I'm not sure I understand why SSL channel strips are so popular. Thanks Indemuse !! Your SSL comments are good to see. Now have T-RackS downloads to make similar comparisons. Well, for me this was a great stimulus to visit IK Multimedia for the first time. You do realise that what he is saying is that he preferred one SSL emulation over another?
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This is the same way consoles Eg the SSL 4000 its not all about the console bringing your music to life its about a good mike set up and balance in order to get the very best out of your console and im sorry I dont believe you have done that.īefore putting some thing down or advising people not to go for it you your self must know how to use it correctly, and that means living with it and learning every thing about it. So in essence a nice fender guitar is not going to sound great plugged into any old amp you need to choose your amp carefully or you just want get the best out of the guitar. You need to remember it is emulating a console, what waves does not tell you is that when recording from a real life console there would have been mike set ups for vocals and drums and guitars, and so on, these mikes would have also contributed to the sound of the SSL 4000 Herd a lot of praise about the SSL E and G also herd these channel strips in action and Ive never herd such a sweet sound. Your mileage may vary of course, and I love my CLA compressors, R-series plug, Codex and Element, and other Waves plugs, but I think I'll save my money for better pre-amps and microphones. I was listening at 24bit/48k through AIAIAI studio phones. Putting them across identical program material yielded no appreciable difference: at least not $200 difference (Paid $99 for the IK bundle last year), and certainly not $550 difference.
Same with the SSL G-Buss compressor against the IK buss compressor.
After running the E channel and the IK British channel on vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and bass I could find only find the slightest of differences. So, I downloaded the demo and put it up against the IK Multimedia version. Today was the last day the Waves SSL 4000 bundle was on sale for $299 (norm.