I ve been considering buying the waves ssl bundle but many have suggested that the best thing about the ssl bundle is the buss comp.
Waves ssl compressor vs the glue.
The master section compressor on the ssl 4000 series consoles is legendary and the waves ssl g master buss compressor accurately recreates the controls sound and behavior of this vca compressor.
Readings at 250hz with 3 5db of compression attack 3 release 1 waves is in red cytomic in white the readings are even closer at 500hz.
You get continuously variable threshold and makeup gain knobs.
Ssl g master buss compressor.
And if the glue is better comparable i might just look at some other eq s b c i have the cla compressors and the cla signature thing with all the easy to use stuff.
The waves ssl compressor has an added harmonic at about 750hz while the cytomic variant has a bump at around 150hz and 250hz which the is not present in the waves s model.