The Bus Compressor sounds just how you want it to and does exactly what you need it to, while imparting that classic SSL character. I found it handling my drum tracks really nicely, giving me punchy transients and really smooth high end with tonnes of headroom. The Channel Strip just works and is so ridiculously intuitive that you get results straight away, whether you're taking cymbal crashes or nailing down the guitar tone. They have all the features you could want and more than the analogue hardware versions can easily offer you. I was in the camp that asks 'how can it sound much better than any other retro modelled channel strip?' and probably had fairly low expectation of it but they sound really great. Based on the bus compressor from a 1980's SL 4000 G Series analogue console Dynamics side-chaining with independent chains for compressor and gateĪ classic analogue stereo (or mono) bus compressor fully modelled in digital Compressor/Limiter (with 'over-easy' soft ratio) Four Band parametric EQ (switchable E and G series characteristics) Here's what SSL say about them:Ī classic SSL console channel strip ported directly from their top end C200 console. A Channel Strip and a (arguably THE) Bus Compressor. They are based on two bits of hardware which are ubiquitous with SSL as a brand. The SSL Duende Native Essentials bundle brings you together with two plugins that will give you the core of that unmistakable SSL sound, in the heart of your chosen DAW. With the power of modern computers SSL have completely revamped their plugin offering over the last few years so that they can all be run 'Native', which means without additional DSP cards or boxes.

When these plugins were first realised it was required that any users also had a powerful DSP card to go with them such were the processing requirements that would have strained computers of that time to breaking point without ever hitting useful numbers of instances of the plugins. Studio tools that never fail and hardware that stands the test of time. Their success has been built on products that are both consistently incredible sounding and reliable. Solid State Logic (SSL) have been at the top of the studio audio market for what seems like forever.

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