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Equipment file · Digital mixing console

Live L500

Solid State Logic · 2013

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

SSL launched Live, its first live-sound console, in 2013 with the L500 as flagship. Built on its Tempest engine at 96 kHz, it offers 256 mix paths and up to 976 inputs and outputs via Blacklight II and MADI.

Introduced
2013
Category
Digital mixing console
Intended use
Touring and installed live sound
Production
Solid State Logic

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It marked SSL's move from studio and broadcast into live sound.

  2. 02

    Its very high I/O count targeted festivals and arenas.

Engineering record

Engine
Tempest at 96 kHz, 256 paths (144 full)[2]
I/O
Up to 976 in and 976 out via two Blacklight II and 12 MADI ports[2]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1Solid State Logic exhibits its first sound reinforcement console, the Live L500Inter BEE · archive · 2013-11-14
  2. 2SSL Live L500Digital-mixing.com · reference

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