Mixing with SSL Plugins (Brainworx SSL 4000 Review/Giveaway) - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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During a live stream a couple of days ago, I decided to try a brand new plugin by Plugin Alliance; the Brainworx SSL 4000.
In today’s video I open up a session and mix with all 3 of these plugins!
The great thing about this is that Plugin Alliance + Brainworks are going to give away 3 copies of this plugin bundle!
The bundle includes:
• Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 E
• Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 G
• Brainworx bx_townhouse Buss Compressor
I’m really excited to try this out! The Townhouse made some of my favorite sounding records!
The Townhouse was a recording studio in West London, built by Richard Branson in 1978. Artists that recorded at Townhouse Studios included Elton John, Queen, Phil Collins, Asia, Coldplay, Muse, Duran Duran, XTC, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel, and many more!.
It was one of the greatest studios in the world, unfortunately it’s gone now!
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Hi Friends, during a live stream a couple of days ago, I decided to try a brand new plugin by Plugin Alliance; the Brainworx SSL 4000E and G. In today’s video I open up a session and mix with their new SSL bundle!
The great thing about this is that Plugin Alliance + Brainworks are going to give away 3 copies of this plugin bundle!
The bundle includes:
• Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 E
• Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 G
• Brainworx bx_townhouse Buss Compressor
I’m really excited to try this out! The Townhouse made some of my favorite sounding records!
The Townhouse was a recording studio in West London, built by Richard Branson in 1978. Artists that recorded at Townhouse Studios included Elton John, Queen, Phil Collins, Asia, Coldplay, Muse, Duran Duran, XTC, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel, and many more!.
It was one of the greatest studios in the world, unfortunately it’s gone now!
Thanks Warren! Great video and song!
Produce Like A Pro Warren thanks for everything, we are truly blessed to have you as our teacher and friend ..have a question tho..
When you get to master a song yourself which way is better ?
Master the song in the same session or render the mixdown and master in a completley new session??
Does it matter which way is better???
Thank you ever so much
Thanks ever so much bx_dirk!! You Rock! Excited to hear mire from you!
Marvellous question Yobra, I never Master in the same session. For me it has to be another process!
Amazing plug in review warren thank you!!
It`s so wonderful to see when a long-time Engineer who is working longer in the music business than I`m living on earth is enjoying new Playgrounds and get`s stoked about it.. All the best Warren !
AW shucks thanks ever so much Andy! You Rock!
I can watch Warren's and Dave Pensado's youtube videos all day, love these guys :)
Nuno Pinheiro wow! Thanks ever so much my friend! That really means a lot!
No, THANK YOU ;) Your videos have helped me alot these past few months, and there is a big story behind it my friend. Cheers, have a nice day.
That is amazing to hear Nuno!
Mee too
I couldn’t agree more with you on the Townhouse compressor. There is something very inspiring about Brainworx plugins.
Yes, indeed!!
I love it when musicians and engineers get excited about a piece of kit or plugin ...doesn't matter if your a seasoned pro or just starting out...grin factor in sound is a joint experience.
King Belsey thanks ever so much!! Love the TowHouse! Great plug in!
Those SSL 4000 plug-ins tho!! WANT
They sound fantastic.
I agree 100%!!
Man oh man, I just tried the demo for this SSL. Crazy good in my mix. My strings came to life, piano and bass lines floored me! I got to win. Click my heels three times. "Oh please oh please oh please" hhehehehe thanks for the video Warren. ;)
Haha nice! Love the Wizard Of Oz reference!
You missed one thing: channel strip modeling. You didn't change channels on ssl plugins. Each channel cirquit is unique. ☝️😉
You did all on the first two channels from 72 modelled. 😉
So it could sound more real.
Yes you are correct! That's another amazing feature!!
Great to hear XTC getting a namecheck. Their later albums (Skylarking, Nonsuch, Oranges and Lemons) are amongst my favourite albums ever... the songwriting, production, arrangements and sounds are stunning. Thanks for the great things you share with us.
