Glenn, Paul Third did a full test on this. In a piece of analyzer software that he used he proved that it isn't another board sample. The eq matches the CLA mix hub exactly. It is the same thing with a little different saturation. I would get the mix hub, way better for work flow. Check out his video an see what you think.
yeap , Paul is Becoming a Headache for some Developers hehehe , I thing is good because the Scams sometimes they pull are not cool , at the same time people learn and they have to step up there game ,
Yes, a must watch video to show what a rip off Waves is to its customers. Just basically release the CLA plugin saying it is the improved 4000E but really they just fixed a bug and added a couple small features. Whooptie doo. ruclips.net/video/xIXbPPXLXL0/видео.html Not to mention that the video is funny as fuck too!
Ran it through plugin doctor literally the same as the old strip just sligtly different curves a tad more saturation and no eq cramping I'm kinda done with waves at this point.
yeah waves are definitely playing catch up to UAD and plugin alliance (and SSL too). i'd love to see you do a shoot out between SSL and waves. competition is awesome rn and waves definitely stepped up their game a lot with this one! I'm happy with UAD and PA though.
Actually, it's the original Waves SSL channel(E) with elements taken from the CLA Mixhub (Widener, Line/Mic) made into a NEW PLUGIN with a new fancy GUI. It has been tested (and yes, it's the exact same), and awesome that your'e blown away from a 15 year old plugin with a new skin.. I guess. Classic Waves.
Thanks for the info on this. I just watched a video of a dude who compared all the newer Neural DSP/STL Tones amp sims to the old, free Lepou sims... the Neural stuff is not worth $149 lol.
"Includes paid promotion." Not saying there's anything wrong with that. I'm glad to see the RUclipsrs I like get paid. Just curious what it means for the opinions expressed in the review.
I believe glen is very honest about his opinions even with sponsors, that’s why Gibson won’t sponsor him anymore, he gave an honest review and Gibson didn’t like the things that he was saying
If you don’t trust the person reviewing the gear the the review is worthless in my opinion. Glenn seems like a trustworthy dude, he’s really blunt when it comes to gear.
I have to admit that I'm a little bit sketchy on Waves Plugins. As far as I'm concerned, when you buy it, it should be yours for life. If you need to update form 32 bit to 64, that should be easy and free. I may be wrong on that last bit though. I've had some that just stopped working and it pisses me off. I did upgrade my Cubase DAW but that shouldn't matter.
EV2 uses about the same CPU as mixhub lite. That is about 0.3% CPU on a i7 11700. Not much at all. It does use about 10x compared to the 15 year old SSL channels because that's how software works
I made a video on this plugin comparing it to the original channel strip and concluded it's not really worth it. It is incredibly CPU intensive and isn't really a big jump. Just get the Omni channel.
@@PurpleMusicProductions well to me the question was "answered" and tbh this way how this was "blurred" is kind of sad to be..always thought Glen is kind of clear guy. For me I'd be rather told clearly - yeah this one is sponsored as I cant eat the yt likes, rather than what's the time? It's raining :D
Had a chance to work on an SSL for some years like 08-11. The studio I was at got it from the Olympics production people as they were upgrading. Man, I tell you they should have kept that console.
@@SpectreSoundStudios Well don't do it on my account. I can't tell the difference between my Brainworx SSL and my Waves SSL so I'd hardly think I would hear a difference between the two Waves thingies. It's a good idea for a video though. I'd love to see what you make of it. But how does one smash a plug-in with a sledge hammer?
When Glenn was soloing the kick, my wife came into the room and heard it. She does not know anything about recording, mixing or mastering. She said "What is that sound"? I said, it is supposed to be a drum. She responded with, "I don't like it. It sounds bad and it makes me angry". I did not like the kick either. It was pretty plastic sounding while soloed, but somehow, in the context of the mix, it seems to work.
< still a fan of your channel, jep I hear immediately the saturation of the 4000E series, I used it yesterday on a Kick-drum and the snare, will buy the SSL EV2 of course too, but I noticed SSL brought out a new native SSL 9000 K series themselves, I'm in love with the 9000J, but it's too fat for certain genres. But if you have a poor drum, put it in your drum-buss and crank up the low and highs and it won't disappoint you. That being said, it's unbelievable that you can own every SSL on a small computer. PS, hows the latency from this plugin? I cannot use it right now, because old iMacs are obsolete and unusable with Wave plugs, and I own quiet a bit, never activated. But working on a PC workstation, to get rid of the mac.
