The ABCs of SSL - Mixing with Waves SSL EV2 

This is how every body should be doing tutorials on plugins; with f***king real examples. Kudos.

I love that there wasn’t a history lesson on the SSL and yadayada. Didn’t waste time. 👍

This feels so easy and simple when watching vs when you actually mixing it :D Great tutorial.

This is the most detailed and informative SSL video I've come across! Thank you Dan :)

Hello, what a great job you do! I am a young beginner of 63 years old and each of your tutorials are both demonstrative of the pluggin concerned but also extremely educational on how to work and understand a mix. I drink every word and knowledge you give us. And even if, French, I only have an average command of Lennon's language, you are one of the few that I understand without too much difficulty, the best of the best, the cherry on the cake, would be for you to slow down your speech very slightly. voice rate, just a little bit, so that it is perfect for non-English speakers like me. But once again, you do a great , great job. Thanks thanks thanks ! 👍😃

Absolutely love this new EV 2 plug. And thanks Dan for the Vids. Great job guys 👍

Excellent rapid-without-rushing tutorial... thank you very much!

Nice work Dan - really efficient, comprehensive, easy to follow presentation!

For some reason the SSL EV2 is the first SSL strip that I REALLY liked. I do love the brown knobs, particularly with the change from -18db slope to -12db slope on the filter. I also love the UI color improvements in this one compared to the previous SSL channels. It's a small difference but it's just easier on the eyes, with a little more color on the knobs.

The best explained usage of the new SSL EV2 waves plugin.

Great Demo! He is one of the best out there. Really takes his time, and works through things.

Dans the man!! Always thorough n very easy to follow. Thx Dan!! 👑

Incredible video! Saved me weeks worth of research. You covered it ALL.

Wow, just bought this and with these simple steps I'm able to sound 100x's better. Keep it up!

This man is being iconic to me

Easy to follow, and I learned some new things. Thank you!

Thank you sir! Great tutorialI! I picked up this CS and it is Solid! , awesome GUI and mostly sound quality!! Took me by surprise vs other owned version! Cheers!

Fantastic tutorial

Dan's teaching is first class

Simply cool! Really cool!

Best video yet!

Awesome!! Thank you 🔥🔥

Nice one Dan ! Cheers

Props to this man for having a Roland 2480! Great sounding machine and a work horse

Loved this video! I would have loved to see an A/B of the entire mix at the end to hear the finished product. Just an idea!

Very useful video! Thanx!

Extremely helpful!

Only nine minutes in and I've learned a great deal! I love this plug-in and I've used it a quite a bit on some terrific mixes, if I do say so, myself. Only because this plug-in has about 74 JILLION presets! Now I feel confident I can make the moves knowing what does what. Thank you for sharing.

Best yet for sure.. now I know how to use it... Much much appreciated 🎶🎵🎶👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🎶🎵🎶 I love the way this sounds... Now I have to mix all my songs over... Lol

This Guy makes these tutorials soo easy to embrace 🧘🏿‍♀️🧘🏿‍♀️✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 God bless u

Nice Tutorial. recently got this pug-in and I'm Really curious on the differences and how to work it.Appreciate Your Video

Great job

This plug in is sick. I gotta cop

great tutorial

Favorite tutor

Very informative video... Thank you....

Waves is King!

Something money can't buy. That is this man's accent. I love it. I could listen to his voice and he could even be talking about selling a 5oz can of shit. And I would say " ,,,,,hmmm ya, I think I DO want to go buy a 5oz can of shit ". lol. Love his voice, and I love this plugin. If you don't have it...GET IT. It's a must. Great video my friend and great voice!!

thank you very much sir :)

Waves tutorials become better and better.

Really good tutorial, real life examples.

Just bought the SSL plug in. should have bought the v2

... i love it ...

Love a girthy 300hz guitar

Ah thanks a lot for this explanation! I was wondering about those weird buttons, what they actually mean :)

Dan's the Man. Just coined that phrase but #feelfree 2 use it!

