SSL EQ 4000E black x-rack vs Waves plug

[el_gato]

Round 2: kick, snare and room mics.

EDIT: gain-staging

2A http://minus.com/lbwgXjTSvsxVyt
2B http://minus.com/lbvGQehR6P1d5m

[el_gato]

bass EDIT: better gain-staging

2A http://minus.com/lwheDImTvsd6d
2B http://minus.com/lbtvW5ZRoNu0I6

bypassed at some point

[el_gato]

guitars EDIT better gain-staging

2A http://minus.com/l5lEOdCpjxfxy
2B http://minus.com/lUviNoj0PbE6x

edit 2: eq matched by ear:

3A http://minus.com/lDaBwfInfOzg2
3B http://minus.com/lioD2ZdxjZKih

bypassed at some point

[el_gato]

Matched gain-staging on guitars and bass. I'll redo drums and voz tomorrow.

[nickelironsteel]

guitars

A - hardware
B - Waves

nice playing!!

[el_gato]

Originally Posted by nickelironsteel

guitars

A - hardware
B - Waves

nice playing!!

Thanks for chiming in. Guitars and bass is Dublin band Frantica doing a fantastic job on this song.

more guitars added.

[jboeke]

I don't know, but:

A sounds better!

[Mho]

results?

[Gertius]

Hi,
taking a guess, I would say for bass, drums and guitars, all A is the hardware EQ, all B is the plugins.

The vocal downloads don´t work for me unfortunately.

Results pleeeeze

[el_gato]

Quite different results from other polls I posted online.

A is Waves. B is SSL. I pushed them hard to see if the differences were more obvious.

I guess I deleted the vocals from my folder, sorry. I'll see if I have them on my DAW computer.

[Melvin III]

Great thread

[Gertius]

wow

[el_gato]

Originally Posted by Melvin III

Great thread

Many thanks. A much more interesting test on here: SSL x-rack eq and dynamics 4000 E series vs Waves

It includes the dynamics section so there you have your whole channel strip shootout.