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• I was thinking about purchasing the Brainworx bxconsole SSL 4000 E or the Waves SSL E-Channel. Is it worth it to spend the extra cash on the Brainworx?
• The SSL was radically different from anything that had gone before. Every channel had its own compressor and noise gate, and the centre panel that housed the VDU and QWERTY keyboard enabled you to take a snapshot of the desk to be recalled at a later stage, by carefully matching the settings on the desk to those stored on the eight-inch floppy disks that were used by the first E series computers.

• Interesting, I'll check this out tomorrow. I really like the E, but the low mid frequency knob is waaaaay off.

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  Interesting, I'll check this out tomorrow. I really like the E, but the low mid frequency knob is waaaaay off.

  Have you got the new version or the original one? Apparently SSL engineers assisted with the new endorsed version. I've seen a few blind tests between the various SSL plugins and SSL hardware, and the answers have been all over the place. Do you have experience with a real SSL 4000 E console?

  'For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.'

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• Got into both of these recently...great on kick drums, so easy to dial in the meat.

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• edited October 13

  Got into both of these recently...great on kick drums, so easy to dial in the meat.

  I got them both on sale for $25 ea (with vouchers), along with the Townhouse 'SSL' compressor for a bit less. They work great with Nebula SSL 4000 console emulations, and the usability is really good for mixing. I usually add some Neve or API flavours when tracking as part of my workflow, which adds a bit of depth to the sound. They are definitely near the top of my algo plugins list.

  'For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.'

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• Yeah I got them pretty cheap with vouchers too
  Glad I did though. Dont have the townhouse though, I went for the shadow hills instead and I really dont have good enough ears to get the best of that one!

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  Yeah I got them pretty cheap with vouchers too
  Glad I did though. Dont have the townhouse though, I went for the shadow hills instead and I really dont have good enough ears to get the best of that one!

  Isn't the Shadow Hills a mastering compressor? The Townhouse is a cobbled together G Bus Comp that can also be used on drums and bass, etc. It's always the 1st plugin on my mix bus to add some 'glue' and I usually mix into it.

  'For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.'

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• Interesting, I'll check this out tomorrow. I really like the E, but the low mid frequency knob is waaaaay off.

  Have you got the new version or the original one? Apparently SSL engineers assisted with the new endorsed version. I've seen a few blind tests between the various SSL plugins and SSL hardware, and the answers have been all over the place. Do you have experience with a real SSL 4000 E console?

  I've got no idea, whichever one plugin alliance are selling now - I bought it about 3 months ago.
  I'm not questioning the authenticity, or casting a judgement on it vs. any other ssl style channel strip - it's just that low mid frequency knob does stand out like a sore thumb. If you switch it to the other 'EQ type' it's within the realms of what the knob says.
  I'm cool with gear not quite doing what it says on the controls, but being out by a factor of 2 is quite extreme. And I don't have experience of the real deal (the only top tier console I've ever experienced in person long enough to form an opinion is a Neve 80 series), but I'd be surprised if it was that far out.
  The Focusrite strip (which is also quite nice) has a different oddity; on the upper mid and high shelf bands, the gain knob does about 1/2 of what it says. I was surprised that in some cases I was pushing up towards a +10dB high shelf until I tested it and saw it was actually barely +5. Kinda gave some of the comments on Gearslutz about it having such 'smooth high boosts' some context.

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• I see UAD do the SSL E strip and also a bundle with the G compressor .. a little pricey though, and their deals don't seem to be as good as Brainworx offerings ....
  Going to dowload a demo from Plug Alliance and then wait and see if they'll have a deal anytime soon ..
  Also see the Focusrite SC at a ridiculously cheap price on a well-known auction site ....
  How does that, or doesn't it, compare ?
  

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  I see UAD do the SSL E strip and also a bundle with the G compressor .. a little pricey though, and their deals don't seem to be as good as Brainworx offerings ....
  Going to dowload a demo from Plug Alliance and then wait and see if they'll have a deal anytime soon ..
  Also see the Focusrite SC at a ridiculously cheap price on a well-known auction site ....
  How does that, or doesn't it, compare ?
  

  The best deals are usually just after the deal has ended
  I haven't tried the Focusrite, I'm mostly into Neve, API & SSL emulations.

  'For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.'

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Plugin Alliance Brainworx SSL 4000 E and 4000 G. Freebird Frets: 5071. October 12 in Studio & Recording. It's over 2 hours long, but timecodes are provided. And while we are focusing on the Brainworx SSL 4000 E and SSL 4000 G, pretty much everything you see can be applied to the other Plugin Alliance channel strips, and channel strips from other companies as well (i.e. IZotope, Waves, etc) We will cover everything: Filters, Compressor, Expander, EQ, Side-Chain, TMT, all the buttons, and more.

Plug-in developers Brainworx have released bx_console E — a new 72-channel emulation of the SSL E Series console, complete with compressor/limiter, expander/gate, four-band parametric EQ, and wide-ranging high- and low-pass filters. The new plug-in pairs these features with the same flexible signal routing found on the original console.

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The plug-in applies the same Tolerance Modelling Technology (TMT) used in their previous bx_console channel strip plug-in to simulate the channel-to-channel variances of the E Series’ electronic components on each and every instance of the plugin. And, Brainworx claim that the plug-in has an extremely low CPU load.

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Brainworx’s bx_console has the added advantage of letting you choose — on a per-channel basis — between the original console’s EQ revisions ('black' or 'brown') or to substitute the compressor’s VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) with that from the later-released British G Series console.

Brainworx have added a wealth of modern functions to the E Series’ vintage circuitry such as: a dry/wet control; an optional secondary release time (REL2) control that prevents the compressor from pumping on delicate acoustic tracks, and an adjustable HPF (High Pass Filter) for the compressor’s sidechain.

There’s also a continuously-variable THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) control that adds saturation; two alternative threshold ranges for the expander and gate; the gate’s HYST (Hysteresis) control which sets a dedicated closed threshold up to 25 dB lower than the open threshold, preventing sustained guitar notes and ringing cymbals from making the gate stutter. A continuously-variable Virtual Gain knob adds simulated analogue noise to any of the channels and EUCON parameter mapping is provided for Avid controllers.

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The bx_console E plug-in is available in AAX Native & DSP, AU, VST2, and VST3 formats exclusively from Plugin Alliance. It has an introductory promo price of $179 until August 31, 2017, rising to $299 thereafter. A fully-functional, 14-day trial is available to anyone registering for a free Plugin Alliance account here: http://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/registration.html.

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