Editing Solid State Logic (section)

===Early history===
Solid State Logic was founded by Colin Sanders in 1969 as the first manufacturer of [[Solid-state electronics|solid-state]] control systems for [[pipe organ]]s. Sanders coined the company's name to explain the then-modern technology of transistor and FET switching to organ builders.

Sanders also owned and operated '''Acorn Studios''', a recording studio in [[Stonesfield]], Oxfordshire. When he sought a [[mixing console]] for recording, with routing flexibility and settings recall unavailable on consoles at that time, Sanders applied his experience to design and built his own, building two mixing consoles with computer control which featured one-button switching between recording, tracking and mixdown modes. The two prototype mixing consoles, given the model designation of SL 4000 A, became the start of a [[Solid State Logic SL 4000|series of large-format mixers]] that would define and establish SSL as a mixing console manufacturer.