Is this something I could use with Cubase 9? Does it just replace the Cubase mixer? I’m so dumb I can’t mentally figure out how to integrate something like this but it looks useful… 🦈👁
Hey Glenn, I really like how this mix sounds. I've been following your channel for a couple of years now but this is the first time you lost me. "We're mastering with the UltraMaximizer"???? Sorry but you're not mastering there, you're leveling it to -14 LUFS without making it clip, but that's not what mastering is, sorry. Anyway, I generally love your content but I felt that could be miss-informing a lot of people. Cheers!
Now that you mention it, this is a valid point in consideration of beginners. I understand that he is abbreviating "bringing the level up to a mastered lufs range for preview purposes" but not spelling it out precisely might be confusing to beginners.
Man I'm bummed, it wouldn't work on my mac High Sierra in pro tools 2020. I ended up with the Brainworks SSL for $29 for my Cyber Monday treat. Your tracks sounds rippin BTW!
@@SpectreSoundStudios You get Waves plugins, a year later you want to get more waves plugins but your current Waves Central is now out of date so to get the new plugins you have to update. Once you update the licenses for your old plugins become out of date and unless you pay to update your licenses your old plugins don't work.
I bought the SSL Native channel strip and bus compressor plugins a while ago on sale. I'm not very experienced and find it a little confusing when a company has a ton of different plugins that all seem to be pretty similar. So my question is, why would you buy this if you already have another SSL channel strip plugin? Are they just slightly different flavours (due to modelling different hardware)? I'd imagine for someone like me who just needs some basic tools, it's probably better to just have one and don't bother buying a bunch of similar plugins? I doubt I'd notice much of a difference between this and the one I already have.
Slightly different flavours pretty much covers it, yep. Whenever Waves are involved, keep the emphasis on “slightly”. Using what you’ve got until you can reliably hear what’s not quite cooking is a good strategy man. Demo stuff if you get curious, but if you aren’t hearing a clear improvement, then you either don’t need it just yet, or you might not need it period. Hope that helps a bit. :)
A couple days ago I bought this and several other Waves pluggins for the first time on their Early Black Friday deal. Do recommend! I don’t listen to metal, but learn a lot here; Thanks for all the help you offer in this channel!
@@mrsuns10 good to know! I actually was planning on getting that plug-in but accidentally missed it in the cart when I did my big purchase. Now it would be be at the full discount so I have to decide if it’s worth buying a couple more or not. I guess that’s why they do these sales haha What do YOU like using doubler for? Any other great waves plugins you recommend? Thanks in advanced!
Ah yes, the butthurt IS STRONG in this comment section... let's be real, who of ANY OF YOU will even get to touch a real SSL strip? And what will happen if that SSL strip you work with doesn't sound like the plugin, and every other one you try doesn't sound anything like any of the plugins? Existential Crisis? Or me just laughing my ass off at all the keyboard warriors out there?
Despite the butthurts, I thank you for this info. Got a DL from Sweetwater right away. I am two years into production learning and have to track everything from my own vocals, to playing my own drums, cus fuck programming. This seems like it will help out on every track I have to do. Thank you so much for your knowledge! I hope to return the favor with my own Gear RUclipsr Channel... I am in the Heavy and Weird area of Metal.
Waves plugins are great, but just so you know, that's the price that they charge every single day. It's always "on sale". You never pay more than $30 for most of their plugins. For Black Friday, they raised the prices and then said they're on sale.
Nothing is going to be up to the UA stuff, because Waves nor many of the other "native CPU" plugins are going to be using any circuitry, tube, transformer modelling or emulation... as that takes tons of R&D, loaded code, memory, and processing power. Which, in a nutshell, is why the UA stuff is all loaded onto their proprietary boards, and not your CPU. I've been building my UA library since 2014, and now up to three OCTO boards filling all my PCI-E slots... it's crazy on huge mixes when you have 70+ UA plugins loaded... that would kill a single CPU.
I had a quick question, what are your thoughts on the avid elven rack? I got it used pretty much brand new for 170.00. In my opinion it works good but do you have any personal thoughts on this guitar processor??
