But Duende's buscomp was very close to the hardware. Glue got close-ish with very high oversampling only, at least 16x iirc (at 44.1). However, our favourite SSL-inspired plugin is Cytomic's The Glue – look out for a new version of it in Ableton Live 9. Played a lot of house and pop tracks, drum groups and instruments and tested various settings of compression.
The G-Series Bus Compressor has a host of plugin emulations, some of them officially sanctioned, including one by Universal Audio, one by Waves and SSL's own version. For ratio, choose 2:1 for master transparency, 4:1 for slightly more obvious colour and 10:1 for a tougher, more characterful bus sound. Just change the attack and release settings so that the compressor is responding to the tempo and feel of the track (if in doubt, keep attack fast and park it in auto release mode). It has a unique ability to make a good mix sound like a finished track.Īs far as settings go, there aren't many to tweak. For many producers – in just about every genre – the SSL is such a no-brainer that it sits on the mix bus for every single mix. If you had to estimate, then 3 to 4dB of GR would be whats going on.
As such they were all adjusted to provide the same audible level of gain reduction, rather than metered. Cydia slide to unlock.įor ‘glue' purposes, it reigns pretty much supreme: a holy grail compressor that does both transparency and glue with panache: making a mix louder and punchier while imparting an expensive, modern-sounding cohesiveness that has probably shaped the sound of more hit records than any other over the past three decades. For instance the Waves SSL would start pumping audibly at around 3dB GR, whereas The Glue would be happy to go beyond 5dB and still remain relatively transparent. Prized by top engineers for its ability to 'glue together' tracks, the SL 4000 G master.
#WAVES SSL G MASTER BUSS COMPRESSOR VS CYTOMIC THE GLUE CODE#
Extra 40% Off Use Code CREATIVE40 Perfect for tightening up final mixes Based on the renowned master buss center compressor of the SSL 4000 G console, the Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor captures the unique sound of the original's IC input and twin VCA gain-reduction amplifier design. One year ago I've purchased a Universal Audio effect accelerator to work with some.
The SSL excels at one thing only: stylish-as-hell bus compression, either on sub-mixes or the master bus itself. The G-Series Bus Compressor is a VCA-based stereo unit from the UK's Oxfordshire-based Solid State Logic, derived from the circuits found in their legendary 4000 G-series console.