudio?
An SSL/Harrison multitrack recorder & mixer similar to the Tascam Model 12 with great mic pres, monitoring, lots of channels, and physical controls, so that I can take the board to different recording locations and record stems to an SD card all on the board without a laptop, and then take the board back home and plug it into my computer and, bam, all my recorded tracks and physical controls are seamlessly integrated with Harrison Mixbus, with any track that has multiple takes imported all stacked up and ready to go. A better quality highly usable device allowing me to multitrack record and monitor without a computer would bring me so much happiness. And, if it can double as a mixer for live shows, yes please, this would be my favorite machine in the world. The only options available in this realm currently are Tascam (Model 12 etc) and Zoom (LiveTrak etc) products. And, nobody has ever said, "this music would sound better if we had recorded it on a Zoom," so there's some real possibility there. Like, I could see people being more likely to brag about, "yeah, we recorded this on a Harrison/SSL Portastudio; doesn't it sound amazing?"
I don't know what the market is for such a thing, or if the tech would be feasible to build or sell, but if we're naming pies in the sky for this new partnership, then that would be the ideal, from my perspective as someone who is first into playing music and secondarily into home recording. Obviously I am not a professional or anything! It just seems like this new company has so many levels, now, of mixers, audio interfaces, software, etc, why not combine a mixer with nice intuitive physical controls and flexible monitoring options with the DACs and decent mic pres in the affordable SSL audio interfaces, and add a little processor and SD card slot to record 24 bit wav files. I assume there are plenty of reasons why it would not be worth doing, but dumb ideas is what internet forums are for!
Also, congrats on the sale of the company and best of luck. I look forward to continuing to happily use Harrison Mixbus (with tracks recorded on my uninspiring Zoom, lol!)
An SSL/Harrison multitrack recorder & mixer similar to the Tascam Model 12 with great mic pres, monitoring, lots of channels, and physical controls, so that I can take the board to different recording locations and record stems to an SD card all on the board without a laptop, and then take the board back home and plug it into my computer and, bam, all my recorded tracks and physical controls are seamlessly integrated with Harrison Mixbus, with any track that has multiple takes imported all stacked up and ready to go. A better quality highly usable device allowing me to multitrack record and monitor without a computer would bring me so much happiness. And, if it can double as a mixer for live shows, yes please, this would be my favorite machine in the world. The only options available in this realm currently are Tascam (Model 12 etc) and Zoom (LiveTrak etc) products. And, nobody has ever said, "this music would sound better if we had recorded it on a Zoom," so there's some real possibility there. Like, I could see people being more likely to brag about, "yeah, we recorded this on a Harrison/SSL Portastudio; doesn't it sound amazing?"
I don't know what the market is for such a thing, or if the tech would be feasible to build or sell, but if we're naming pies in the sky for this new partnership, then that would be the ideal, from my perspective as someone who is first into playing music and secondarily into home recording. Obviously I am not a professional or anything! It just seems like this new company has so many levels, now, of mixers, audio interfaces, software, etc, why not combine a mixer with nice intuitive physical controls and flexible monitoring options with the DACs and decent mic pres in the affordable SSL audio interfaces, and add a little processor and SD card slot to record 24 bit wav files. I assume there are plenty of reasons why it would not be worth doing, but dumb ideas is what internet forums are for!
Also, congrats on the sale of the company and best of luck. I look forward to continuing to happily use Harrison Mixbus (with tracks recorded on my uninspiring Zoom, lol!)