170 is a great deal in my opinion. I wouldn’t have passed one up. Even if it’s just for one tone when recording that’s a-bit different than the newer stuff out there. Just bought a bundle of gear with an old line 6 pod xt pro rack. Outdated but I’m sure it’ll be good for something 🤣
Oh! Can we get a video on how to produce ACTUAL SINGING! I see so much about vocalists, I do Jwff Walkerish vocals, but I am a 6 octave Dramatic Tenor Operatic Metal Singer and neex to record myself. I tend to clip the shit out of mics due to my Dio, Dickinson, Halford voice coming out of my 6'4" 300lbs frame. I think a lot of people would like to see how to mix loud powerful Operatic singing. Thanks!
Waves and SSL Native make the worst SSL emulations available. Brainworx, Slate Digital, UAD, Softtube and Acustica Audio all do a better job. Making the drums much louder than the rest of the mix would usually be a great trick to sell some copies of the plugin, it worked in your SSL Native video, right? This time the drums sound so choked I can only hope your followers aren't fooled again. Saying the sounds are ITB whilst you play them through an outboard compressor for the duration of the video is pure smut. Pretending the Waves plugins aren't always on sale is laughable. These people trust you.
Glenn, I have plugins paralysis what else should I get besides the channel strip while this sale is here. There is so much to take in. I do not have any paid plugins and want to get the ones I will need to record. Please help
if waves wanted to make a wave in their reputation should have made it a free update 12000.00 for waves platinum bundle 15 yrs ago for you you young guns
Glenn your last video on vocals was the best instructional course I think I've ever seen. Thank you for your brutal candor and vocabulary. If verbal abuse where an Olympic sport you could do your country proud !!!!!!!!!
I don't understand why people give you shit about not having mixed a hit record. If one chooses to LISTEN they can clearly hear the results you achieve. To disregard a valid message because of the messenger is foolish.
Hi from Japan! U love the channel. Very educational. Even if I can't keep up with all the "recording nerd" stuff, the one-minute instrumental music clips are a delight to listen to . . . musically, and sound-wise. Thank you kindly for everything!
How much more CPU and ram would using one of these compared to the built in reaper 1073 eq? Like if I had ten running on a project it would really start to add up?
I am currently running my keyboard through an SSL interface, using the SSL Channel plug-in in Pro Tools. In your professional opinion, do you think I would need this upgrade? Not trying to be cheap, just being pragmatic.
Hi Glenn! As a self taught musician that's looking to learning about drums and I have know way to ask without painting my back with a noob sign lol. To try and learn I got the MT power drum plugin at first, but it sounded so uninspiring I had to look at getting samples. I saw your suggestion on the Steven Slate stuff and luckily for my negative budget needs there's a free version! My question is how do I segment out the mic'd parts out? For example when I started messing with the MT kit it's going out to a single track with the midi beats laid out for the whole kit, and sure I can send to other tracks, but it's still the whole kit. Outside of contacting a real drummer, how do I get each track to receive just toms, kick, snare, cymbals, etc. so I can apply more of your teachings to learn more? Sorry if my question is confusing, but thanks anyways!
Recently my drummer and I have been toying with the idea of starting our recording from scratch. This time around we want to record it ourselves as oppose to going to a studio. We already had 7 songs that only needed lead guitar and mixing, unfortunately with the pandemic everything got put on hold. It has really been a pain trying to get back into the studio having to work around schedules. Your video on why recording a full album is a bad idea had a huge effect on me and I suggested it to my drummer and he agreed. Your channel has just become an invaluable tool for me as I will be referring back to it as we go along. Very many thanks...oh MIND WISHING US LUCK?!? And a FUCK YOU to go along? Lol. Totally new territory for us, but we are willing to explore it.
Hey Glenn, just a curious rookie question: If you're gating tom mics that are not played for an extended amount of time, Why don't you just cut that part of the track out? Cheers!
From one anonymous guy on the internet, I found getting one REALLY helped. The lowest setting on my Presonus 1824 was still a touch too loud for me. I wound up getting the Big Knob Passive to be able to get the volume a little lower so I don't get ear fatigue nearly as fast as I did before.
At 10:10 you commented about having bifocal glasses. I've been wearing bifocals for decades. Have you tried multifocal contact lenses? Ask your optometrist about Dalies Total 1 Multifocal soft contact lenses. I've been wearing them for years. I can go from up close, to the computer screen to looking out a window without having to focus.
Freaking love this plugin! Not mix related, but regarding your glasses, I’m an optician as my day job. You should ask your eye doc about dedicated computer glasses as a secondary pair. As much time as you spend editing and mixing it would relieve alot of the neck pain from trying to look through the bottom of your glasses. Love the channel! Thanks for all you do!
