User Manual

SiX User Guide

Troubleshooting & FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions and additional support contacts can be found on the Solid State Logic Website at:

https://www.solidstatelogic.com/support/six

Troubleshooting Tips

My SiX is warm to the touch

SiX’s SuperAnalogue audio circuits are designed to run warm and SiX contains a lot of electronics in a small space. SiX is designed

to cool front to back, so ensuring ventilation inlets and outlets (front and rear) have clearance is important to reliable operation.

There is no output from the monitors

Check that there is something selected in the monitor source section of the console (see page 11). A monitor source needs to be

selected (typically MAIN) to hear something from the monitor outputs. Also check that the ALT button isn't pressed with nothing

connected to the Alternate Monitor connections.

When I connect only to a Left Input, there is also a signal on the Right

This is a feature of the stereo inputs of SiX (see page 9). If an input is only connected to the left input of the stereo input pair (i.e.

Stereo Channel inputs and External Inputs) then the signal is automatically sent to both left and right paths.

There is no signal from the B-Bus output

Check that the the B-Bus Mute button is not pressed. This can be found under the B-Bus output level control which is to the left of

the Main Fader. This button is a simple way to turn the Mute/B-Bus switches on the channel strips into permanant Mute buttons or

simply mute the B-Bus Output if it is being used as a secondary bus output.

There is no signal from the Foldback Outputs

Check that there are no External or Talk buttons selected in the F/Back master sections (see page 13). There is a hierarchy to

these switches and they 'replace' the output. For example, if you have EXT 2 selected with no input it will replace the Foldback

Bus to the output.

There is no signal from the SuperAnalogue Channels

Check the Channel Insert button. If this is ON with no Insert Return connected to the D-Type connectors then the channel signal

will be muted. The Insert Send is always present and only the Insert Return is switched.

There is no signal to the Main Bus

Check the Main Fader Insert button. If this is ON with no Insert Return connected to the D-Type connectors then the Main Fader

signal will be muted. The Insert Send is always present and only the Insert Return is switched.

The meters bounce briey after power on

The bounce is due to the settling of the SuperAnalogue circuits after power is applied. It is normal behaviour. The initial 'all Meter

LEDs on' is a feature the console runs when powered on to check all the LEDs are working correctly.