The waves ssl channel has much more functionality than just the eq that slate offers.
Waves ssl e channel vs slate.
Remember that waves is just one company that offers great tools for mixing.
It gives me the vintage e curve with the saturation that makes it so musical.
The waves ssl e channel and g channel plugins.
I use plugins from other companies like izotope slate and even the good old stock plugins from avid.
Too subtle to be used as an effect.
Brainworx offers two ssl channel strip emulations modeled after the e and g consoles respectively.
The bx console 4000 e and bx console 4000 g.
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.
The api 2500 ssl e channel h comp h delay gtr 3 dbx 160 vitamin the renaissance plugins and even the cla signature series plugins are all fantastic and worth purchasing.
I do use and like both but with the waves you get an entire channel strip in 2 variations plus inky and output gain gating compression and both hi and low filtering.
Now i only use it once in a while.
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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 e channel is my constant mix companion the best channel strip plugin for me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I went through a phase of using it frequently.
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.
