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Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor

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Gear it stands in for

  • Approximate

    SSL 4000 compressor

    The source does not say whether this was the desk's bus compressor or a channel compressor. This models the bus compressor.

    On 1 record here

  • Close match

    Alan Smart C1

    The C1 and C2 are bus compressors in the SSL style. This models the SSL G-series bus compressor, not the Smart unit.

    On 1 record here

  • Close match

    Smart Research C2

    The C1 and C2 are bus compressors in the SSL style. This models the SSL G-series bus compressor, not the Smart unit.

    On 1 record here

  • Close match

    Alan Smart C2

    The C1 and C2 are bus compressors in the SSL style. This models the SSL G-series bus compressor, not the Smart unit.

    On 1 record here

  • Emulation of this unit

    Solid State Logic XLogic G Series compressor

    Made with SSL as a model of the G-series bus compressor, the circuit in this rack unit.

    On 1 record here

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