“mix in the box” can achieve the sound they thought they’d lost when they moved to the digital world. Waves and SSL engineers have worked together for over a year to recreate the sound characteristics of the classic SSL 4000 Series E and Series G consoles. Engineers of pop and rock music, broadcast transmissions and television postproduction value the SSL 4000’s flexible dynamics chain as much as the trademark SSL “punchy” sound. The unique sound of Solid State Logic’s 4000 Series analogue mixing consoles is sought after worldwide. A fully-functional, 14-day trial is available to anyone registering for a free Plugin Alliance account here. It has an introductory promo price of $179 until August 31, 2017, rising to $299 thereafter.

The bx_console E plug-in is available in AAX Native & DSP, AU, VST2, and VST3 formats exclusively from Plugin Alliance. A continuously-variable Virtual Gain knob adds simulated analogue noise to any of the channels and EUCON parameter mapping is provided for Avid controllers. 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. And, Brainworx claim that the plug-in has an extremely low CPU load.īrainworx’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.īrainworx 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. 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. The new plug-in pairs these features with the same flexible signal routing found on the original console.

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.

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