Hey Glennn!!! Would have loved hearing the sounds with the mic pre on, everyone says that it adds a nice “console” saturation flavor/color, which is a new feature on this version. Anyways, you videos fkn rock!
How does it compare to SSL’s native version? I bought the native ones on sale thanks to you. I also got the EQ 2 from Sweetwater for $40 last month. I love the native ones I own.
Glenn,
Paul Third did a full test on this.
In a piece of analyzer software that he used he proved that it isn't another board sample.
The eq matches the CLA mix hub exactly.
It is the same thing with a little different saturation.
I would get the mix hub, way better for work flow.
Check out his video an see what you think.
yeap , Paul is Becoming a Headache for some Developers hehehe , I thing is good because the Scams sometimes they pull are not cool , at the same time people learn and they have to step up there game ,
Yes, a must watch video to show what a rip off Waves is to its customers. Just basically release the CLA plugin saying it is the improved 4000E but really they just fixed a bug and added a couple small features. Whooptie doo.
ruclips.net/video/xIXbPPXLXL0/видео.html
Not to mention that the video is funny as fuck too!
Seen the same vid. Big facts. Stick with mix hub
Yeap I saw that video as well. Paul is that dude. This plugin is pure snake oil repackaged.
But the mixhub does not have the brown knob sound and I agree that the mixhub has a great workflow
Ran it through plugin doctor literally the same as the old strip just sligtly different curves a tad more saturation and no eq cramping I'm kinda done with waves at this point.
yeah waves are definitely playing catch up to UAD and plugin alliance (and SSL too). i'd love to see you do a shoot out between SSL and waves. competition is awesome rn and waves definitely stepped up their game a lot with this one! I'm happy with UAD and PA though.
I’m going to try to do an SSL shootout at some point
@@SpectreSoundStudios hell yeah! maybe team up with Warren and visit us in LA and do it with the real thing involved (happy to help in any way).
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge - massive help!
Man I know it's paid promotion but honestly, Waves as a company should get the sledgehammer...
Actually, it's the original Waves SSL channel(E) with elements taken from the CLA Mixhub (Widener, Line/Mic) made into a NEW PLUGIN with a new fancy GUI. It has been tested (and yes, it's the exact same), and awesome that your'e blown away from a 15 year old plugin with a new skin.. I guess. Classic Waves.
Thanks for the info on this. I just watched a video of a dude who compared all the newer Neural DSP/STL Tones amp sims to the old, free Lepou sims... the Neural stuff is not worth $149 lol.
He turned off the analog modelling and saturation on both plugins when he did his tests. So of course they null! His test was FAKE.
"Includes paid promotion." Not saying there's anything wrong with that. I'm glad to see the RUclipsrs I like get paid. Just curious what it means for the opinions expressed in the review.
I believe glen is very honest about his opinions even with sponsors, that’s why Gibson won’t sponsor him anymore, he gave an honest review and Gibson didn’t like the things that he was saying
I have been watching this man's channel for 2 years now. He actually has integrity. See what he did with some shitty amps he was given...
If you don’t trust the person reviewing the gear the the review is worthless in my opinion. Glenn seems like a trustworthy dude, he’s really blunt when it comes to gear.
He's Glenn Fricker, not PewDiePie
I have a feeling the $39 dollar sale will be around for a long time 🤣
I am waiting for the super secret special 29.99 deal ;)
@@OliverAmberg Yeah but, what if they run out of the plug in? Maybe they can only make so many and then they run out.
@@toddgreenwood9631 Now I am in panic :(
@@OliverAmberg Well ... ya godda think of these things. I think I'll get 2 right away so I have a spare.
@@toddgreenwood9631 you can't have enough channel strips, can you?
Hey guys! Waves is having a sale!!!!!! hahahahahahahaha
I have to admit that I'm a little bit sketchy on Waves Plugins. As far as I'm concerned, when you buy it, it should be yours for life. If you need to update form 32 bit to 64, that should be easy and free. I may be wrong on that last bit though. I've had some that just stopped working and it pisses me off. I did upgrade my Cubase DAW but that shouldn't matter.
I absolutely love this plugin. I own a real SSL console, but find this plugin indispensable in my mobile rig for smaller projects/clients.
This plugin is apparently CPU hungry. Long time user of the older SSL plugins and they're still amazing. Run like a dream.
