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.
Waves ssl e channel vs slate.
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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.
I use plugins from other companies like izotope slate and even the good old stock plugins from avid.
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 channel has much more functionality than just the eq that slate offers.
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.
Remember that waves is just one company that offers great tools for mixing.
Both channel strips offer 72 unique channels through the use of tmt allowing you to more effectively recreate the sound of an actual physical ssl console in your daw.
The eq section of the e channel is modeled after the black knob 242.
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.
I went through a phase of using it frequently.
It gives me the vintage e curve with the saturation that makes it so musical.
I do use and like both but with the waves you get an entire channel strip in 2 variations plus inky and output gain gating compression and both hi and low filtering.
Brainworx offers two ssl channel strip emulations modeled after the e and g consoles respectively.
The bx console 4000 e and bx console 4000 g.
Once in a while it s cool as an overall coloring tool.
The waves ssl e channel is my constant mix companion the best channel strip plugin for me.
Too subtle to be used as an effect.
Now i only use it once in a while.
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.
