Included with the software is a pdf manual that explains each of the plug ins in a clear and well written format.
Waves ssl e channel review.
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.
It gives me the vintage e curve with the saturation that makes it so musical.
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 3 versions we used were the waves audio emulation uad emulation and the solid state logic ssl x rack module.
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 e channel review the iconic ssl e channel has been around for as long as i can remember and probably needs no introduction.
The waves ssl 4000 collection includes three modeled plug ins.
I say it is the most important because the ssl sound is the most famous sound of modern music from mixing boards.
The plug in is really a few in one as it has sections for both compression and eq.
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 ssl e channel the ssl g master buss compressor and the ssl g equalizer.
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.
The waves ssl e channel is my constant mix companion the best channel strip plugin for me.
Also included is an article from the legendary engineer bob katz on mastering.
I didn t have any trouble at all installing the plug in and the whole process only took a few minutes.
A number of years ago we ran audio through 3 different versions of the ssl 4000 e series eq and compressor channel strips.
The waves ssl e series channel strip is probably the most important effects plug in released in native or tdm format.
So without going into more details the e.
Uad has their own version of the e series channel but that requires a uad 2 card.
All emulations claim to emulate the iconic ssl channel strip accurately but do.
Ssl e channel is a software emulation of an solid state logic console channel strip.