Steve Power thanks ever so much my friend! I’m a HUGE XTC fan! One of my favourite bands ever!
Like that tune... and that big drum sound fits it perfectly.
Thanks ever so much Clay!
Wow the Townhouse Compressor sounds incredible! Thanks Warren!
Darlene Sheffield yes, I’m very impressed!!
Hi Warren, I just wanted to let you know that this video is been invaluable to my mixing. I have a very old system using the SSL Duende as my ITB mixing desk, with all outboard gear and fx. So I wanted to thank you for this deep dive into the wonderful world of SSL mixing. Love and respect
See now that's a great song and the vocals are perfect. I would really be interested in a full version. Nice music Warren.
Solar Guitar Studio thanks ever so much my friend! I’m putting the tracks up in the Academy this week!
Now THAT'S how you do room mics! Wow. And that parallel bus just brought up a ton of intensity! What a compressor!
Seriously, just listened again and this might have to be used as a reference for me when a song is begging to be set to nuke!
adamwasthefirstman thanks ever so much! So glad you enjoyed the video!!
adamwasthefirstman wow! Thanks ever so much! I’m going to put the tracks up in the Academy this week!
Hi Warren, thank you for reviewing these awesome plugins, no nonsense but real time use, thank you again, cool tune, you rock!, all the best , Darren Ross.
Darren Ross thanks ever so much my friend!!
Love That Townhouse Compressor.
Thanks ever so much! You Rock Donnie!
It is great! I like it too! Just tried around with it.
I've been looking for 'thst sound' for ages and bought the native Instruments ultimate bundle 1 because of the stuff you get in terms of sounds etc etc but because I read that the ssl emulations were decent, I read up on how to bus compress etc and was way closer than I'd ever been, then I bought the ssl native channel and holy fuck... I'm way closer to the pro sound in one swoop than ever. I'm no pro but I know what sounds good to my ears and with a few EQ tweeks and some glue compression I'm waaayyyy closer to where I want to be... I haven't tried the waves stuff etc, I jumped from NI solid mix to these... I EQ and level matched and attack and release matched as best I could and the difference is night and day to my ear. From now on it's going to be a touch of saturation on the tracks and then nothing but ssl EQ and compression on everything else unless I absolutely need to use something else. I've also been using k-20 and making sure none of my plugs are getting more than -18 and gain staging properly and I'm actually astonished at how much that can be achieved with just EQ and compression.
It's really cool to see Warren having a bit of fun with the mix and enjoying himself. So many videos about production and mixing are so damned serious.
Damn, that’s a pretty cool song, Warren. Good job!
Daniel Narváez thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it my friend!
Can tell you absolutely love these plugins.
Sign up is done! Can't wait to see who wins! I love the SSL style stuff!
Good Luck Ryan! - These are some great plugins!
Ok, just started saving up for plugin alliance's traditional christmas sale because of that townhouse compressor.
Haha nice to hear!
smart move Felipe, they've always got great sales =)
Yes, indeed Sam, although I can't wait that long!
The Townhouse sounds awesome the way you used it here!
Jürgen Schuler I’m going to get it! This was a test version! I love it!
Oops, you read the unedited version...
Jürgen Schuler haha there’s an unedited one? I’ll check
looks like you were having right laugh mate, great to see you taking your gloves off and mentalizing a mix in this fierce aggressive way!! chad blake wholesomeness!!! thanks warren!!
Haha yes, indeed Leon! The TownHouse was a lot of fun!
Thanks for posting this Warren. Really digging the sound of that compressor.I think I'm going to have to buy it. For some reason I was singing When the Levee Breaks when I heard those drums lol Nice tune you got going there.
Scott Rance wow!! That’s an amazing reference! I’ll take that my friend!
This was on sale a couple days ago for $50! I had to jump on it and....WOW! 100% better than the Waves SSL Channel.
