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ChamomileShark · Post by **ChamomileShark** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:06 pm

Just seen on the no chat Bargain thread

SSL Native X-comp plug-in now only $19.99 (was $199!) until Dec 20th
Use code at checkout: XCOMP1999
https://www.solidstatelogic.com/products/plug-ins

anyone got any comments on how good it is? I did a search and there is very little it seems on KvR about it, I guess because it's quite old and usually expensive..

maybe worth it for $19.99 though?

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:19 pm

There's no demo?

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:24 pm

They're in your hometown. Why not walk over and check it out?

The original is quite old, but this one has been revamped. It's listed as "new" on their website, but it's been out for a couple of years. Their Help Centre leads me to believe an iLok dongle is required, and there is a 30 day trial available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMB0_DnCbKI

EDIT: No dongle requirement!

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:25 pm

Passing Bye wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:19 pm There's no demo?

There is a demo.
SSL Native X-Comp 64-bit v6.5.17.exe
Windows
Mac

SSL Native plug-ins can be authorised by machine-based iLok licensing or iLok 2 / iLok 3 USB dongles. Please ensure you are running SSL Native 6.3 or above to use the machine-based licensing method.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:25 pm

Wow, that's a terrible website. I can't even see what copy protection it uses, but I was under the impression that SSL uses iLok?

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:34 pm

The Noodlist wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:25 pm "SSL Native plug-ins can be authorised by machine-based iLok licensing or iLok 2 / iLok 3 USB dongles."

Nice find. They should really make that clear in their Help Centre. The multiple articles I read all referenced the dongle. Even better if they put it on the product page!

ChamomileShark · Post by **ChamomileShark** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:46 pm

telecharge wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:24 pm They're in your hometown. Why not walk over and check it out?

Actually they aren't. They are out in the sticks at Begbroke. You need permission from Peter Gabriel to visit and he's not answering my calls at the moment. Similarly Sonnox aren't in Oxford either, they are also out in the sticks.

You have to be a 3rd order don wizard to be in Oxford.

I'd heard the examples - none are really applicable to my kind of music I think. It looks like the demo is everything I think, something I'm never very keen on. And yes it asks for an ilok ID, don't know if that means you can have the soft version. I have the dongle so it isn't a barrier for me.

ElevateAudio · Post by **ElevateAudio** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:56 pm

X-Comp is asking for iLok activation code. No trial option. If you demo'ed X-Saturator last month that means you can't demo X-Comp now? WTF?!?!?

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:01 pm

ChamomileShark wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:46 pm Actually they aren't. They are out in the sticks at Begbroke. You need permission from Peter Gabriel to visit and he's not answering my calls at the moment. Similarly Sonnox aren't in Oxford either, they are also out in the sticks.

You have to be a 3rd order don wizard to be in Oxford.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:20 pm

I bought it. I have a couple other SSL plugins and they are pretty good (buss compressor and drum strip). I passed on the Saturator because I Have a lot of those. Also the tube comp because it looked like a regular compressor with a tube stage, again redundant with what I have.

But X-Comp has some nice visualization features, a solid complement of functionality and a unique bleed section which works great. Definitely worth the $20 (to me)!

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:25 pm

ChamomileShark wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:46 pm You need permission from Peter Gabriel to visit and he's not answering my calls at the moment.

He's been calling me every day bugging me to play an erhu on his next song. I'll tell him to call you back. Oh, and do you happen to play the erhu???,..... because I don't, and I probably shouldn't have told him that I do.

echopark · Post by **echopark** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:26 pm

I bought it also !

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:27 pm

ChamomileShark wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:46 pm ...it asks for an ilok ID, don't know if that means you can have the soft version.

I might buy it if you can use the soft version. Would be grateful if someone could confirm.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:30 pm

lotus2035 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:27 pm
ChamomileShark wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:46 pm ...it asks for an ilok ID, don't know if that means you can have the soft version.
I might buy it if you can use the soft version. Would be grateful if someone could confirm.

Yes, I did.
I try not to put demos on a physical Ilok.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:32 pm

lotus2035 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:27 pm
ChamomileShark wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:46 pm ...it asks for an ilok ID, don't know if that means you can have the soft version.
I might buy it if you can use the soft version. Would be grateful if someone could confirm.

" The latest Native V6.5 release from Solid State Logic introduces the new ‘X-EQ 2’ plug-in and provides all users authorisation of SSL Native licenses onto a computer instead of a physical iLok dongle. As of SSL Native V6.5, a physical iLok is no longer required to run SSL Native."

https://www.solidstatelogic.com/products/plug-ins

SSL X-Comp