The waves ssl e channel and g channel plugins.
Waves ssl e channel vs slate.
It gives me the vintage e curve with the saturation that makes it so musical.
The waves ssl 4000 e channel and g channel channel strip plugins bundled in the ssl 4000 collection were developed under license from solid state logic and are modeled after the e series and g series consoles respectively.
The waves ssl e channel is my constant mix companion the best channel strip plugin for me.
I use it even though i have an original ssl console every instance of the plugin is identical so stereo pairs stay matched and i often use one plugin instance on.
Once in a while it s cool as an overall coloring tool.
The bx console 4000 e and bx console 4000 g.
In this case it emulates 3 very specific consoles the classic console owned by mike hedges the cure siouxsie and the banshees dido faithless manic street preachers u2 heard on such.
Too subtle to be used as an effect.
I use plugins from other companies like izotope slate and even the good old stock plugins from avid.
That said to the op if you re looking for plugins whose performance is on par with analog or close to it i would highly recommend both uad and slate as well as.
Before i get into the top 5 waves plugins i use i would mention that i don t only use waves audio products in my mixes.
Now i only use it once in a while.
Brainworx offers two ssl channel strip emulations modeled after the e and g consoles respectively.
Remember that waves is just one company that offers great tools for mixing.
The api 2500 ssl e channel h comp h delay gtr 3 dbx 160 vitamin the renaissance plugins and even the cla signature series plugins are all fantastic and worth purchasing.
I went through a phase of using it frequently.
It also adds small or in the case of the n not so small amounts of gain which often leads to a louder sounding better situation which isn t helpful.
The eq section of the e channel is modeled after the black knob 242.
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Waves nls is a virtual channel strip plugin very similar to the slate digital vcc plugin the idea is it gives you the sound of an analogue console.
