DVLP Academy, a music production and audio engineering school based in Denver, Colorado, recently became the first educational facility to install a Solid State Logic Oracle Future Analogue in-line mixing console. DVLP (develop), founded by engineer, producer, educator and entrepreneur Drew Dugan, takes a career-focused approach to modern music education, combining hands-on training in production and audio engineering with artist development, career strategy, branding and marketing. “Our tagline is that the purpose of life is to develop it, so we help people do that, explains Dugan. Our product is the people. Music is the medium we use to help them develop.
Denver’s DVLP Academy is the First Educational Facility to Install Solid State Logic Oracle SSL Oracle’s Future Analogue architecture and Instant Recall capabilities help DVLP Academy teach next-generation tracking, mixing and production workflows while preserving the fundamentals of analogue recording.
Denver, Colorado, September 22, 2026 — DVLP Academy, a music production and audio engineering school based in Denver, Colorado, recently became the first educational facility to install a Solid State Logic Oracle Future Analogue in-line mixing console. DVLP (develop), founded by engineer, producer, educator and entrepreneur Drew Dugan, takes a career-focused approach to modern music education, combining hands-on training in production and audio engineering with artist development, career strategy, branding and marketing. “Our tagline is that the purpose of life is to develop it, so we help people do that, explains Dugan. Our product is the people. Music is the medium we use to help them develop.
Music is the medium
DVLP’s flagship Denver facility encompasses three studios, all networked via Dante and video. Studio A, where the SSL Oracle 24 is the centerpiece, and Studio B, which features an SSL X-Desk, each incorporate an iso booth. A live room is accessible from all three control rooms, allowing the entire building to function as one interconnected studio. Upstairs, the building houses a student lounge, accommodation for visiting artists and a rooftop deck along with a pair of Jadis Eurythmie II speakers. The facility was designed by Dugan and built with assistance from Robert Skelton, Ben Boggs, DVLP manager Connor McGhee, and DVLP’s team of instructors, producers and students.
Dugan’s long experience with SSL’s top-of-the-line music production consoles led him back to the manufacturer when selecting equipment for DVLP’s Studio A. The SSL Oracle combines a totally analogue signal path with instant recall and reset of every function, but while the console offers a rich feature set, Dugan says that he is particularly impressed with some of the simpler functionality. I love that you can show the channel detail view on the screen really easily. I also like how you can access everything just in one bay, so I don’t really have to move. Oracle’s control surface enables users to page through 8-channel blocks of inputs in each bay of the console and allows them to rearrange those inputs in any order, while the 16,000 step resolution across all controllable parameters gives engineers the immediacy of hands-on analogue operation with the accuracy required for precise recall and perfectly repeatable settings.
Oracle: The ultimate tool for varied workflows
Oracle’s in-line design means that DVLP’s 24-channel console offers 48 simultaneous inputs. A further 16 lines can also be introduced through the stereo subgroup faders, for a total of 64 mixdown inputs.
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