A couple of weeks ago i was one of the lucky folks that caught this baby being sold separate from the bundle of plugins it s normally included in and it was a great find let me tell you.
Waves ssl e channel review.
Waves ssl e channel review the iconic ssl e channel has been around for as long as i can remember and probably needs no introduction.
Interesting enough the waves ssl g channel doesn t feature the updated g dynamics it has the same dynamics of the e channel.
Waves ssl 4000 e channel.
Uad has their own version of the e series channel but that requires a uad 2 card.
A number of years ago we ran audio through 3 different versions of the ssl 4000 e series eq and compressor channel strips.
It gives me the vintage e curve with the saturation that makes it so musical.
The 3 versions we used were the waves audio emulation uad emulation and the solid state logic ssl x rack module.
All emulations claim to emulate the iconic ssl channel strip accurately but do.
The ssl e channel the ssl g master buss compressor and the ssl g equalizer.
Also included is an article from the legendary engineer bob katz on mastering.
Included with the software is a pdf manual that explains each of the plug ins in a clear and well written format.
I say it is the most important because the ssl sound is the most famous sound of modern music from mixing boards.
Most of the seasoned ssl 4k users didn t care for the g channel eq mainly for the lack of bells on hf and lf and had the black eq s retrofitted into their g and g consoles.
The waves ssl 4000 collection includes three modeled plug ins.
Ssl e channel is a software emulation of an solid state logic console channel strip.
Quite a while back waves introduced a set of plug ins emulating the ssl 4000 including complete e and g series channel strips a separate g series eq and the g master buss compressor.
So without going into more details the e.
The waves ssl e series channel strip is probably the most important effects plug in released in native or tdm format.
Since then many others have also set out to duplicate the analog magic of the 4000 but these waves plug ins remain one of the most respected and most.
The plug in is really a few in one as it has sections for both compression and eq.
I didn t have any trouble at all installing the plug in and the whole process only took a few minutes.