For a real comparison, I took a previously completed mix and replaced all the Waves SSL with the BX SSL. Copied all the settings, just the different brand SSL. Same mix but I immediately heard extra depth, size in the low end a cleaner top end. The added features area a real beaut. I always wished I could just the SSL compression with a HP side chain, and here it is! Pumped to be exclusively using the BX SSL moving forward.
Tried myself the Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 E and it sounds really good! I love the extra features and the TMT tech. Thanks for your video!
Already using the Waves E channel and G bus comp, but that Townhouse looks so fantastic! Definitely entering this giveaway
Lethonai yes, huge fan of the TownHouse compressor!!
Haha! "They're nice quiet polite boys,..." yeah, they'd never harm a soul. Sorry, my mind went there. I always enjoy your videos my friend. This is the icing on the cake here! Thanks again Warren!!
Tisbonus haha yes indeed my friend! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Sounds great! In glorious mono! ;-) Got the 'old' E & G and the lovely Townhouse Compressor.
Studio De Bras agreed 100%! Very impressed! Especially with the TownHouse!
Yeah, Townhouse is great, even at more 'conservative' settings. Also, and way by the way, the 'Rate - s' knob sets the length of the fade in seconds when 'Auto Fade' is engaged. So not 'Slew' then.
Thanks for the clarity! I appreciate it!
I’ve used the Townhouse buss comp on every room mic on every song on my recent metal project. It brings a tight and aggressive sauce to metal drums.
Shoot out between UAD, Waves, Brainworx, and hardware.
David Rosario definitely going to do the plug in vs hardware! Will take some time though to do properly!
@@Producelikeapro I've tried finding your hardware vs plugin comparison, but can't find it on RUclips. Did it never get made? Cheers mate!
This track would be a fun one to Mix/Produce in the PLAPA...
Alex Wilson aha! It might well come up soon my friend!
Looking forward to the shootout!!
Me too! Going to b a lot of work!!
Be careful, you might find a reason to drop the SSL console! :-D I guess one question is do you put the plugin on every channel/group that you are sending out and duplicate the settings? (the plugin may not be exact) or do you try to get each channel/group to sound good with the plug-in and then compare? Either way it's not purely scientific which is why comparison threads on forums usually degenerate into big arguments. Maybe it's better to get the sound you want on the SSL and then for each channel/group try to match it with the plugins? Also, I would be very interested to hear your impression on stereo width and overall headroom and dynamics which is where I notice differences with my RND 5060 summing rig. There's a certain something about mixing voltage on copper wire, the summed effect of electronic component slew rates and subtle differences across channels that just sounds better to me.
Terry Doyle haha who knows my friend! maybe, maybe not! Haha
Im using the UAD Waves and Slate SSL all together for depth so I am not using the same plugin over and over. This would be amazing to add on.
Alex Skyles indeed! I love mixing it up and getting the best out of each plug in!
This has the Grace Andy Wallace vibe going on.
Alex Skyles wow! What an amazing compliment my friend! I really appreciate it
Wow, your voice is great.
Aw shucks you're too kind my friend!
Because I use reaper and there's no mono tracks, I noticed I actually prefer 'analog' mode over 'digital' even on low frequency sounds. Cool trick is put stereo version and mono sound, and unlink compressor and gate. Even HPF can add a little width to the sub bass.
If need to be mono, can put bx_solo after it or use monomaker plugin (but I like it be a little wider, prefer that sound in headphones)
Great as always Warren. You rock!
Thank you Martin! - YOU rock! haha
Well, I came here to get an insight into SSL channel strip plugins and as a bonus got to hear Warren in the booth. Result!
This was a lot of fun!
Audrey Sims thanks ever so much!
24:14 - yes yes and yes! DO IT!!!
Awesome plugins! Wow!
Yes, agreed Eric!!
just a thought, you should go with the polite bass on more quiet verses, and the clipping bass on louder parts/choruses? great song, also the townhouse has an amazing response!
Hi Migz, you can definitely mix the song how you would like to hear it! We all love things differently! That's the beauty of everyone's individual taste!
