Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (September 11, 2026)—The first SSL Origin analog mixing console in Vietnam has landed at the studio of musician, singer and producer OnlyC in Ho Chi Minh City.
“I primarily use the SSL Origin for mixing rather than tracking,” says OnlyC, who relocated the studio to a new building in the Lakeview City villa area of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 in 2022.
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The music production facility, OnlyCproduction, has been continuously developed and upgraded since opening in 2013, and offers recording, mixing and mastering services for artists, film companies, record labels and commercial brands.
The console is integrated into a hybrid mixing workflow, combining analog summing and processing with plug-ins across DAWs such as Pro Tools and Reaper. “I’ve always appreciated the sonic character of SSL, and after researching the Origin, I felt it was the right choice for my studio. For me, SSL is one of the leading choices in professional music production,” says OnlyC.
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The Vietnamese pop performer, who mixes elements of traditional and current music in his productions, was already very familiar with a variety of SSL processing and mixing tools, he continues. “Both in the past and currently, I own and use a variety of SSL equipment, including the G-Series Buss Compressor, The Bus+, Fusion, and BiG SiX. While these are not ‘consoles’, they all carry the family sound and quality.”
OnlyC has put the Origin through its paces on numerous productions since taking delivery of the new console from SSL Asia. He reports, “The EQ is clean yet retains a strong analogue character. The built-in G Series bus compressor is excellent—punchy, cohesive and very musical. Overall, the sound is punchy and clean, with a solid stereo image, great depth in the summing bus and a strong sense of glue and space in the mix.”
