Fig 3 the waves ssl 4000 e channel g channel.
Waves ssl channel analog switch.
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 eq section of the e channel is modeled after the black knob 242 circuitry while the g channel substitutes a model of the 383 g eq circuitry.
To really bring out the idea of analog emulation you need to be able to replicate analog nuances like higher gain stage because in theory and especially with wave s plugs each of these plugs operate best in the sweet spot.
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In this video i test it with various settings and a.
With the waves ssl 4000 collection the classic ssl 4000 sound can now be yours.
I ve had the ssl e channel for a more than a year and used it a lot.
I would also switch on the 64bitfp audio file format and up sampling facility to get the best out of the wave s plugs.
I ve never heard or seen any effect at all from its analog switch.
This may seem like a throwaway an extra effect on top of the modeled character but it is in fact part of the key to that character.
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I will also note the harmonic distortion that is added when analog switch is engaged.
Fig 4 the analog switch in the various ssl 4000 collection plug ins.
Like 10x noisier than the reference mix.
Of all these consoles the ssl 4000 may be the most famous.
3 flip the phase of the second wave file the sum of the 2 files is a perfectly nulled wave file this means that the analog button is a joke or is my button broken.
2 applied compression on a mono wave file using waves ssl comp with the same settings except that the analog button was turned off.
Pic attached to show waves api 550a analog noise green compared to 16 bit tpdf dither red.
Actual noise level for the eq is 102 dbfs peak 112 dbfs rms.
Turns out the goof printed his stems through his waves ssl master bus with analog on.
So i get the stems from him and the stems sound great but when summed together the track is noisy.
Waves ssl 4000 collection plug in emulations of the automated console that typifi ed an era and defi ned modern operational methods were inevitable given the drive to integrate everything into the daw.
This means the nls is the last effect in the chain and you would put the ssl channel strip before.
While duplicating the curves of a particular eq and the response of a specific.
Ssl s reputation for hit making sound is unsurpassed having been used on hit recordings by beyoncé bruce springsteen taylor swift madonna the rolling stones sia and hundreds of others.
Waves hasn t quite nailed the personalities of the channel and bus compressors but they are pretty close.
If you shut it off you get no saturation from the eq.