Using this knob you can add drive to the signal, which adds saturation. This is where you can change how much mic pre-amp you'd like on your signal, emulating the original SSL console's pre-amp sound. This has hands down gotta be my favourite part of the plugin, and it's a newly introduced feature! Waves have also included a brand new section of the plugin, which allows you to drive the signal of the original SSL console pre-amp, adding subtle saturation to your sound, and giving it that analog vibe that most audio heads crave. You'll hear the black is slightly duller that the brown. The difference between the two knobs is quite noticeable, with the black providing a more, dull, drawn back tone, and the brown providing a nice high-end boost. And, in this edition, they've included the ability to choose: Waves have done an incredible amount of work, creating an entirely new plugin from scratch, re-modelling the sound, design and utility. And the original SSL 4000E channel strips actually came with different coloured knobs, all providing different flavours of EQ and compression to your audio. Like we said above, the circuitry was different between models. With emulations it's always difficult to be sure of whether they *actually* sound like the original, because of the intricacies of circuitry, but Waves have done an impeccable job, getting full authorisation from Solid State Logic themselves to go ahead with the release of the SSL EV2.Īnd while you might be thinking: “I have the SSL E isn't it the same?” The SSL EV2 is a precise emulation of the legendary SSL 4000E channel strip – a channel strip that's been used on countless tracks throughout decades to give warm, colourful compression and EQ.

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