Free SSL compressor plugin!

after a quick play not sure if it was worth the hassle....although i didnt really read the blurb b4 i d/loaded....after a read i see that its the compresser from the talkback section of an 80's console and apparently works magic with overheads??

ill play with it but really thought we were getting a full blown ssl compressor for free there! but that would be unlieley!

Mo

Thanks a lot!

Felt like missing "a once in a lifetime" bargain.
It seems I can avoid the download trouble.

I use Logic, Cubase, Waves and TC comps.
That will do, for now.

I used to have a lot of free plug-ins in my set up, but they are all gone!

JanD

Safari 2.0.1 on OS 10.4.2. I had some issues with the registration pages that were resolved by going back and loading again, but the download itself worked fine for me without having to do anything else.

ANDY

you rock 😉

Just for you newbies..................try this.......take your drums and send them to a space-designer buss (mid-tempo grooves, ala Levee Breaks, work best) Now get an IR of a wooden, warm room..........between .07 to 1.2 sec...so fairly short...now insert the ssl drum squash compressor after the the space designer (on same buss) and SQUUUAAASSHHHHH

Instant Jon Bonham, Phil Collins type of drum-sound

trix of the trade 😉

oh....don't forget to also have present the dry drums....so you don't lose your transients....

BTW I'm eager to learn more secrets of THE BIG DRUM SOUND.....I know many of you are PROS, please share some Dynamics trix........

I've heard of "multing" the bass guitar and kick drum into a comp to tighten low-end...but am not sure how to approach this...

SvK

With all due respect SvK, you've named the wrong person... go look in the mirror.

You're the one who rocks!

If anything, most of the tips that I collect and save have your moniker on it. They have helped to bring a millenium-challenged dude up to speed at times.

As for how I approach the bass/kick part is that I will lay a root drum track just to get the idea of what I want so I can lay down the bass (if anything, I have been been liking the Bass Amp plug-in these days). I will then build the drums around the bass, focusing the kick on the parts I want to emphasize with the bass. I will then do the "New York Style" of mixing, mixing a compressed kick and bass with the uncompressed (using Aux channels). That gives it a nice tight bottom (for me at least).

One more thing: the secret is also in the spaces between the notes. Let it breathe and you'll be amazed at how it comes out.

jord

Jord,

Thanx man 😉

and thanx for the tips on bass / Drums....yeaahh I always make sure kick hits with bass Guitar..........keeps the groove centered and tite...

Gonna try that NY mix thang....

catch you on the flipside....

SvK

Heck, thank you! 🙂
I could almost compile a book with all of these tips...

If anything, I've have a template set up for the New York mix thang that I call up as soon as I believe that the song will need it (I'll transfer everything to a new song if I have to... it's all part of the crafting of the piece). Mind you, I try not to do it with every piece.

For me, I will admit that I don't always know how the drums will turn out in the final arrangement until I lay down the bass. Sometimes, the beat that I originally through would be the pulse of the song gets totally redone to match the bass. It's funny how I wouldn't have been caught doing that 20 years ago. These days, I won't think twice about it. Perhaps, my perspective of the craft changed as the years went by. 🙂

Oh well... I'm rambling now!

jord

sorry didn't mean for you to post someone else's tips on http://www.proapptips.com
I was meaning in general these tips should be posted (hopfully SVK and others will post there neat little tips there)

DAVE

I see my contribution to this thread has been sanitised.

that is what you get I guess for posting illegal stuff

How petty.

perhaps Apple is just protecting itself

No wonder so few serious users bother with this place.

so you feel your a serious user if you promote piracy (even of free plugin's?)

DAVE

Good tip, thanks!

very kool! thanks for sharing 😀

Cool indeed, but how did you download it?

I get stuck all the time

JanD

I had problems on mac and safari but as soon as i tried with explorer on windows the process worked fine ;-))

mo

It was a pain with safari, but it worked in the end...

Thanks for the warning... I haven't downloaded it yet, but before I do, I am going put Safari into Debug mode and changing the User Agent Headers to IE to fool the site.

jord