SuperGLUE

Yet another SSL clone? Think again. It's more than that, maybe one of the best on the market. After doing a complete shootout with a variety of material (drums, vocals, full mixes etc), with almost every SSL analog on the market, I have something to say. There is the compression curves and there is the feature set.

I'm going to try keep the comparisons to a minimum. The algorithm itself is on par with Nebula's Tim Petherick SSL G bus compressor (without the analog modelling THD harmonics); within 95%+ accuracy. It does not minorly alter the quality or tone of the signal like every other SSL (including the sought-after UAD SSL G bus comp).

For the feature set, we have to take a look: Oversampling of 16x, console G/G+/E emulations, Delta switch, sidechain filter LP -and- high pass (wow!), linear phase, THD control, saturation switch with Odd/Even harmonic selector (if you saw from my review of Alus Audio's Clipnosis, you will know how much this option means to me). With a dry/wet knob to make that magic parallel processing happen.

Awesome plugin, awesome SSL emulation, one of the best on the market? Quite possibly so, you need to try or just add this to your collection, it might just replace everything.