EV2 uses about the same CPU as mixhub lite. That is about 0.3% CPU on a i7 11700. Not much at all. It does use about 10x compared to the 15 year old SSL channels because that's how software works
I made a video on this plugin comparing it to the original channel strip and concluded it's not really worth it. It is incredibly CPU intensive and isn't really a big jump. Just get the Omni channel.
Lol, I was just thinking "I'm not really sure that this could do as much, or anything different than I can do with the Scheps Omni already."
@@flapjack413 The Omni is so incredible
Yeah, Omni is one of maybe only few Waves plugins in the last years that is really well done, flexible, useful and just sounds great.
were you sponsored for this?
Was I paid cash? No.
@@SpectreSoundStudios okay, I'm just always skeptical when some praises/endorses waves' 'always on sale' gimmick
@@SpectreSoundStudios I think the question was if you were sponsored for this 😏 not if you were paid cash 😉
@@myyt4382 yeah that was a slick slight of hand I caught there too lololol.
@@PurpleMusicProductions well to me the question was "answered" and tbh this way how this was "blurred" is kind of sad to be..always thought Glen is kind of clear guy. For me I'd be rather told clearly - yeah this one is sponsored as I cant eat the yt likes, rather than what's the time? It's raining :D
This or the SSL channel strip from SSL
Had a chance to work on an SSL for some years like 08-11. The studio I was at got it from the Olympics production people as they were upgrading. Man, I tell you they should have kept that console.
How does this compare to ssl native channel strip 2 ?
How much better is it than Waves old SSL? Miles better or 'a little better'? (I asks because I struggle to hear the difference in these things)
I really need to do a shootout
It's algorithmically almost identical. A few people did the testing.
@@SpectreSoundStudios Well don't do it on my account. I can't tell the difference between my Brainworx SSL and my Waves SSL so I'd hardly think I would hear a difference between the two Waves thingies. It's a good idea for a video though. I'd love to see what you make of it. But how does one smash a plug-in with a sledge hammer?
Oh... it's that Waves one. :/
Another paid promo from waves lol
Let me guess
Another “PLUGIN SALE”
When Glenn was soloing the kick, my wife came into the room and heard it. She does not know anything about recording, mixing or mastering. She said "What is that sound"? I said, it is supposed to be a drum. She responded with, "I don't like it. It sounds bad and it makes me angry". I did not like the kick either. It was pretty plastic sounding while soloed, but somehow, in the context of the mix, it seems to work.
Ok, here is the $64000 question, how does it compare to the SSL Native Chanel strip 2?
Try it & find out!
Yes! Spend more of your hard-earned money on a completely unnecessary plug in to find out how it compares.
@@HeavyInstinct there’s no trial? And $39 is pretty damn cheap. That’s why I’m recommending it.
Love Native 1 & 2, Haven't used the Waves versions since I got them.
I was able to download the SSL as a trial. Last's for a week. I think all their plugins are like that?
< still a fan of your channel, jep I hear immediately the saturation of the 4000E series, I used it yesterday on a Kick-drum and the snare, will buy the SSL EV2 of course too, but I noticed SSL brought out a new native SSL 9000 K series themselves, I'm in love with the 9000J, but it's too fat for certain genres. But if you have a poor drum, put it in your drum-buss and crank up the low and highs and it won't disappoint you. That being said, it's unbelievable that you can own every SSL on a small computer. PS, hows the latency from this plugin? I cannot use it right now, because old iMacs are obsolete and unusable with Wave plugs, and I own quiet a bit, never activated. But working on a PC workstation, to get rid of the mac.
Cheers Glenn
Is this something I could use with Cubase 9?
Does it just replace the Cubase mixer?
I’m so dumb I can’t mentally figure out how to integrate something like this but it looks useful…
🦈👁
Hey Glenn, I really like how this mix sounds. I've been following your channel for a couple of years now but this is the first time you lost me. "We're mastering with the UltraMaximizer"???? Sorry but you're not mastering there, you're leveling it to -14 LUFS without making it clip, but that's not what mastering is, sorry. Anyway, I generally love your content but I felt that could be miss-informing a lot of people. Cheers!
Now that you mention it, this is a valid point in consideration of beginners. I understand that he is abbreviating "bringing the level up to a mastered lufs range for preview purposes" but not spelling it out precisely might be confusing to beginners.
@@sparella Exactly
I’m doing “top down mastering”
@@SpectreSoundStudios XD
The kick is too clicky... for me at least.
