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The compressor is cloned from our good old SSL4044E desk, dating back from '85. The SSL mixbus compressor is an integral part of the mixer's main quad fader and autofade system - cards 82E26 and 82E27, and as you can see if you compare these to my schematic, a series of changes have been made for rehousing the circuit. The main changes concerns the electronically balanced input and output and the removal of unneded components regarding the autofade and main fader circuits. Another change is that the sidechain is common to both VCA's, making better tracking abilities - your mix wont' "tilt" so easy when you're compressing heavily. We did things like that to the SSL in the old days. This might seem like a big change, but actually the sonics are preserved very close to the original, and tracking errors are cancelled.
...be too much on the 2-bus. In THAT shootout on THOSE settings, of the two hardware comps I guess the GSSL was the subtly more aggressive one and the Stam had just a bit smoother and open presentation. Thanks again, JSchlomo!
...toolbox... I honestly have never used a plugin that I felt could 100% replace my hardware...and by hardware I mean REAL G-SSL/LA2A/LA3A/1176/Neve's/Trident/Mozart/API preamps and a few items no one in this thread have probably used or heard of (Bouse apd 1600/Audiomate diode compressor/Urei Mod One/etc)... I know what analog sounds like...and I also have the 3...
...still a decent low noise opamp...in other words its kind of "tilt + SSL-lite" compressor...probably not as smooth as a G-SSL comp but it does allow you to treat different sides of the crossover frequency with different compression...so you could smooth out the highs on a drum room tracks cymbals and punch the toms...
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