Three Amazing Processors in One Bundle
SSL has once again gone above and beyond the call of duty by offering three fantastic dynamics processing plug-ins as one comprehensive package. First up, the SSL Bus Compressor 2 is the secret behind thousands of songs and records. It “glues” a mix together like nothing, and this flexible software version offers functions not available on an original hardware unit! Second, the LMC+ Listen Mic Compressor comes from the legendary 4000B console, which almost single-handedly defined 1980s drum sounds. This bundle gives you all its gated reverb glory plus an entirely new set of creative tools. Finally, the X-Limit is one of the most musical brickwall limiters that Sweetwater engineers have encountered, and its visual feedback makes it wonderfully intuitive to navigate.
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Bus Compressor 2
Few pieces of gear are as universally revered as the SSL G series center section bus compressor, and now it’s available as an SSL-designed native plug-in. Celebrated for its ability to glue a mix together to make it “sound like a record,” the SSL Bus Compressor 2 has a distinctly musical response that retains the dynamic integrity of a mix even at higher compression ratios. A perennial favorite of engineers at Sweetwater, the SSL Bus Compressor 2’s simple interface belies an incredible amount of flexibility, and the plug-in version boasts unique features not found on the original hardware, including dry/wet signal blending for parallel processing and a sidechain highpass filter to reduce low-end pumping. Put the final shine on your mixes with SSL’s legendary Bus Compressor 2.
LMC+
The Solid State Logic LMC+ replicates the sound of an SSL 4000E console's reverse talkback function, a.k.a. the Listen Mic, which included an integrated compressor to safeguard against overloads and make quiet speech intelligible. It was the Listen Mic Compressor, combined with the SSL 4000E's built-in noise gate, that was the genesis of the gated-reverb drum sound that dominated the '80s. The LMC+ plug-in eclipses the original hardware, providing you with advanced functionality that wasn't present in the original console, such as external sidechain capabilities, highpass filters and lowpass filters, and Scoop and Split functions. And thanks to its intuitive controls, the LMC+ is a breeze to use. If you want to smash everything back to the 1980s, the LMC+ is the plug-in to do it with.
X-Limit
For a brickwall limiter plug-in to be worth its salt, it needs to control peaks and maximize loudness, all with minimal latency. And it needs to effectively contain errant peaks yet deliver a smooth, musical sound that flatters every mix you slam it with. The Solid State Logic X-Limit does all of this and more. Not only does this plug-in sound amazing, its all-in-one waveform visualizer makes it exceptionally easy to use. X-Limit offers standard-compliant True Peak limiting to safeguard against intersample peaks, along with intelligent oversampling to minimize aliasing, digital clipping, quantization distortion, and other unpleasant sonic artifacts. You also get four selectable limiter characteristics, so you can choose the best one for your project. Anyone searching for a highly visual track and bus maximizer will find everything they're looking for in SSL's X-Limit.
