Once in a while it s cool as an overall coloring tool.
Waves ssl e channel vs slate.
In this case it emulates 3 very specific consoles the classic console owned by mike hedges the cure siouxsie and the banshees dido faithless manic street preachers u2 heard on such.
That said to the op if you re looking for plugins whose performance is on par with analog or close to it i would highly recommend both uad and slate as well as.
I use it even though i have an original ssl console every instance of the plugin is identical so stereo pairs stay matched and i often use one plugin instance on.
The eq section of the e channel is modeled after the black knob 242.
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.
Too subtle to be used as an effect.
The waves ssl e channel is my constant mix companion the best channel strip plugin for me.
It also adds small or in the case of the n not so small amounts of gain which often leads to a louder sounding better situation which isn t helpful.
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Waves nls is a virtual channel strip plugin very similar to the slate digital vcc plugin the idea is it gives you the sound of an analogue console.
It gives me the vintage e curve with the saturation that makes it so musical.
I use plugins from other companies like izotope slate and even the good old stock plugins from avid.
Both channel strips offer 72 unique channels through the use of tmt allowing you to more effectively recreate the sound of an actual physical ssl console in your daw.
Remember that waves is just one company that offers great tools for mixing.
Now i only use it once in a while.
The bx console 4000 e and bx console 4000 g.
The waves ssl e channel and g channel plugins.
I went through a phase of using it frequently.
Before i get into the top 5 waves plugins i use i would mention that i don t only use waves audio products in my mixes.
The waves ssl channel has much more functionality than just the eq that slate offers.