Produce Like A Pro agreed! 😄
Migz Cuad Thanks!
Sounds awesome, Warren!
Many thanks Gabe! - Make sure you enter the giveaway!
ps - multitracks would be great to this track, its certainly a very catchy tune
Definitely! They will be up in the Academy soon!
What a fantastic test drive of the Brainworx SSL goodies!! I saw this video last year and am considering picking up the E for a project I'm ready to mix so I had to see it again. Fantastic!! Regarding your "don't know which bass line to use"...I think it would be killer if you run the clean line in the verse and hyped-out sound for chorus.
Those compressed drums almost revived "Bonzo"! Awesome :')
Could the knobs on Townhouse be any smaller compared to the size of the plugin?
what a singer Warren :-D
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much Mario!
SHOOTOUT!!!!
Royce Cleveland haha thanks!!
Hi Warren great as usual thank you! What makes you choose to use an eq or compression from a console over a separate eq or compressor plugin?
So I was surfing Plugin Alliance website and was thinking to myself ”Do I REALLY need another compressor?”. Then I watched this... Yes. Yes I do! :)
I got the townhouse about a week ago sounds amazing unfortunate seems to crash cubase 9.5 for me but works with 9.0. Guess time to reinstall Cubase...
Fantastic that you love it! Sorry to hear you're having crashing issues! I hope it gets fixed asap!
Great demo, but the slow subtle pans and zooms made me feel seasick.
Michael Grafl sorry to hear that my friend!
Looks super hot there!!!
Nathan Shores it was over 100 degrees!!
You kind of sound like the singer of Jawbreaker man, I love that gritty sound.
Really like the song! :-)
Many thanks Gary!! You rock!
Currently using UAD and Nebula, what's the CPU hit for the Townhouse Compressor and SSL Channel Strips? Great videos as always and thanks so much. I've had to go back and remix my tunes based on the knowledge gleaned from your instructions, especially handling the Low End.
That's a great question Terry! I wonder, I will have to double check and get back to you on CPU on the TownHouse!
I dig that song... any chance we can get the multi-tracks on that one to mix ourselves? BTW Thanks for all of the songs you have already released for us to work with!
I second that!!!!
Just got this in an %85 off sale, today only - seems great!
Mouth-watering drums Warren!
Thanks ever so much!
I think I have to remind Dirk, that we knew each other (briefly, for some chats) and since we're living and working the same town,... Well I can't afford alle their fine stuff.
Thanks for sharing your excitement!
Chiming in late to say you have a good voice Warren. Don't know why you don't consider yourself a vocalist.
Chasing Goats you’re very kind my friend!!
@@Producelikeapro holy cow, that’s you!?! I thought it was a hired singer.
Nice tune and great singing! Those plugins sound fantastic as well. If you were to do your own mastering (say in a program like ozone 8), would you use a compressor on the mix buss, or not and just use the compressors in mastering? Thanks!
burgerguitars marvellous question! Yes, I run a gentle amount of compression and EQ on my mix bus!
23:40 The feeling when your gear makes the sound you hear in your head.
Another cool vid! I am still waiting for your thoughts on the iLouds........=-)
I did a review on them and loved them! ruclips.net/video/BPMTJnHwjWg/видео.html
i dont know if this is the right place to ask you question but here is my question -
i am about to buy Studio monitors but am really confused of million of choose but finally i got my eyes on " KRK RP6 RoKit G3" and "Yamaha HS 7" which one u do recommend me? both price is pretty Good for my budget. by the way i have "JBL LSR 305" and i hate the soo much.
How are these compared to UAD SSL's and the Duende? I was very impressed with the new UAD and Duende ones to be honest!
Nice video Warren, Mixing with Abbey Road Plugins next please
Stamatis Stabos that would be fantastic!!
Stamatis Stabos totally agree! Would love to see that!
Thanks Alex! Coming soon!
