Waves Ssl Channel Strip Review

The waves ssl in my opinion works well with hip hop rock and jazz.

Waves ssl channel strip review.

The beatles abbey road and pink floyd s dark side of the moon. The waves manual for the ssl 4000 collection says about the ssl g channel that it is modeled after the sl4000 g series console combining the dynamics section of the sl4000 channel strip with the 383 g eq whereas the manual for the ssl g equalizer states the ssl g equalizer is modeled after the rack mounted version of ssl s g 292 eq. Ssl s reputation for hit making sound is unsurpassed having been used on hit recordings by beyoncé bruce springsteen taylor swift madonna the rolling stones sia and hundreds of others. There is little to no likeness between the waves version and the hardware.

Tg12345 channel strip by waves albums of greatest note created with the physical console include. The hallmark is that it gives the vibe of using a bad ass console mixing board. We ve given the waves ssl 4000 plug in a thorough review to see if lives up to its reputation of faithfully emulating the original ssl. Ssl e channel is a software emulation of an solid state logic console channel strip.

The plug in is really a few in one as it has sections for both compression and eq. From renaissance channel to analog models like emi tg12345 redd and the ssl g and e channels waves channel strip plugins deliver the dynamics and eq to fit your workflow. Anyone who s ever heard music recorded and mixed in the 80s and 90s has heard the sound of the classic ssl 4000 consoles. With the waves ssl 4000 collection the classic ssl 4000 sound can now be yours.

It s a standard channel strip you would receive stock with any daw with an ssl skin. The compressor sucks and dips in ways only a cheap compressor would. Contrary to popular opinion mcdsp s channel g below is not an amalgam of their filter bank and compressor bank plug ins see the review of their classic pack elsewhere in this issue but is as they describe it a new plug in from the ground up with new algorithms. Of all these consoles the ssl 4000 may be the most famous.

What is a channel strip. The black knob which is beautifully warm and full on the hardware is thin and flappy. They color the music and you can hear that in situations where you do not want to color the music this is not the eq you want to use. But solid state logic eq a have a specific feel and sound to them.