Solid State Logic AWS 900+ SE, Owner'S Manual

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About this manual
This manual is divided into eight main sections, and is designed to provide a comprehensive source of
information for both installers and users of the AWS 900+ SE console. The table of contents will help you to
familiarise yourself with the basic content of each section. If you are reading this from an electronic version of
the manual, use the ‘bookmark’ feature to locate to any topic almost immediately.
Please read the opening pages of Section 3 before attempting to install the console, particularly the warnings
about lifting and positioning the console.
If you have not previously used an SSL console, you are advised to read an introduction to the AWS 900+ SE
in Section 2. Those of you who have experience of SSL’s legendary range of analogue consoles will have little
difficulty getting to grips with the operation of this console. Features that are specific to the AWS 900+ SE are
fully described in Section 4.
To set-up and configure the software interface between the AWS 900+ SE and your chosen DAW, please study
Section 5. This section also covers those DAW functions that you can now usefully control from the AWS 900+ SE
centre section.
Finally, the last section in this manual holds a number of useful appendices that you may need to refer to from
time to time.
Conventions Used
Some typographical conventions have been used in this manual to help distinguish explanatory text from the
text referring to items on the console. They are as follows:
• Switch cap engravings on the console are usually in UPPERCASE (eg. SOLO ).
• Silk screened text on the console’s control surface can be either UPPERCASE (eg. DYNAMICS), or
lowercase bold (eg. auto ), or Titlecase (eg. Talkback Mix ).
• Any text on the console’s TFT screen is referred to in a Bold typeface.
•
Items of note or cautions are shown in a red typeface.
• Whenever this manual mentions the selection or pressing of a button, it is assumed that the button was not
active (ie. not lit), and that this action has made it active (ie. it has become lit).
• Similarly, whenever the manual mentions the deselection of a button (or pressing it again), it is assumed that
it was active before the action, and has become inactive due to this action.
Contacting Solid State Logic
If you cannot find the information you need on the pages of this manual, please see the AWS 900+ SE support
pages at
http://www.solidstatelogic.com
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