For nearly fifty years, SSL's analog alchemy has been the sonic truth behind some of the most iconic recordings in music history. With the release of the Revival 4000 Signature Analog Channel Strip, SSL puts the majestic sound of the revered 4000 B and E-series consoles into a single rack space, no soldering or commissioning required.

At its core is the transformer-balanced Jensen mic pre from the 4000 E, the same JT-115K-E circuit responsible for imparting weight, clarity, and that unmistakable SSL character to many of your favorite tracks. Whatever you put through it simply sounds good. Add in the 4000-B De-Esser, and you have a quick, organic solution for removing sibilance up front so you have one less thing to worry about at mixdown. Modeled after the 4000-B compressor/limiter that helped tame Phil Collins’ infamous gated drum sound (think In The Air Tonight), it's triggered by sibilance, giving you precise control while adding a hint of the musical magic that resides in the SSL bus compressor.

From there, you hit the fully discrete Class A VCA dynamics section culled from the 4000-E. It's the same compressor/gate design that shaped the sound of the ’80s and beyond, with options like fast attack, switchable release curves, and bypassable soft knee, giving you everything from subtle level control to the dominant punch that drove generations of classic mixes.

Often imitated, never duplicated, the SSL 4-band parametric EQ is legendary. Available in the early “Brown Knob” flavor and the later “Black Knob” circuit co-developed with George Martin at AIR Studios. Push a button, and the Revival 4000 gives you both. The warm, musical shaping that defined early ’80s pop and the tighter, more precise tone-sculpting that defined the ’90s rock and hip-hop explosion.

The Revival 4000 is not simply nostalgic; it fits your modern workflow. A dedicated balanced insert lets you drop in your favorite outboard gear (dust off that Space Echo!) without hassle. Flexible routing makes it easy to reorder dynamics and EQ, while external sidechain inputs and stereo link capability let you treat two units as a stereo pair, you know you want two. In short, it’s an SSL 4000 channel strip designed and remastered for today’s rackmount world. The Revival 4000 gives you a piece of music history so you can make yours.

Solid State Logic Revival 4000 Features

• Brings the legendary SSL 4000 B & E-series console sound to a single rack unit
• Transformer-balanced Jensen mic pre (JT-115K-E) for weight, clarity, and that unmistakable SSL tone
• Integrated 4000-B De-Esser modeled after the classic compressor/limiter used on iconic recordings
• Fully discrete Class A VCA dynamics section from the 4000-E, with fast attack, switchable release curves, and bypassable soft knee
• Legendary 4-band parametric EQ, offering both the early “Brown Knob” character and later “Black Knob” precision, co-developed with George Martin at AIR Studios
• Balanced insert point for integrating outboard gear directly into the signal path
• Flexible routing lets you reorder dynamics and EQ sections to suit the mix
• External sidechain input and stereo link capability for pairing units in stereo applications

Solid State Logic Revival 4000 Specifications

• Classic SSL 4000 E Jensen transformer-balanced mic preamp.
• Musical one-knob 4000 B De-Esser section.
• +48V, Polarity invert, Pad and Line Input.
• Ultimate 4000 E Series Dynamics section:
  • Discrete Class A VCA compressor section.
    • Soft or Hard Knee modes.
    • Fast attack on/off.
    • Logarithmic or Linear Release modes.
  • Classic Gate/Expander section, With Fast attack on/off.
• Classic 4-band SSL EQ:
  • Fully parametric mid-bands.
  • Switchable Brown Knob ‘02’ and Black Knob ‘242’ EQ Circuits.
• High and Low Pass Filters:
  • Brown 02 mode – 12 dB per octave HPF & LPF.
  • Black 242 mode – 18 dB per octave HPF & 12 dB per octave LPF.
• Balanced Insert point for connecting external devices into the signal path.
• Extensive ‘to sidechain’ functionality:
  • Filters to Dynamics sidechain.
  • EQ to Dynamics sidechain.
• Flexible process-order routing:
  • Filters to input, Dynamics and De-Ess post-EQ options, Insert to output.
• Line Output Trim.
• Switchable input/output metering.
• External sidechain (key) input.
• Dynamics sidechain link – allows 2 x Revival 4000s compressors to work as a stereo pair.