Waves Ssl Channel Review
Waves ssl e channel review the iconic ssl e channel has been around for as long as i can remember and probably needs no introduction.
Waves ssl channel review. 8 mixing tips for ssl 4000 plugins free presets. The latest collaboration between waves and grammy winning engineer chris lord alge is an emulation of a full channel strip from the latter s actual ssl 4000 series mixer with a particular feature that can only be described as killer. Claiming to be the first multitrack plugin softube s console 1 system is similar in concept but very different in execution cla mixhub lets. Not a review as much as an opinion piece.
Studio classics collection. In many cases one good channel strip plig in. Finally urs s scroll wheel support is inspired and goes along. Since then many others have also set out to duplicate the analog magic of the 4000 but these waves plug ins remain one of the most respected and most.
Sd7 pro show. Interesting enough the waves ssl g channel doesn t feature the updated g dynamics it has the same dynamics of the e channel. Universal audio is one of the leading hardware emulators in the audio industry and they didn t hold back with their sl 4000 e channel strip plug in. Best overall ssl channel strip plugin universal audio s take on the e series channel strip includes preamp modeling not found in some of the other emulations here.
The sound of the waves ssl 4000 plug in was a pleasant surprise too. I already use waves renaissance channel and will probably use it a lot more now i know that you can have the renaissance vox compressor as the channel s compressor instead of the normal renaissance compressor. A couple of weeks ago i was one of the lucky folks that caught this baby being sold separate from the bundle of plugins it s normally included in and it was a great find let me tell you. The waves ssl e channel was the tool that made it possible for me to start mixing in the box.
The plug in is really a few in one as it has sections for both compression and eq. Most of the seasoned ssl 4k users didn t care for the g channel eq mainly for the lack of bells on hf and lf and had the black eq s retrofitted into their g and g consoles. Ssl e channel is a software emulation of an solid state logic console channel strip. Here i go over the benefits of having a quality channel strip plug in.
I didn t have any trouble at all installing the plug in and the whole process only took a few minutes.