Testing The New SSL Fusion Stereo Analogue Colour Processor
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- In this video for Production Expert, Technical Editor James Ivey takes a look at the NEW SSL Fusion Stereo Analogue Colour processor. You can read the full review and check out high quality audio examples at the Production Expert website: www.pro-tools-expert.com/prod...
I have been running some older tracks that I’ve done and I can honestly tell you that they are not the same. The SSL fusion is just priceless!! Huge sounding tracks, with the polish you’ve been searching for!! Trust me 🤓 get it.
Love your reviews james. Specially your choice of tracks really puts a new gear through its paces. Thank you for the enlightenment! Best wishes.
PS: That moment when you raised the input trim... Hmmmm ... Pure orgasmic well glued sound. Loved it! Will start saving up.
another lovely SSL unit::) thanks for nice review James
Great piece of equipment! The test and comparison was super helpful. Thanks!
Excellent review! Still on the edge of buying and this really helped.
I thought it sounded fine before the processing til you A&B it then WOWWW! Im glad I just bought this thing.
Nice review James ♥️
Finally home studio environment review. I need this thing by next year.
Have you got it??
Why wait? -We can connect you to a robotically controlled SSL Fusion in the cloud via our Analog Matrix plugin www.accessanalog.com
Sounds great
Eq is better than I expected.
thanks!!!!
check the demos in description! the fusion sounds huge!
totally usefull
Where can I find the second part?
when I put a vintage drive or input more there is hiss noise. Does it happen to other users?
Mine goes away when I turn the drive knob up.
I’m glad there’s still company making hardware gear... I use the UAD plugins, I’ve got them all, yet having used a LOT of the real world gear, I’d still prefer some them over plugins. Rather hardware or software, they BOTH have their respective purpose in the creative process of making music.
Keep making the vid’s.
Dap👊🏽🎶
ldg_ 7th you up for sharing those UAD plugs lol 😂
Komenz Music
😂😂😂
Well done man! Hey was wondering - I know they’re different things but would you go for a Manley Variable Mu with T Bar or a SSL Fusion?
That’s not even apples and oranges….totally different units!
would have loved an AB of the Transformer aswell! Apart from that really nice demo cheers!
it really sounds amazing, thanks for sharing this information !... Also thanks for all the awesome knowledge you are kindly sharing on your You Tube channel , I just registered on it ... I have a question please : based on your experience, what would be the piece of software (not hardware) that could do the best job for sitting correctly instruments in the Stereo scene and particularly for moving some instruments in upper part of the Stereo scene please ?.. Not talking about higher frequencies but upper location in the Stereo scene.
Flux:: IRCAM SPAT
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That's not what I asked, I did not ask for sound system in a concert... I have asked for a software (or plugin) that help you place some of your instruments in your DAW at a higher location in the stereo scene...
Units like this are awesome but I also find it really hard to decide which settings actually sound better, so many sweet spots, lead to to many tough choices. Often after hours of tweaking and procrastinating I swear half the time the choice ends up been random 😂
Still it generally is going to sound excellent with ssl. & playing around with insert & various bits of kit in the m\s setting sure opens up a heap of possibilities 🤔
kinda like to hear one in person cos UA-cam sound quality cuts out a lot.
Price?
Dude, where's the link to your website?
The link is in the YT notes. Hope that helps. JWI.
Terribly useful piece of kit.
Wow! You have the combo I am thinking of getting.... Neve 8816 + SSL Fusion! :-) Im researching deep on this before opening my wallet... One really really important question for me... How do you compare the width between the fusion and the 8816 ?
Try the Fusion from your studio with your music - we can connect you to a robotically controlled SSL Fusion in the cloud via our Analog Matrix plugin www.accessanalog.com
I would like to see the Fusion vs Louder than liftoff Silver Bullet ....
it's something like a racked Izotope Ozone! SOunds amazing!
SSL Fusion vs AMS Neve 1073DPX?
pretty much like a simplified stereo version of SSL G-Channel with DSP/imaging?
Aldy Waani I don't think your getting enough processing for your money.
missing a limiter
SPL Tube Vitalizer does the same, but more in a musical way.
@Chad Gillihan prove it
OMG I was thinking on that, or if the SPL Vitalizer mk2 can be a more affordable option on this
Just bought this piece and i must say im dissapointed...bought this mainly for master bus but soon as i turn on the drive i get like 0.4 db louder signal on the right channel. After adding just a little bit of stereo image signal drifts 0.6 db louder to right channel. This is way too much and unaccaptable for mastering. There is no way around it no matter what i do. First i thought the unit is damaged but guys from SSL explained me that this is kind of normal...
That's what happens when you move production to China
Luckily, they replaced my unit and now its working perfectly :)
@@Talpator That's good! The factory probably has so much workload that the quality assurance has been a little compromised.
Production Expert, any opinion on which is better? This or the Silver Bullet?
Yea I want to know that as well! Seems this edges the Silver Bullet with the Stereo width module and the HF comp but the SB is a full Pre + The twin topology of the amps might give more coloration than what's achieved with this unit, would love your opinion
They are different things really. Silver Bullet is a mic pre with benefits. The Fusion is a dedicated processor. JWI.
Production Expert Thanks, but for line level bus duties only there must be a better unit no?
I would not sell my Silver Bullet for this. The mike pre that it has is something else, even compared to other desert island mike pre's. As for the stereo width effect i'd just add Matthew Lane after the SB. The SB can elevate some mixes amazingly well.
