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jacksontellerr · Post by **jacksontellerr** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:58 pm

I thinking about buying a new bus compressor for my synth busses and my master chain.
Any recommendations or experience with The Glue or the Waves SSL master bus compressor? Other recommendations are welcome as well!

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:28 pm

My favourite SSL G-Master is the UAD one, but I don't' imagine you would want to go that way unless you already had a uad-2 hardware.

Native Software SSL G-Master:
I like this one:
https://sonimus.com/products/tuco (although I haven't used it in awhile as it has a vst3 bug that they have been promising to fix for years)

Can't go wrong with this swiss army which does SSL and others.

https://dmgaudio.com/trackcomp

But I mostly use a lot of Mu style ones for Bus(s) compression.
For which i would start here:

https://fuseaudiolabs.de/#/pages/plugins
in their dynamics section.

rsp

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:17 pm

I found The Glue less colouring than the Waves SSL. Plus it works well, is system efficient, gets support and updates when needed and there are no annual fees (yes, optional annual WUP fees). That said I did like the colouring of the Waves but not on everything. I feel I can use The Glue on a wider range of tracks. But that's just me.

jacksontellerr · Post by **jacksontellerr** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:01 pm

Thanks you both for the specific answers !

djanthonyw · Post by **djanthonyw** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:20 pm

Townhouse is better than both and you get get it for less.

transmisser · Post by **transmisser** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:58 pm

I used the Waves G Bus Comp on everything, but switched over to the T-Racks Bus Compressor. I still really like the waves, but the T-Racks one has a Side Chain Hi Pass filter which I feel is kind of essential for my purposes. I didn't expect much from the T-Racks variant, but it's become my favorite. I got it for free since I did that IK group buy promotion last year.

(No affiliation with IK Multimedia. I recently posted about their bus comp in another thread.)

Pingafuego · Post by **Pingafuego** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:15 am

transmisser wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:58 pm I used the Waves G Bus Comp on everything, but switched over to the T-Racks Bus Compressor. I still really like the waves, but the T-Racks one has a Side Chain Hi Pass filter which I feel is kind of essential for my purposes. I didn't expect much from the T-Racks variant, but it's become my favorite. I got it for free since I did that IK group buy promotion last year.

(No affiliation with IK Multimedia. I recently posted about their bus comp in another thread.)

With the free Waves studio rack plugin you can create a Hi Pass filter, or even a multi band Waves G Bus Compressor. Have you tried it?

transmisser · Post by **transmisser** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:18 am

Pingafuego wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:15 am With the free Waves studio rack plugin you can create a Hi Pass filter, or even a multi band Waves G Bus Compressor. Have you tried it?

Man, I feel stupid!

I have Studio Rack and this never occurred to me! Thanks for the tip, I'm definitely going to start doing this.

Daimonicon · Post by **Daimonicon** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:21 am

Honestly just get the one you like best. It doesn’t matter which one you use. It’s all about your mixing skills. Many pro’s use Waves bus compressor. Not because it’s better or inferior but because it’s been out longer than anybody elses bus compressor.

risome · Post by **risome** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:41 am

The Glue is an excellent Buss compressor as is the UAD SSL.I don't use Waves plugins so cannot comment on them.There are however slight differences between the G series and the Townhouse and thats a personal taste decision you will have to make.The Glue is very competitively priced and unless you do that sub thing its best to wait and get the Townhouse on special from Plugin Alliance + vouchers for a very low cost otherwise its more expensive than The Glue.Townhouse is $299 v The Glue $99.I also find a slight difference between the UAD version and The Glue, not bad just midly different.Demo them all and let your ears decide what suits you best.Have fun

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:43 am

The Glue is great! ... it's more about the 'action' and less about the mojo I feel. So when you want less 'color' it's the one to reach for..
DMG Trackcomp 2 has a very cool G-Bus emulation and trades transparency for color, check that one as well..

ATN69 · Post by **ATN69** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:16 am

My choice between Waves SSL-G and The Glue would be The Glue. I have too many compressors including Waves SSL, The Glue, Townhouse, etc. They are all good and does the job. There is however one none sound/function related reason why I would choose The Glue and that is no WUP as Waves have. Sure you can use the Waves SSL without renewing WUP but if ever you want to transfer the license one day then you need to pay up what you didn't pay in WUP already. I had The Glue for years and all updates so far has been for free. I never had any issues with Cytomic plugs. The Glue use single installers and easy to install on more than one computer if you need.

meloco_go · Post by **meloco_go** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:07 am

I used Waves SSL only briefly and like it then, but I own the Glue since 2009 and it still gets used. Compared to the Waves one, it has a faster attack setting, sidechain highpass filter (which I almost never use), and an external sidechain (maybe Waves SSL also has one now, but I don't know). Oh, and optional clipper in the output section, which is oversampled, so you can push it too.
I also feel the Glue is sort of "robust", it never behaves weird on any setting, which often happens with plugin compressors.

HcDoom · Post by **HcDoom** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:10 am

The Glue definitely, clean of aliasing, hd mode coming soon.

Also, Sonimus SSL buss comp is great, so is IK one too.

You cant go wrong with any of these.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:03 pm

I use NI SuperCharger GT, there's something magic about it. And it can also do saturation.

Cytomic The Glue or Waves SSL G-Master Bus compressor?