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Old 10th February 2006, 05:02 PM   #65
raal
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Originally Posted by giles117
<snip>How close is a DIY SSL compressor? spot on or close enough that it doesnt matter that it might be 1% different.........


when cloning a pultec with QClone for example, it doesn't sound exactly the same, but it sounds great and the factory presets do too. could the differences lie in the converters? when i record anything to PT (192 interfaces) it doesn't sound the same as the original. when you mix to a 1/2" machine it doesn't either.

i think it boils down to whether these things are useful or not. i still haven't heard a software comp that could substitute it's hardware counterpart, but i eagerly await the day. i hope the Waves/SSL will be the first, and if not, it shouldn't be too long now. SSL, GML, Tritone...

BTW, i have 3 real EQH2s, one EQP1A, brand new tubes in all of them. caps are fine, but different transformers in some (peerless or triad). the point is they all sound great, but a little different.
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