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OXFORD,ENGLAND-SolidStateLogicisextremelyproudtoannounceFusion,anall-analogue2Uoutboardprocessorcreatedforthemodernhybridstudio.Fusionintroducesfivecompletelynewanaloguecolourationtoolsdesignedtobringtheperfectcombinationofaddedtonalcharacter,weightandspacetoyourmixbusorstereostems,withthedetail,warmthandfinessethatonlyrealanaloguecircuitscanprovide.JamesGordon,CEOoftheAudiotonixGroup,comments:“TheintroductionofFusionmarksthearrivalofnewstudiotoolsfromthestudiomastersthatwillcolourtherecordswehearinthefuture.Havingbeenfortunateenoughtoseeandhearthedevelopmentofthisnewunit,Ithinkitleavesastrongimpressionofwhat’stocome.”Fusionfeaturesfiveanalogueprocessorsthatcanbeuseddiscretelyorcombined:VintageDrive-auniquenon-linearharmonicenhancementcircuitthatbringscohesionandstrengthtoyourmix.DriveandDensitycontrolsinteracttoproduceharmonicsaturationandsoftcompressionderivedfromoverloadingananaloguecircuit.Itcanbeusedlightlyforsubtlethickeningsaturationordrivenhardformoreextremedistortion.TheSSLVioletEQ-anall-newminimumphase-shift,two-bandshelvingEQ.ThefirstnewSSLanalogueEQcircuitformorethan25yearsdrawsontheSSLlegacyofcarefullyselectedfrequenciesandresponsecurvestocreateamusicalandintuitiveEQdesignedtoquicklydialinlow-endweightandhigh-endsheen.HighandLowfrequencycircuitseachofferfourswitchedfrequencypointsand+/-9dBattenuation.AnewHighFrequencyCompressordeliversthedistinctivesoundofhighfrequencyroundingintheanaloguedomain.Acompressorthateffectshighfrequenciesonly,optimisedforsmoothandtransparentharshnessreductionandatape-likehigh-frequencyrolloff–greatfortamingbrittlehighfrequencyfizz.AnewStereoImageenhancerprovidesatrueanalogueMid-SidecircuitthatmanipulatestheSidesignal,allowingforwideningandspatialmanipulationofthestereofield.Aswitched,custom-designedSSLTransformercircuitintroducessubtlelow-frequencysaturation,alongsideahigh-frequencyphase-shift.Theresultisasimultaneousthickeningofthelow-endandanaddedsparkletothehigh-end.SOLIDSTATELOGICLAUNCHESFUSION/2TheSSLsoniclegacyisbuiltuponamuch-emulatedcollectionofanalogueaudioprocessingtoolsthathavefeaturedingenerationsofstudioconsoles;pristinemicpre’s,classicChannelEQ&Dynamics,thelegendaryStereoBusCompressor,theListenMicCompressor,andtheuniqueSSLsummingbus.FusiontakesSSLintoanewerawiththeintroductionofasuiteofnewanalogueprocessingtoolsthatofferexceptionaltonalcharacterandversatility.FusionexpandstheprocessingpaletteforhybridstudioownersandisasuperbpartnerfortheSSLStereoBusCompressor.