

The E & G channel strips I look forward to the most one window for all processes and breathing a little analog life into the DAW. The SSL bundle is going to inject that punchy and glued character into our mixes the console is known for. Our experiences with Waves plug-ins are great! They have longevity (never sound outdated), astounding cohesive ability, low cpu usage, and are very stable.
WAVES SSL 4000 YOUTUBE SERIES
Waves plug-ins have been in our arsenal for years and always find their way into any given session, the Hybrid series being the studio favorite. Plug-ins are essential to our recording and mixing workflow because of their convenience and sound quality. Today our primary focus remains on serving the local musician, providing them the tools and environment that brings out their best performance.īlue Wave makes heavy use of digital technology. Over the years we added additional tracking rooms, top quality mics and pre's, and 2 tape machines.

WAVES SSL 4000 YOUTUBE PRO
I started 10 years ago in a backyard shed with a Pro Tools HD 96, as a means to help my friends and church record their musical ideas. I run a project studio called Blue Wave Recording outside of Birmingham, AL with my partner/engineer Jacob Cooke. The only channel strip I have is the Avid one and it's alright but to be honest I don't find it very inspiring, or the workflow to be natural for me, so hopefully the Waves SSL bundle will not only be a handy tool but also an inspirational one as well. I'm thrilled to now have the chance to take the experience I have with working with a live console and use the Waves SSL bundle in a more intuitive way as my home studio is mostly ITB. I recall Russ mentioning the gates on the Waves SSL channel strip as being particularly good which prompted me to enter this competition in the first place. I'm always writing and trying to record my ideas and turn them into songs and I do a little bit in the video world with occasional post production audio for band promo videos and the like, as well as capturing live performances.įunnily enough just last month I was trying to clean up a live recording and was struggling a little with the drums and thinking I really have to look get myself a good gate.

Driving a whole day to get to a gig is normal for me so the PTE podcasts make for great driving companions. I'm a bass player who has spent the last few years playing around Australia. The fader adjusts the VCA output, subtly colouring the sound, whereas the Output knob is a straight volume control – add a (tiny) bit of saturation by pushing the fader past 0, then lower the Output gain to compensate for the volume increase.Firstly may I start with a big thanks to both Pro Tools Expert and Waves. This works wonders in warming up the signal and introducing crunch and low-end attitude, and makes for a fantastic addition to the Unison preamp lineup.Īside from an overall improvement in sound quality and non-linear analogue realism, the E Strip’s biggest new feature is the SSL preamp emulation, including Unison compatibility for zero-latency tracking and monitoring – see Jensen’s buttons.Īt the other end of the signal flow, though, we now have a big, proper virtual fader as well as the +/-20dB Output knob. The headline, though, is the Jensen transformer (we’re not sure which model) on the mic input, activated with the XFMR button. The Flip button switches the circuit between Line and Mic level inputs, each with its own gain knob, and the Polarity and -20dB Pad buttons mirror those in Console when used in Unison mode, and are thus operable via the Apollo’s own buttons. Excitingly, it also comes complete with Unison integration for UAD Apollo devices, literally reconfiguring the hardware gain staging and impedance for monitoring and recording in real time through the excellent and powerful UAD Console application.
WAVES SSL 4000 YOUTUBE FULL
The all-new Input section goes way beyond the simple gain knob of the Legacy version, modelling the full E Series preamp.