Me too
It's recorded like that lol listen to the soloing
what an awsome music
wait, is that a Mac ? what is going on here... What happened to our Glenn
lol, for a split sec, when the tracked kicked in I thought it was Oroborus playing.. BTW grab this plug in so cool and fun to use!
Any compared it to the plug in alliance BX 4000G?
Did they pay you for this review? Cause this is the worst kick i have ever heard from you and i think it's the plugin's fault
Maybe it's just me but the kick drum sounds really bad. Guitar sounded ok though.
waves is always on sale. and imo their SSl is the worst of the bunch. but I have it anyway lol.
great drums are loud thick punchy just like a sample now
Not even close
@@SpectreSoundStudios denial aint just a river in egypt bullseye, oh wait maybe its youtube compression right
I learned something new today, I always thought the classic metal albums were on a Neve so I was buying Neve stuff. Maybe ill check out SSL
Best + Waves this doesn’t match 😂
There are better words to describe anything from Waves like: scam, thieves, outdated, worst, noise…
Man I'm bummed, it wouldn't work on my mac High Sierra in pro tools 2020. I ended up with the Brainworks SSL for $29 for my Cyber Monday treat. Your tracks sounds rippin BTW!
Hey Glenn,
I'm really interessted in the products of the Tegeler Audio Manufaktur. Are you going to do a presentation of the Magnetismus?
Greetings!
Waves bad, m'kay
You had me till you said Waves.
No thanks!
I'm not buying into the Waves hostage plan!
What’s that?
@@SpectreSoundStudios You get Waves plugins, a year later you want to get more waves plugins but your current Waves Central is now out of date so to get the new plugins you have to update.
Once you update the licenses for your old plugins become out of date and unless you pay to update your licenses your old plugins don't work.
@@SpectreSoundStudios Their update policies are atrocious.
I bought the SSL Native channel strip and bus compressor plugins a while ago on sale. I'm not very experienced and find it a little confusing when a company has a ton of different plugins that all seem to be pretty similar. So my question is, why would you buy this if you already have another SSL channel strip plugin? Are they just slightly different flavours (due to modelling different hardware)? I'd imagine for someone like me who just needs some basic tools, it's probably better to just have one and don't bother buying a bunch of similar plugins? I doubt I'd notice much of a difference between this and the one I already have.
Slightly different flavours pretty much covers it, yep. Whenever Waves are involved, keep the emphasis on “slightly”. Using what you’ve got until you can reliably hear what’s not quite cooking is a good strategy man. Demo stuff if you get curious, but if you aren’t hearing a clear improvement, then you either don’t need it just yet, or you might not need it period. Hope that helps a bit. :)
Love the channel, but does anyone do any mixing demos of more classic rock sounds? The metal thing just doesn't cut it for me.
A couple days ago I bought this and several other Waves pluggins for the first time on their Early Black Friday deal. Do recommend!
I don’t listen to metal, but learn a lot here; Thanks for all the help you offer in this channel!
Waves has some good ass plug ins for sure. Doubler is one of my favorite
@@mrsuns10 good to know! I actually was planning on getting that plug-in but accidentally missed it in the cart when I did my big purchase.
Now it would be be at the full discount so I have to decide if it’s worth buying a couple more or not. I guess that’s why they do these sales haha
What do YOU like using doubler for? Any other great waves plugins you recommend? Thanks in advanced!
@@RedCarRecords I find doubler useful for vocals but also guitars. There’s a guitar preset on there that is really really good
Thanks very much!
I've heard that it is a bit of a CPU hog
No issues here
@@SpectreSoundStudios -- thank you, I'll have to give it a try!
It would be great if they upgraded the G channel as well, prefer that on rock stuff
Ah yes, the butthurt IS STRONG in this comment section... let's be real, who of ANY OF YOU will even get to touch a real SSL strip? And what will happen if that SSL strip you work with doesn't sound like the plugin, and every other one you try doesn't sound anything like any of the plugins?
Existential Crisis?
Or me just laughing my ass off at all the keyboard warriors out there?
That entire track sounds absolutly incredible!!
Despite the butthurts, I thank you for this info. Got a DL from Sweetwater right away. I am two years into production learning and have to track everything from my own vocals, to playing my own drums, cus fuck programming. This seems like it will help out on every track I have to do. Thank you so much for your knowledge! I hope to return the favor with my own Gear RUclipsr Channel... I am in the Heavy and Weird area of Metal.
What is the song?
Call me crazy but you should really get a vocalist for these tracks and show how you’d mix vocals to.