Thank you so much!
tolis gamer you’re very welcome my friend!!
Great tune, Warren! I hear a little Richard Patrick/Filter in your voice!
Hi Warren, why time adjuster over dragging files into phase, would you rather leave the files as they were recorded?
Have a marvelous day!
Exactly Jon! I like to leave it where it was recorded!
Nice track Warren, one can always have two basses mixed in at various different levels, it works ?, a melodic and a slamming in your face only. People underestimate bass guitars, especially when they are played more like a guitar with lots of melodic content
That Townhouse sounds great. I admit, I like the sounds, you described as "crazy". Heck why not? Ok, your clients would mostly chuckle, but for me personally, I can imagine some overdose on quite some songs.
The only drawback is, I wanted to stop buying plugins for some time... I hope I'll keep it at least until Black Friday :)
Almost all of the great studios are gone now from London! Air...Berwick Street Studios being a few more. Westside. Eastcote still carries on though, props to Phillip!
Hi Song of Life, I know, such a shame! No more Townhouse or Olympic!
Produce Like A Pro Yes, Olympic! The days of the true studios have left us - remember Strongroom, Church Studio, Master Room in Kilburn, Air-Edel, Nomis, Soho Recording, EMI, BBC Live Music, Polygram in Hammersmith, Eden Studios, Power Studios and of course, Metropolis! Those were ones just in London! It truly makes me rather sad.
Song of Life I thought Metropolis was still going? I saw a video from there a few weeks ago, has it gone?
Produce Like A Pro I hope they’re still going! Still in Chiswick, right?
Yes, I believe they are there!
awesome plug ins, curious which monitors are you using during this mix. the ones on your left or the ones at the station you are on?
Marvellous question! I was using the iLouds and then I also turn and use the main Genelec 1032s as well!
Hey Warren. I just got the BX SSL plugins and starting to learn my way with it. I intend to use it on each track to emulate mixing with an analog console. Say i have 8 drum tracks and a mix buss for the drums, going to DRM mix buss, would you use the strip plugin on a buss as well? Or you'd prefer to use the townhouse plugin on the buss?
BTW, I learn so much from your videos, I admire your way of explaining and demonstrating.
BR
Oren Pildus
I feel sort of stupid now. Thank you for mentioning (or implying) that the filters can double for high pass and LP. So accustomed to grabbing the built in Logic EQ to do that when I could have just used the SSL. Though, I guess they sound different and in some cases, one may want to do that. In any event, its another tool in the arsenal. Thank you.
Sweet! 🤘
Kian Sparkes thanks very much!! You Rock too!
how do you get the mouse adjustments on this thing to work high-up, like a normal plugin, instead of around the knob? love the channel, but that bi-dimensional mouse operation is killing me. and when i click on a knob it instantly snaps to the cursor position, which mucks up every setting i have dialed in, the moment i want to adjust it some more. how do you get rid of that? anybody know? thanks!
Warren, if you had to pick one, between the E, G, or console N. Which would you pick.
Hmm..probably SSL E I love that!
Produce Like A Pro Thank you sir! Great stuff you’re doing...
I had the pleasure of doing a session at Townhouse with a Manchester band signed to Virgin at the time.
That’s amazing! I never got to record there unfortunately
I was looking at your review of the Townhouse compressor as I've been sent a discount code from Plugin Alliance, so your review has convinced me to get it 🤟🏾
@@Producelikeapro i had a great time there, back then i played guitar but now I'm stuck on bass these days.
@@Producelikeapro Sorry to hear that you never got there, but you've been to some amazing studios I'm sure?
That’s great! I think you’ll love the compressor
Hell’o Warren, I see you use PT 12 now so I’m curious what converter you’re using now (there is still in background 192’s Digidesign which You can’t use with PT12) I’m on to upgrade my setup from PT10HD to something else so that’s why I ask about your PT12 and conversation AD/DA
Thanks and Keep on Rockin’ in the Musical World ✌️
E.D. Duro this whole mix in-the-mix was done using my Audient iD4!
