Review: Mixing a Song Using Only SSL (Solid State Logic) Plugins

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In this video, I review the Solid State Logic (SSL) subscription plugin bundle. I evaluate what’s good and what is missing from this plugin bundle. The usefulness, as an audio mixing tool for these plugins is evaluated to find the strengths and weaknesses of this plugin bundle and whether or not it is a good value for the consumer, especially when faced with competition from several professional audio plugin companies.
The devices evaluated include: SSL Native X-Echo, SSL Fusion Vintage Drive, SSL Fusion Stereo Image, SSL Native X-EQ 2, SSL LMC+, SSL Native Channel Strip 2, SSL Native Bus Compressor 2, SSL Native Drumstrip, SSL Native Vocalstrip 2, SSL Native X-Comp, SSL Native FlexVerb, SSL Native X-Saturator, SSL Native X-Phase, & SSL Native Valve Comp.
My criteria for evaluating each subscription bundle are as follows:
What are the strengths of these bundled plugins?
What are the weaknesses, what’s missing or needs to be supplemented to be a complete solution?
Who is the target audience for this subscription?
Can an entire song be mixed using only this Bundle?
Do I think that it’s a good value?
So Who do I think is the Target Audience for this Subscription?
This plugin bundle is designed for the serious audio engineer or music producer. It actually sounds like you are mixing on an analog recording console.
Can an Entire Song Be Mixed with this Bundle?
Absolutely. The only real tools that I found were missing in order to be a complete solution would be pitch correction, like Antares Autotune (Auto-tune). As well as some digital tools like an audio exciter.
Do I think this Subscription Bundle is a good value?
This pricing seems to be on par with other plugin companies. Some have more plugins, but most of them are not as usable as the plugins found with this bundle.
Hopefully you’ve found this information helpful. Stay tuned for more audio subscription bundle reviews. I’ll try to post a new one every week, so if you know of one you want me to get to, leave a comment below, or just let me know what your thoughts are.
This video was written, edited, and produced by Lorne Bregitzer, an Associate Professor for the University of Colorado.

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@FrankPole 2 жыл бұрын

I’m impressed how straightforward this video was, and how good you were explaining your personal pros and the cons of every plugin. I’m subscribing!

@catsven1973 Жыл бұрын

One of the best review !! Seriously… thanks ! I’m sold .. have to check out the prices ..

@jeffersononetwo 5 ай бұрын

Very nice review!

@jadamsjr_ 2 жыл бұрын

Great detail! You have a subscriber buddy!

@mateocalle__ 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful information! Thank you, I just subscribe.

@jimmyodm697 2 жыл бұрын

I have the UC1 and it's great but keep in mind you can only control the SSL Channelstrip and Bus Compressor. Great review also! Just got the SSL drumstrip for €20 the other day ;)

@TheRealAudioProfessor 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that deal on the Drum Strip was an absolute steal. Thanks for the heads up on the UC1

@massivebeatzz 2 жыл бұрын

that's perfect that way. Do one thing well, not like the chaos that Console 1 was, lol...

@blakproducer9791 10 ай бұрын

These plugins are awesome 👏 I wonder how it was made it has change my mixing totally 👍❤️

@mistik2595 Жыл бұрын

i really love all the ui ssl plugins💯

@lyomon9981 3 ай бұрын

This is one thing I wanted to know if you could just use this bundle or waves to mix ,nice video

@bighornaudioproductions6104 2 жыл бұрын

These plugins are meant to have the channel strip 2 on all tracks into the ssl 360 setup it rocks im using reaper for live 5ms latency also im going to get the uc1 and a uf8 I recommend checking them out!

@TheRealAudioProfessor 2 жыл бұрын

I’m definitely wanting to check out the UC1 for sure. I just need more room on my desk

@johnisrael5183 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong they sound great with just bus comp and saturater on master bus as a nice analog ssl polish on master

@brianvillage5 Жыл бұрын

The 360 app is cool but as a Luna user I use the API console emulation then run the saturator and limiter on my master, sometimes one of the compressors.

@Madrush1 Жыл бұрын

Vocalstrip is a great plugin when you are new into music and if you want to have fast changes but basicly it is just a compression, EQ with de-esser and ploser and the EQ is pretty basic. If you want one of the SSL plug-ins wait for sales when they're 19- 30€ instead of 100- 300€.

@KaMLohgaRh 2 жыл бұрын

thx man,,,

@brianvillage5 Жыл бұрын

Get on the mailing list, every few minutes they offer one or two for like $20. I have almost all of them at $20 a piece and they are worth it. I have the channel strip2, bus compressor 2 and v6 of each, x-valve comp, X comp, saturator, Xeq2, drum strip, saturator (my favorite), X-limit, X-verb. Can’t wait to pickup the newly released guitarstrip and the X-phase. I’m also hoping they run another sale on the fusion plugins because they’re awesome.

@thenextinsect Жыл бұрын

That’s how I roll too. I have 18 of their plugins and haven’t paid more than 34.99 for any of them

@saren6538 7 ай бұрын

Oh really ??? Do I go to their main website and register for the mailing list ?

@mymachineroom3655 4 ай бұрын

Take the Slate subscription and you will have slate + SSL in one price. having them as a combo would give you a lot of tools to work with.

@frattuncbas 3 ай бұрын

I love ssl and kit audio Neve plugins.

@jonathanvandongen4181 Жыл бұрын

hi, how do these ssl bundle plugins (the 'paid per month'-one's) work on m1 apple computers? fully supported? or still rosetta? im now in sept '22 tnx!

@thenextinsect Жыл бұрын

Not sure if you’re still wondering, but SSL recently updated them ALL. I have a UF8 and UC1 and about 20 of their plugins. I got an M1 Mac Studio and was hitting refresh on the daily waiting to get off Rosetta

@davidgerald2634 Жыл бұрын

Your opinion is nice. But hearing and watching examples on why you have them would have been better. Thanks for the vid though.

@nicolasstrawberry4148 Жыл бұрын

Nice but would have really liked to hear the end result of using them

@MattRosstv 2 жыл бұрын

I have tried for 3 days to mix in the ssl 360 plug-in mixer, but when i Move around with 32 Tracks, with the mouse it lags sooo Much, do u Experience the same?

@bighornaudioproductions6104 2 жыл бұрын

No works flawless

@massivebeatzz 2 жыл бұрын

means your computer cant handle 32 instances of a plugin, or this plugin.

@KyleViewing Жыл бұрын

Best option depending on your daw is to switch the plugin to run outside of the daw using the ram instead of the basic ram requirements of the daw limits.

@JayTheLane 2 жыл бұрын

CLA Mixhub in my honest opinion sounds more musical than SSL's Channel Strip. SSL Drumstrip, X Saturator and Flexverb are great.

@massivebeatzz 2 жыл бұрын

not really. The SSL is a 9000XL (similar to J), so it's better for Hip-Hop and clean low end. You can always enable the 4000 mode. It' more accurate than the CLA - SSL probably had more consoles to choose from when modeling.

@flamersss Жыл бұрын

@@massivebeatzz would cleaning the low end for vocals (hip hop) on a SSL be better or using an actual EQ to cut off the low end to 100hz ? (muddy, boomines)

@brianvillage5 Жыл бұрын

You don’t hear too many people saying waves is better than SSL😂.

@catsven1973 Жыл бұрын

I subscribed.. by the way ..