which is selected via a single button per channel. The console also features 'Variable Harmonic Drive', or VHD microphone/line preamplifiers, which can either be utilised as standard low-distortion preamps, or in a mode which introduces 2nd (even) & 3rd (odd) order harmonic distortion. Also in 2006 SSL introduced the Duende DSP platform designed to emulate SSL channel strip features for home recording enthusiasts, including filters, SSL E and G Series EQ and dynamics processing. Additionally, the system offers the SSL Stereo Bus Compressor. Based on the digital technology behind SSL's C-Series consoles, Duende was designed to integrate into DAW environments using either a FireWire cable connection or PCI-e card, with the digital processing channels appearing as VST or Audio Units plug-ins. On 25 April 2007, SSL announced the release of another plug-in for the Duende, called Drumstrip, which contained a noise gate, a transient shaper, high frequency and low frequency enhancers, and the Listening Mic Compressor. The same year, the company announced its expansion into broadcast video content management and delivery with their MediaWAN system. Ownership changes Solid State Logic sold its organ division in 2002; it is now known as Solid State Organ Systems. The proprietary aptX-codec was sold in a management buyout, with APT Licensing Ltd. incorporated on 1 March 2005 in Belfast. In 2005, musician Peter Gabriel and broadcast entrepreneur David Engelke became majority shareholders of the company. In 2017, Solid State Logic was acquired by the Audiotonix Group, while Gabriel became a major investor in the group following this transaction. Awards The company received The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) in 1981, and The Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation (Technology) in 1993 and 2020. The company received a Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2004 for "contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field." Two of SSL's products were inducted into the TEC Awards TECnology Hall of Fame, which "honors and recognizes audio products and innovations that have made a significant contribution to the advancement of audio technology": the SL 4000 series of mixing consoles was inducted in 2004, and the AWS studio console was inducted in 2018. See also Soundscape Digital Technology – acquired by Solid State Logic Soundscape R.Ed References External links Solid State Logic - official website Solid State Organ Systems - official website Manufacturers of professional audio equipment Manufacturing companies of England Companies