Waves plugins are great, but just so you know, that's the price that they charge every single day. It's always "on sale". You never pay more than $30 for most of their plugins. For Black Friday, they raised the prices and then said they're on sale.
Wow - that’s a full but really tight low end. Crazy good mix!
Everybody complaining about the sound of soloed tracks? Thought you’d all know better by now
All said and done, that is a really crisp mix! Fucking awesome. Got this emu just for the gates!
I love the Waves SSL stuff. Not quite up to the UA stuff, but really good.
Nothing is going to be up to the UA stuff, because Waves nor many of the other "native CPU" plugins are going to be using any circuitry, tube, transformer modelling or emulation... as that takes tons of R&D, loaded code, memory, and processing power. Which, in a nutshell, is why the UA stuff is all loaded onto their proprietary boards, and not your CPU. I've been building my UA library since 2014, and now up to three OCTO boards filling all my PCI-E slots... it's crazy on huge mixes when you have 70+ UA plugins loaded... that would kill a single CPU.
I had a quick question, what are your thoughts on the avid elven rack? I got it used pretty much brand new for 170.00. In my opinion it works good but do you have any personal thoughts on this guitar processor??
170 is a great deal in my opinion. I wouldn’t have passed one up. Even if it’s just for one tone when recording that’s a-bit different than the newer stuff out there. Just bought a bundle of gear with an old line 6 pod xt pro rack. Outdated but I’m sure it’ll be good for something 🤣
Oh! Can we get a video on how to produce ACTUAL SINGING! I see so much about vocalists, I do Jwff Walkerish vocals, but I am a 6 octave Dramatic Tenor Operatic Metal Singer and neex to record myself. I tend to clip the shit out of mics due to my Dio, Dickinson, Halford voice coming out of my 6'4" 300lbs frame. I think a lot of people would like to see how to mix loud powerful Operatic singing. Thanks!
Affiliate link is to waves is not working.
Waves and SSL Native make the worst SSL emulations available. Brainworx, Slate Digital, UAD, Softtube and Acustica Audio all do a better job. Making the drums much louder than the rest of the mix would usually be a great trick to sell some copies of the plugin, it worked in your SSL Native video, right? This time the drums sound so choked I can only hope your followers aren't fooled again. Saying the sounds are ITB whilst you play them through an outboard compressor for the duration of the video is pure smut. Pretending the Waves plugins aren't always on sale is laughable. These people trust you.
Thanx for telling the truth
Brainworx also treats you respectably for buying their product and doesn't shove iLok down your throat.
Glenn, I have plugins paralysis what else should I get besides the channel strip while this sale is here. There is so much to take in. I do not have any paid plugins and want to get the ones I will need to record. Please help
Definitely feel you on this one, man
if waves wanted to make a wave in their reputation should have made it a free update 12000.00 for waves platinum bundle 15 yrs ago for you you young guns
Glenn your last video on vocals was the best instructional course I think I've ever seen. Thank you for your brutal candor and vocabulary. If verbal abuse where an Olympic sport you could do your country proud !!!!!!!!!
Ty!
Love the vids where we get to see a bit of how you work, you've just got such a good way of walking us through ya thinking!! Thanks:)
I don't understand why people give you shit about not having mixed a hit record. If one chooses to LISTEN they can clearly hear the results you achieve. To disregard a valid message because of the messenger is foolish.
Do a shootout with this vs Acustica Sand 3, I dare ya, I double dare ya!
Waves!!! 😂😂 Are you serious? 😅
Hi from Japan!
U love the channel. Very educational. Even if I can't keep up with all the "recording nerd" stuff, the one-minute instrumental music clips are a delight to listen to . . . musically, and sound-wise. Thank you kindly for everything!
Greetings from Canada!
Just got this today DEC 17th 2021 and It's not Only $29.99 YABADEBADOOOOOO! I only say the flinstone thing cause I'm Fat :(
I’d rather pay full price for PA or UAD over any low price for waves for many reasons.
How much more CPU and ram would using one of these compared to the built in reaper 1073 eq? Like if I had ten running on a project it would really start to add up?
I had a bunch running with zero issues
"believe it or not these are fuckin bifocals" big surprise coming from the guy who invented them
I am currently running my keyboard through an SSL interface, using the SSL Channel plug-in in Pro Tools. In your professional opinion, do you think I would need this upgrade? Not trying to be cheap, just being pragmatic.
