Don't rule out sonimus satson cs , which has a G-buss compressor and an ssl eq
It sounds fabulous
Which SSL 4000 emulation plugin is CPU friendly yet good sounding?
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gentleclockdivider gentleclockdivider https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=203660 - KVRAF
- 6113 posts since 22 Mar, 2009 from gent
Eyeball exchanging
Soul calibrating ..frequencies
Soul calibrating ..frequencies
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- KVRist
- 319 posts since 9 Sep, 2017
it helps to catch certain sounds in rock and pop music history, while some aspects are still popular today.
eventually, the programmers could manage some decent emulation, that includes the workflow and way of thinking by the old legendary mixing engineers.
it is in the way the knobs react, and can be cranked up, and how fast you find the sweet spot. especially, the interaction between EQ, saturation/overload and compressor.
the analog circuitry was built with massive testing and input by great engineers.
generic digital plugins might come somewhat close, __IF__ you ever find the right spot in the gazillion of combinations of the many parameters. they weren't built to have certain typical sounds in focus.
at least that's what I seem to find out while using some of these.
it's not just nostalgy, young people re-engineer these sounds and do their own thing with it.
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- KVRAF
- 2989 posts since 5 Nov, 2014
Which certain sounds, can you expand on that, show some examples?it's not just nostalgy, young people re-engineer these sounds and do their own thing with it.
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- KVRAF
- 7397 posts since 20 Jul, 2004 from Clearwater
bx_console + townhouse.
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- KVRAF
- 2402 posts since 28 Sep, 2012
I like the PA 4000E
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- KVRian
- 912 posts since 18 Feb, 2004
They all sound good, Waves is CPU-friendly (and the first I believe). Keep in mind that anyone making these with the actual SSL name in the product is a licensee. So SSL has an interest in all of them sounding good.
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- KVRAF
- 23495 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
There's of course the two T-Racks ones and then there's Reason (all versions), which can easily be turned into a SSL channel strip (plus you get an SSL bus comp too).
Edit: oh, I think both Reason and the IKMM White one emulate the 9000 rather than the 4000 - my bad.
Edit: oh, I think both Reason and the IKMM White one emulate the 9000 rather than the 4000 - my bad.
"Preamps have literally one job: when you turn up the gain, it gets louder." Jamcat, talking about presmp-emulation plugins.
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- KVRAF
- 2383 posts since 16 Jan, 2013
Just to muddy the waters a bit more, don't forget the Solid Mix Series from NI.
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- KVRist
- 105 posts since 17 Jul, 2003
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- KVRian
- 801 posts since 17 May, 2011 from Philadelphia
Another vote for the PA 4000E, but I haven’t tried all of them - just the Waves and Sonimus. Here’s a nice skin for the PA 4000E I recently stumbled across on the Plugmon site. I prefer it to the original. Pretty easy to install and working fine for me so far.
https://plugmon.jp/sslightly-for-bx_console-ssl4000e/
https://plugmon.jp/sslightly-for-bx_console-ssl4000e/
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- KVRAF
- 2244 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
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gentleclockdivider gentleclockdivider https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=203660
- KVRAF
- 6113 posts since 22 Mar, 2009 from gent
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- KVRAF
- 4358 posts since 30 Aug, 2012 from Sweden
No one has mentioned MH channelstrip yet. Have used it alot and is on sale cheap occasionally.