Warren do you output your pro tools into the video stream? I'm seriously considering purchasing this plugin asap.... is it very CPU heavy? (I ask because I run a VERY old macbook presently)?
Thanks you as always Warren- great video!!!!
Yes I LOVE the output fader concept on plug-in!!!
Would be great to see a master plugin that could pull up all the output faders of any & all instances of the plugin running...... that I would love... enabling you to keep the DAW mixer faders@ 0db. ..... it's all about gain structure to me (ex live engineers :)
God that's a good song!!!!! I want it in my playlist!!!!! Kudos
Hi Dylan, I use ScreenFlow for my tutorials, plus OBS for live streaming.
Hi Warren, I need to hand my absent note in :- I've been away from the studio away on tour and internet access has been hit & miss with the schedule. I have a fair few video's to catch up on!! Tonight will possibly be a Warren super binge streaming update event!
How does the townhouse compare to the Waves G bus? It would be silly of me to assume that the waves is better just because of the SSL name on it, right? The brainworx is pretty sick!
I love both the Brainworx SSal and the Townhouse Compressor! Both are wonderful!!
Hair is getting wild! lol!
Haha yes, indeed!!
Where can we hear the finished song?
I’m from the new breed just learning audio engineering techniques and the channel strip plugins intimidate me! Why? Because I’ve never had to use the actual hardware, I’m used to Fabfilter style EQs, where the curves and audio are visualized. BUT, I want to learn. The good SSL plug-ins definitely have a specific character, and then there are plugins like the Lindell 80 that also impart a whole different flavor that seems difficult to achieve without learning this kind of interface. The slight variations between layouts with all these channel strips is also a pain point haha. Why can’t things just be in the same places?? 😂
Thanks Warren.
Gained a new subscriber Thank you for this!
Great stuff, Warren !! One question tho', what are you saying @13:16 after you "siegspiel" you love of the Townhouse ? : D > " its still a mono theatre " ? " Its still a mono Beater " ? Its still a mono BeatLe " ? You went full-on British there. Help an American out : )
Ps, Those drums sound fantastic Great Recording !
Meloman 201618 haha wait there let me check! Glad you enjoyed the video!
OK ! Lemme know : )
Ohand I just downloaded the G series and the Townhouse ... Punch of the G Series is excellent .. E series is cool too, perhaps a little more " Z-plane " to the plugin
Fantastic! Happy mixing!
Aha! I said 'it's still a mono feed'! Haha Just meaning Mono input/mic etc
I like the song!
Hello, good Sir. I was curious if you've tried using Soothe 2 at the end of a mastering chain and what you think? Just to get rid of any subtle stuff at the end? I use it on the end of my mastering chain when I do live Church Praise and Worship streaming and we like it.
Great content😍
AMB AHMED thanks ever so much!! You Rock
Just got it for $29, you think i got a good deal Warren? :-) Love you enthusiasm in this video.
Just picked up the SSL today because of an email from native instruments. Might be telling waves to move over soon... feel like I have a lot more control with the BW for some reason it kind of feels like I'm mixing on a desk especially the ability to choose different console channels and stuff. don't know what their differences are though. is there any way I could get it to act more like a desk in logic instead of closing the plugin window, moving on to another channel then re-inserting it on that second channel say if I have a 24 track session that I'm working in and I want to use 24 SSL channels? love ssl
Thanks ever so much for sharing
What's the name of the song? Can I find it anywhere?
Hey Warren, could you please explain, in layman's terms, how to use metering in these BX SSL channel strips? It's not explained in the manual where the "sweet spot" is for these plugins, I don't know much to drive the input to get the right amount of the signal for the best performance. Usually I calibrate my VU meters around -18 dbfs RMS, but I don't understand how to use these SSL VU & dBu meters properly without having to refer to external meters.
You are my go to encyclopedia for everything studio. Would love to have you produce some stuff for me what an absolute education that would be worth the price