The 20db pad comes before both gain knobs in chain so adding 20db of input to add saturation and turning on the 20db pad get you back to the beginning where you started, all the harmonics are where they were before. The procedure should be to lower the output and then the preamp saturation stays, however it brings aliasing as the plugin does not oversample in 2022. for some strange reason.

Wow! 😲

Need.G.V.2. :-) great Plugin, the ne Version

💯🔊🚀

is it me or did the extra wide, bring it more center? sounded better with the button pressed and lit up, but didn't sound wider...

I understand.

CPU Killer :D

I really like the eq solo/listen feature, does anyone know any other analog eq plugins with this feature?

👍🏾🔥👍🏾

I wonder whether this is sufficiently different to the first Waves SSL for it to be sensible to buy this, if I already basically have it.

Great video #mrhnp

Now I know why it’s so expensive for a mixed an master track 🏆

BTW, I know that this plugin is much, much more than what I am trying to do with it but, is it possible to use this plugin like a channel trim, too? I am asking this because it seems that it's not possible.

I'm listening to this on my Samsung S8 phone. Wow. I will never use the wider! As soon as the button was engaged it completely killed the guitar. It made it sound like it was phasing and wobbly like it is under water... maybe it's just RU-vid but if you're going to try the widener, I strongly suggest you test your mixes on a phone.

Why is your line channel exactly the same as mic channel?

all of the audio is clipping this is insane

Why does the extra wide mode sound so comb-filtered? It's not pleasant.

I have purchased but it is not install and working............

Dan I have a silly question maybe maybe not have you thought about using this EV2 plug-in inside CLA MixHub empty slot?? would that be too much. or would it actually work and we would get the best of both worlds CLA MixHub is his SSL desk modeled

How can you know what you're doing listening in such isolation?

Hi. Thank you for this fantastic video. I`m not able to open/find the preset browser. I can see all the presets but the browser will help to speed up the searches. Can you help? Thank you

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thanks for the detailed information, very good video. But tell me why such a big load on the processor when the EQ block is activated? it is not possible to work even with one plug-in, the sound is immediately distorted and the image slows down. load more than 25%. if the EQ unit is turned off then the load is about 4%

any discounts for ppl who already purchased the ssl bundle prior to this coming out?

Most young engineers do not understand, the incredible importance of, critical gain staging. That's where the magic really lies. To keep the punch and to keep the snap and the zing. Intact. Without getting all bloated sounding or topping out. And it's a fine give and take. A little here a little there. It was even more important in the actual, SSL consoles. As their internal circuitry was largely, integrated circuit chip, VCA's and dozens of, FET transistor switches. And where one day. Bob Clearmountain tells me. He hated API consoles. Because he could never get his sound. And I perfectly understand. The API's are just too clean. They don't have the grunge. You get with an SSL. And he needs that grunge. To get his sound. And that requires SSL 4000 E. And Apogee Converters. Since his wife, owns that company. And so Bob records on Neve and mixes on SSL. And occasionally uses a, single-channel, Apogee, converter. On his MacBook Pro and ProTools. And tells me he likes that Apogee MIC preamp. In that earliest unit they no longer make. And doesn't like the newer one as much. And I was like saying… Bob. What are you saying about your wife's company? Two that he gives me a wry smile. And says I know but… I like the earliest one best. Which I found very funny. And unfortunately. No drivers for Windows machines. For those smaller one and two input converters. Go figure? I don't do Mac. Sure they work and are more costly. I don't care for the snob factor. I'm not into that nonsense. Some of us are actual real engineers. We design build and maintain things. And record. RemyRAD

Is this for vocals or mixing beats or instrumentals?

I can’t find the preset search box🤷‍♂️

What song is he using??

11:08

can someone explain why this plugin has so many useless knobs like why do u need 2 input gains and an extra -20 db button if they all do the same

Compared to Omni Channel, what can this do that Omni Channel can't vice versa?

I felt like I was watching a Gordon Ramsay how to.

Dan is the only good thing about Waves

Okay, now make it use 50% less CPU please.

Lordy shes uh ….not who I’d pick