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Channel Strip

SSL 4000 Collection

Waves

Where to get itAvailable from Waveswaves.com

The SSL 4000 Collection comprises two channel strip plugins (E-Channel and G-Channel) that model the dynamics and EQ sections of classic SSL 4000 Series consoles. Each combines a soft-knee compressor/limiter with an expander/gate alongside a four-band EQ, delivering the signature SSL 'punchy' sound with program-dependent compression and flexible routing. These plugins faithfully recreate the analog characteristics that defined decades of hit recordings.

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Key Features

01Soft-knee compressor/limiter with ratio adjustable 1:1 to infinity
02Expander/gate with 0–40 dB range
03Program-sensitive attack time (auto-sensing or 1 ms fast)
04Four-band EQ with High Pass (18 dB/octave) and Low Pass (12 dB/octave) filters
05E-Channel: HF and LF shelves reshaped to bell curves; G-Channel: HF/LF fixed shelves with HMFx3 and LMF/3 frequency multipliers
06EQ routable to dynamics sidechain for de-essing and frequency-controlled dynamics
07Pre-EQ or post-EQ dynamics switching
08One-sample latency

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