Stroke
Was hoping to see a more professional AB testing.
For ex.
The drive was so subtle. Test with more input next time. I actually wanna hear what it can do! Especially on drums!
One setting on the EQ? That was fast! Why no step thru all the freq steps?
HF Compressor. No clear AB? Could't hear jack what it was doing when you AB with both EQ and HF Comp.
Why no solobypass?
Stereo Image. When doing it so subtle it just sound like a level increase of the side channel?
Hos can I make something out of that?
The transformer circuit AB should have been done in solobypass not masterbypass? How can we desern what it does??
I'm writing this to help you make a better AB next time! Good luck!
Agree. Not enough time for the unprocessed sound either. Need to establish a "ground level" sound for us to get used to (one full bar is enough).
Or, you could check out the article (as I advise to in the video) where you can see and hear exactly that. An entire pass of both processed and unprocessed: www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/2018/10/11/we-try-the-new-solid-state-logic-ssl-fusion-on-our-mix-bus-to-hear-how-it-can-improve-our-mixes
Try the Fusion from your studio with your music - we can connect you to a robotically controlled SSL Fusion in the cloud via our Analog Matrix plugin www.accessanalog.com
so it's an eq and a compressor, wow, thanks to the new owners.
Saturation, equaliser, compression, stereo widener and have transformator which sounds bananas
pensando solo norman , música let’s support new artists from Paraguay......
MMMmm...not convinced that EQ covers and hide all the meat and body of te snare and gives that plastic top end..... maybe the HIhat was too loud in the mix?? or the EQ is not so good? also this time was not convinced at all with the Saturation.... was meh when A/Bing with the bypass
It complements the eq many people already have in the rack.
The "drive" circuit is that SSL Buscompressor sound. (but then over the top)
I'd mix that with a clean original. (at the insert point in standard mode)
That insert point is a deal maker. :-D
@@reptilespantoso said it best.
I know your gonna hate this, but honestly I like the track better without the SSL Fusion. The drums just sound much more natural and the acoustics and dynamics stay in tact.
analogue colour processor. wow who came up with that name.
It's like a box of crayons. :-)
@5:35 lol leep turning that x-over buddy. That knob doesn't do anything when you've got the threshold turned all the way down. Threshold isn't a boost or cut and if you would actually use your ears you would have noticed. Some expert
The Black box HG-2 is a better sounding unit than the SSL Fusion in my opinion
Compare them both - Try the Fusion and HG2 from your studio with your music - we can connect you to a robotically controlled SSL Fusion and HG2 in the cloud via our Analog Matrix plugin www.accessanalog.com
China ey? Let's just hope I see some cheap Chinese knock offs on aliexpress
"non-linear saturation"? 😂amazing... is there any linear saturation?
I'm in the market for a turd polisher please 🙏🏽
way too much money, high end pro studios might buy this thing to impress customers
let's be real... wo does ssl make products for?lol, pros!
Prather Audio well duh, but when some pros like schepps are mixing totally in the box then this stuff is clearly not needed
I doubt it.
@@markeeledge I dont
@morenazo952 oh absolutely
Soumds better in bypass
I could do any of these things with software
Sounds like something a person who has never used hardware would say...
@@mohawkbear8768 EXACTLY. he is probably 12
I teach many millennials who say the same thing.
I respond with this:
Would you rather have an internet girlfriend you chat with on a computer, or would you rather have a real world girlfriend you can actually meet and see?
They dont argue anymore after that.
No
No. Well not in my experience. Even with some of the best plugins there's a different result. Software has it's place, and I use it a lot. Some of it is really good. But this "SSL buscompressor on stun" compressed sound.... nope. A bit hyped, but not agressive. Not in software. Eq sounds sweet too, try that with a shit recorded take through some generic converter in a 200$ "artist" package, and some random EQ a random person is using because everyone's using it, and he or she will have a harsh top end and phase problems in the low end. Which you won't hear because you've been monitoring with the EQ on, so your ears have adjusted to it. And then you're adding shit to the pile. Which is not my objective.
A combination of hard- and software at the moment gives me the best results.
I own one. Not that impressed with it.
sounds a bit 'normal' .. SPL tube vitalizer seems to offer more oomph..
2000 € made in China...
not convinced and if your going to review a device one of the most important things is what goes on at the rear ie connectors.
google is your friend. hundreds of pics of rear of unit.
You’re. You are.
china made ssl))))
Rubish! . Thanks for the review
Not worth the price of admission..
Try the Fusion from your studio with your music - we can connect you to a robotically controlled SSL Fusion in the cloud via our Analog Matrix plugin www.accessanalog.com
Oh no made in China.. ;(
So I listened till he ran a rock drum kit through it. Worse than useless.
MMMMMM..... FOR THE PRICE, I STAY WITH THE 2BUS + DANGEROUS ... OR ANY OTHER OPTION ... IN MY OPINION THE NEW PRODUCTS OF SSL SOUND VERY POOR AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY ARE MADE WITH GOOD CHEAP MATERIALS ... ONE LAST, I PREFER TO SPEND MY MONEY IN API, NEVE, ETC
considering most things are rendered to being streamed online or mp3 these days i would say its another unnecessary, luxurious, indulgent toy. in 10 years this thing will be worth nothing
Man, YOU TALK TOO MUCH.
"i have overdone the top end with this section but i can tame it with the next"?????? What a load of useless nonsense and all with the worst microphone sound on you tube. What a waste of time.