The hardware seemed best, but was louder. The SSL official seemed quite good but the compressor wasn’t being hit as hard. The Plugin-Alliance seemed to lack low end punch until you switched it to the G dynamics, then it was much closer, but still quieter and a little hard to judge. One thing for certain is that the Plugin-Alliance version is the most affordable because they put it on sale for next to nothing every other month, and it’s a really full featured channel strip. The SSL is full featured as well, but far more expensive. I may throw this video into DaVinci Resolve and volume balance the clips a little better. They all were surprisingly close, which is 17-kinds of good news. 😎👍👍
Yea, I noticed that as well after I watched the video back, it seems the hardware has more auto make-up gain than the plugins. The SSL channel strip and bus compressor go on sale together about every 3 months as a bundle for 49 dollars on plugin boutique and Sweetwater so just keep you eyes open when that happens. Cheers and thanks for watching!!
Can I ask, What was your conclusion? Did you like one over the others or did you feel they were all roughly the same. I know the hardware was about 1.5 to 2 db louder due to it having a more aggressive automatic make-up gain compared to the plugins but besides that I personally found the IK multimedia and Plugin Alliance to be very close and the SSL plugin and Antelope had a less aggressive make up gain so they did a better ob at matching the input and output gain. But I could use any of them. I really like the workflow of IK Multimedia's Mixbox and I have the SSL UC1 so I use it quiet a bit as well. But I still use hardware during tracking since it lets me work faster and get things right at the source. I just don't want to buy $8000 worth of 500 series modules to replace the SSL X-Logic Rack. So I think I will be picking up a couple of them and using the SSL compressor in the Antelope Audio interface when I need more then 1 or 2 of the hardware units. Cheers and thanks for watching!!
@@joesalyers HW is always better, and I've found the IK, which I already have, to sound similar to the HW-not 100%, but comparative to the HW. The sound of the HW is more 3D than the IK, but I think when using the plug in a busy mix, you cannot identify which is which. I am happy with IK convenience-wise, speaking of plugins vs. HW.
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Thanks for the time stamps I'm going to pin your comment to the top for others!! Thanks again!!
Those X-racks are so awesome!
Too bad mine is on its deathbed even after having the power supply rebuilt the system just gets too hot. Thanks for watching Cheers!!!!
The hardware seemed best, but was louder.
The SSL official seemed quite good but the compressor wasn’t being hit as hard.
The Plugin-Alliance seemed to lack low end punch until you switched it to the G dynamics, then it was much closer, but still quieter and a little hard to judge.
One thing for certain is that the Plugin-Alliance version is the most affordable because they put it on sale for next to nothing every other month, and it’s a really full featured channel strip.
The SSL is full featured as well, but far more expensive.
I may throw this video into DaVinci Resolve and volume balance the clips a little better.
They all were surprisingly close, which is 17-kinds of good news.
😎👍👍
Yea, I noticed that as well after I watched the video back, it seems the hardware has more auto make-up gain than the plugins. The SSL channel strip and bus compressor go on sale together about every 3 months as a bundle for 49 dollars on plugin boutique and Sweetwater so just keep you eyes open when that happens. Cheers and thanks for watching!!
Astonishing Result.
Can I ask, What was your conclusion? Did you like one over the others or did you feel they were all roughly the same. I know the hardware was about 1.5 to 2 db louder due to it having a more aggressive automatic make-up gain compared to the plugins but besides that I personally found the IK multimedia and Plugin Alliance to be very close and the SSL plugin and Antelope had a less aggressive make up gain so they did a better ob at matching the input and output gain. But I could use any of them. I really like the workflow of IK Multimedia's Mixbox and I have the SSL UC1 so I use it quiet a bit as well. But I still use hardware during tracking since it lets me work faster and get things right at the source. I just don't want to buy $8000 worth of 500 series modules to replace the SSL X-Logic Rack. So I think I will be picking up a couple of them and using the SSL compressor in the Antelope Audio interface when I need more then 1 or 2 of the hardware units. Cheers and thanks for watching!!
@@joesalyers HW is always better, and I've found the IK, which I already have, to sound similar to the HW-not 100%, but comparative to the HW. The sound of the HW is more 3D than the IK, but I think when using the plug in a busy mix, you cannot identify which is which. I am happy with IK convenience-wise, speaking of plugins vs. HW.
top middle or top right for me.
e channel, the one i've been using is a big yikes 😅
Thanks for watching!!!!!