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Solid State Logic 4K B plug-in
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| Solid State Logic's 4K B Plug-in |
Solid State Logic's new 4K B plug-in is an emulation of the channel strip from the SL 4000 B-Series console that came out in 1976 and was famously used in London's Townhouse Studios for many big hit records and also later on at LA's Record Plant Studios. Only six of them were ever manufactured.
The SSL B channel is precisely modeled down to the component level from the original schematics designed by SSL. Using this plug-in, I was instantly transported back to the early days of the first SSL console I ever used in a LA studio.
Know that the 4K B channel is definitely a different animal than any of my other SSL plug-ins from SSL or any other company. Even the master fader in the center of the plug-in models the character of the dbx 202 'black can' VCA fader; it includes both stereo width and panning controls for stereo track outputs.
I started with the Input section where you can add the color of a modeled Jensen JE-115K-E transformer mic pre-amp with up to 70dB of automatically compensated gain; add saturation all the way up to full-on rich "grunge" but keep the throughput level about the same. This is great for adding this effect late in your mix process without upsetting your mix balances.
The 4000 B-series EQ came before the E-Series EQ with the brown knob low frequency knobs and the B has a routing matrix to change easily the default order of: EQ, Filters, and Dynamics.
In general, I found the B's EQ to sound like the console I remember: effective EQs that can "carve" smoothly or radically; just fantastic for dialing in mid-range instruments and fat sounding vocals and then easily pump up a set of drums!
The 4K B dynamics section is based on the SSL Bus Compressor design with peak detection and a feedback VCA topology in the sidechain. It also features a unique De-Esser mode with "ds" positions for a Ratio of 10:1 and the fastest Release time possible.
The new 4K B plug-in also works within SSL's own 360º software mixer and is fully interactive with SSL's UC1 and UF8 control surfaces. The SSL 4K B channel strip plug-in is available through the SSL Complete subscription, or as part of the software bundle included with SSL's UC1 control surface.
https://www.solidstatelogic.com/products/ssl-4k-b
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