there's a new SSL channel strip in Waves town but Waves already have a couple of these plugins
already so what does the new Waves SSL EV2 bring to the table well other than a different
sonic character through the new modeling it also has a couple of very cool features
and some other things so we're going to take a look at the new Waves SSL EV2 we'll give it
a listen and see if it's worth grabbing i'm Zane welcome to Audio Tech TV i've included a link down
in the description to the Waves SSL EV2 in case you want to check it out see the latest pricing
on it as they often have sales and intro pricing for it and like all waves plugins it's available
on mac or windows and this video isn't sponsored but waves did give me access to this plugin early
on i just wanted to get that out in the open now let's check out the Waves SSL EV2 alright so one
of the first things that you're going to notice as a new feature is this mic preamp section over here
you have this line control here which is your input knob so you can
lower the input or increase the input with that you have this mic knob here and this can add
some saturation to whatever audio you have running through it so let's just check that out right now
so that's pretty cool right there you have this built-in saturation
you also have this analog button here and you can turn that on and off when you enable it it adds
some harmonic distortion to whatever signal's going through just like a ssl console would and
also to note when it's enabled it does use a little bit more cpu when you disable it
it gives you a more modern sound but i kind of like adding that analog sound in so i leave it
enabled now the next new feature that you're going to notice is this eq type and you have
black or brown and these refer to the color of these knobs at the bottom you can see when we
turn it to black they're black brown they're brown but it's not just a color thing here it's a whole
different eq sound all together with each of these now the original SSL 4000 consoles came with these
brown knobs here and they say it's a more wider eq best suited for drums and bass
and the black ones were introduced i think in the mid 80s and this black knob eq is said to be more
clean so it's more suitable for vocals or acoustic guitars but as you can see it's very easy to
switch between them so a and b them on all of your tracks to see which works best for that particular
track and i really like how easy it is to switch between these it makes it a very versatile plugin
so let's check it out and we'll see what the difference is so we're starting with black
all right let's check it out on guitar now as well
so we're starting with brown on guitar
so you can really hear a difference between these two eq types now
another new thing in here that you're going to notice is you get a ton of presets
and these are from some amazing producers grammy award-winning producers and engineers
you can see there's tons and tons of presets to help get you started with this if you're new to
channel strips or you just want a quick starting point for whatever you're working on these are
going to get you there so now i just want to show you this is a new song that i just started
working on i pretty much just recorded everything in i set the levels a little bit and then i added
three instances of this channel strip onto my drum bus guitar bus and bass bus which is all i have in
this track and these are pretty much the only effects that i have in this project other than
a bass amp sim on my bass track so that's it for effects in this project so what i'm going to do
is play the project we'll start with them on and then i'm going to disable them so you can hear
how big of a difference just three instances of the Waves SSL EV2 makes so let's check this out
you can hear it makes a big difference just having these three instances and keep in mind this is a
very raw mix that i'm working with here not much going on so is the Waves SSL EV2 worth
getting well if you don't have an SSL channel strip plugin already absolutely this is worth
grabbing it has so much in there you have this mic preamp section compressor section
you have filters and an eq section and you get all of those presets in there it's a great sounding
effect it can even add that console sound without changing any settings so if you just want to add
some console to your tracks you don't want to change any of these settings you can put this
on there and you're going to get that console sound now if you already have say the Waves SSL
e channel and you're happy with it you know the plugin you use it all the time and you don't want
to change things then don't grab it but one thing i do know with modeling is the newer modeling
always sounds better because as technology goes along the modeling gets better and better and
this has the latest SSL modeling in it now check out seven waves plugins that i use in
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thank you so much for watching for Audio Tech TV i'm Zane keep creating and we'll talk soon