Thanks man! I bough the SSL channel and bus when they were on sale form a video of yours. Made me go pro take the plunge 🙏🏾
If your talking about the last time video for valentines sale you get V2 of that plugin for free. Recently updated.
Mix is done. Print it.
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Hi Glenn! As a self taught musician that's looking to learning about drums and I have know way to ask without painting my back with a noob sign lol. To try and learn I got the MT power drum plugin at first, but it sounded so uninspiring I had to look at getting samples. I saw your suggestion on the Steven Slate stuff and luckily for my negative budget needs there's a free version! My question is how do I segment out the mic'd parts out? For example when I started messing with the MT kit it's going out to a single track with the midi beats laid out for the whole kit, and sure I can send to other tracks, but it's still the whole kit. Outside of contacting a real drummer, how do I get each track to receive just toms, kick, snare, cymbals, etc. so I can apply more of your teachings to learn more? Sorry if my question is confusing, but thanks anyways!
Recently my drummer and I have been toying with the idea of starting our recording from scratch. This time around we want to record it ourselves as oppose to going to a studio. We already had 7 songs that only needed lead guitar and mixing, unfortunately with the pandemic everything got put on hold. It has really been a pain trying to get back into the studio having to work around schedules. Your video on why recording a full album is a bad idea had a huge effect on me and I suggested it to my drummer and he agreed. Your channel has just become an invaluable tool for me as I will be referring back to it as we go along. Very many thanks...oh MIND WISHING US LUCK?!? And a FUCK YOU to go along? Lol. Totally new territory for us, but we are willing to explore it.
Start small. Build an audience.
Oof. This comment section 😂😂😂
Really the guitars sound wicked n phat?
Hey Glenn, just a curious rookie question:
If you're gating tom mics that are not played for an extended amount of time, Why don't you just cut that part of the track out?
Cheers!
That tone is amazing!!
IS THERE ANY NEED TO GO FOR A MONITOR CONTROLLER ?LIKE AUDIENT'S NERO OR MACKIE'S BIG KNOB
In wish I had one for the Focusrite!
From one anonymous guy on the internet, I found getting one REALLY helped. The lowest setting on my Presonus 1824 was still a touch too loud for me. I wound up getting the Big Knob Passive to be able to get the volume a little lower so I don't get ear fatigue nearly as fast as I did before.
bro I got the SSL bundle for like 100 or something and I use it on EVERY channel I have. I'm a fan!
At 10:10 you commented about having bifocal glasses. I've been wearing bifocals for decades. Have you tried multifocal contact lenses? Ask your optometrist about Dalies Total 1 Multifocal soft contact lenses. I've been wearing them for years. I can go from up close, to the computer screen to looking out a window without having to focus.
Freaking love this plugin! Not mix related, but regarding your glasses, I’m an optician as my day job. You should ask your eye doc about dedicated computer glasses as a secondary pair. As much time as you spend editing and mixing it would relieve alot of the neck pain from trying to look through the bottom of your glasses. Love the channel! Thanks for all you do!
The tune you used today is AMAZING! Not your early 2000s tuneless garbage by a long shot. Kinda made my morning! Thank you! 🙂
Wow, listen to you and your own bad taste...
The riffs are by the guitar player of the band Quasarborn :D
hi glenn, is your mixing and mastering course got a black friday sale? if so, where do i go for it?
Oh, Mine looks different because I have a PC? Everything is different from yours.
what kind of metering do you have on the guitar buss?
Hey Glenn, what is the name of the song? It's a really cool song
The riffs are by the guitar player of the band Quasarborn ;)
Hey Glennn!!! Would have loved hearing the sounds with the mic pre on, everyone says that it adds a nice “console” saturation flavor/color, which is a new feature on this version. Anyways, you videos fkn rock!
I’ll try that!
How does it compare to SSL’s native version? I bought the native ones on sale thanks to you. I also got the EQ 2 from Sweetwater for $40 last month. I love the native ones I own.
Nice.
I already got the SSL channel and bus compressor plug in from SSL. Any reason to get this over that?
I bought this the other day and it's now my favorite Channel strip. :-)
I got mine for free.
How 👀
@@trentkraemer7109 I had the SSL collection with a current WUP still in effect. So they just give it to you if you meet those requirements.
I LOVE that mix.
Ty!!
These videos where you just fiddle with shit are very helpful.
I bought this when I saw Warren featuring it. Incredible deal. To simplify: brown EQ = 4000 Series, black = 9000J series desks