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Waves SSL 4000 Collection

SSL G-Master Bus Compressor

1. Introduction

The unique sound of Solid State Logic’s 4000 Series analogue mixing consoles is sought

after worldwide. Engineers of pop and rock music, broadcast transmissions and television

post-production value the SSL 4000’s flexible dynamics chain as much as the trademark

SSL “punchy” sound. Waves and SSL engineers have worked together for over a year to

recreate the sound characteristics of the classic SSL 4000 Series E and G Series

consoles. Now, those who “mix in the box” can achieve the sound they thought they’d lost

when they moved to the digital world.

The SL4000 console was the first mixing desk to incorporate dynamics processing into

every channel, as well as a master bus compressor in the console’s center section. The

ability to 'patch' into the SL4000's master bus compressor and to control its sidechain from

an internal sub-mix allowed sound engineers to discover unique, history-making

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Waves SSL 4000 Collection SSL G-Master Bus Compressor 1. Introduction The unique sound of Solid State Logic’s 4000 Series analogue mixing consoles is sought after worldwide. Engineers of pop and rock music, broadcast transmissions and television post-production value the SSL 4000’s flexible dynamics chain as much as the trademark SSL “punchy” sound. Waves and SSL engineers have worked together for over a year to recreate the sound characteristics of the classic SSL 4000 Series E and G Series consoles.
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SSL Comp page 2 applications of this console technology. Whether used to record instruments such as piano and drums or for final mixing, these innovative console sections - master bus compressor, EQ and dynamics - opened up a new world of opportunities. For years, workstation users have sought this unusual flexibility and signature sound. But conventional dynamics and EQ plug-ins couldn’t produce the unique SSL color.
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SSL Comp page 3 3. SSL 4000 Master Bus Compressor Controls and Indicators 1. Threshold sets the operating level for the knee of the compressor. Threshold is continuously adjustable from -15 dB to +15 dB. 2. Make up Gain compensates for a change in signal level due to compressor activity. Make up is continuously variable from -5 dB to +15 dB. 3. Attack controls the quickness of the compressor’s response to changes. Six switchable attack rates: 0.1; 0.3; 1; 3; 10 and 30 ms. 4.
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SSL Comp page 4 6. Rate-S sets the Autofade duration. Variable from 1 to 60 seconds. When the Fade Off button is activated, the compressor will execute a fade-out over the selected duration. When the Fade Off button is toggled (will switch to fade out), the compressor executes a fade-out at the selected speed, toggling it again will switch to fade-in until unity gain is reached, at any point you can toggle it for the third time to skip all the fade status. 7.