@@Mike-vr7mb Spent 10 years working daily on a J - and it was a beast (and a headache) and you could fry an egg on the thing - but man did those channel strips sound good.
This thing is the BOSS for quickly and reliably creating AUDIBLE AGGRESSIVE COMPRESSION nearly immediately. Almost nothing equals it. Just imagine 80-channel consoles with these on every channel! Well, I’ve worked on a couple of them. It really was INSANE. You would just pray that the next client into the studio would lay something down intense enough that you could fire all of the guns up and go to town!! ⚡️⚡️✨💥💥💥⚡️⚡️✨💥💥✨⚡️⚡️ POW!!
@@phable If that is your best. It is perfect for me. I love detail and honest reviews of the good and bad. Do you know if Ferrofish is coming out with an updated version of the Pulse 16MX?
Sounds great ... also on the bus. I've worked on 4kE and G and 9kJ SSLs and I always loved not only the compressors, but especially the gates! Even if you do not dial in the compressors and the gates, they do a lot. Have to try out some of the SSL 500 modules finally!
There are days that I seriously miss my SSL J9080 Console (I don't miss the cost of running it) - it's the EQs and Dynamics I miss the most - even having 6-8 channels would be lovely. Wondering how does the B dynamics compare to the E series which I imagine would be closer to my old J desk.
When you say 19db of reference level, what do you mean? For example what should the peaks be hitting in the daw? -19? Or do you mean +19 of gain over 0? I'm not following.
@@winstonphilip9231 I guess what he means is that Its the best compressor from the console model, there differents console model, 4000B the 4000E the 9000J etc
Sounds great, I just wish companies weren't making throw away gear more, and more these days. Like I have a 7000 dollar Compressor, and if that company ever went under, and it broke, Id be screwed.
@@phable Yah, totally, but not sure you know what I'm referring too. It's all good, but was referring to a certain style of building gear that actually isn't repair friendly at all. Not impossible thats for sure, but for example, say my Compressor I was referring to broke, for one if I sent it to the company, they would 100% repair it, but they wouldn't actually replace a component if for example say just a capacitor went bad. They would actually just replace the board, but in the end you would pay a lot more, than a piece of gear you could just replace the part on yourself, quite easily. Also, if that company was out of business, you'd be screwed in the sense of, they would never release a schematic, and aside from that there wouldn't be a lot of techs that would want to take the job on. To make things a bit clearer also, I'm referring to Surface mount machine soldered boards. Even SMC board soldering by hand is totally a skill that can be learned, but it's much much more tedious, and finicky. The opposite would be Through hole components, which thats when you see actual hand soldered components, and it's a skill that many people have, easier to do, and to read the values of components, and the brand/series of component, where as SMC they are tiny tiny components half the time, and it's a whole process just to say replace one cap, and that's if it was just that. If it was a litanny of components it would be much tougher, and also, with no schematic, like I said not many people would want to take it on, or be able to do a proper job. Like they arent actually really designed to be worked on easily, and that's part of why so manyy company's are going to this, because it makes you dependent on them for a lot of the repairs, so basically instead of keeping quality, and repairability/longevity above all, they switch to SMC to save money on parts, labour, and QC, and are happy you are reliant on them to fix them, so in the end they raise their profits by a lot, and charge you the same as they were before (if they used to do stuff through hole). They count on people to not know the difference, or care, and actually most companies get defensive if the subject comes up. Theres still a few companies around that care, and are totally passionate about making/keeping stuff through hole, and the funny thing is, everyone that goes SMC, because it's mainly only better for the company themselves, the few people that are left that are sticking to through hole do it, because they know it's better all around for the quality of the gear, and the overall repairability, longevity, mod-ability etc. Like if a piece of through hole gear I have needs all new capacitors, or just one replaced, I can easily get it done, and even do it myself, but if it was SMC, and say it needed a recap, and there was 30 capacitors, it would be a nightmare, and another point, I have a preamp thats from the 90's, and the caps are like 30 years old, and the thing fully worked, and passed sound, but the caps were done. I put a kick drum through it, and it just sounded weird, and the low end distorted. Costed me about $20 to buy all the new caps, and I replaced them in a couple hours, and the preamp sounded like new. No more distortion, and sounded better than I ever remember it. If that was say a $3000 preamp from a company today, what happens in say 20-30 years when the caps wear out, and it sounds weird, it's going to basically be disposable, because the company itself 100% wont recap it for you for what a through hole preamp would cost from a tech, they want you to buy a new one. If it was through hole anyone could do it, and would maybe be $100-200 from a local tech sort of thing, and way cheaper to do it yourself minus your time. Anyway, most people, if they were to buy a preamp, compressor, or whatever nowadays, if it lasted 20-30 years, and then broke, even if they couldn't fix it, or it was super expensive to fix, they might consider that a win still, because they got that long out of it, especially if it's an engineer that makes good money, but my point is just more that SMC gear just isnt meant to last, and be serviced like through hole gear, that's all I'm saying. Like a preamp from the 60's, or 70's, take old neves, api's etc, they can be totally serviced to this day, and could still be for another 50-60 years or more. The SMC gear people buy now isn't meant to be. The main possibility of easily getting it done down the road is if a company is still around, and producing that product, and like I say, it's because they will basically just replace the whole board, or section that the fault is in. Also, how many companies these days come out with something, and discontinue it also. Again, not saying it's impossible either like you say, because there are people that can do SMC soldering, but it just becomes wayyyy more of an issue, and way more expensive, and also way more risk of damaging stuff in the process, not to mention you'll never have a schematic. All the company's today still making Through hole gear have, and will release schematics, because they want their stuff to last, and have you be able to fix it. Another big thing, is like I say, a lot of companies switched, or do SMC, because of the profits, but still will charge the same, or more, but I'd rather a company stick with Through hole, and even charge a little bit more, but yeah its a weird topic, and like I say, it's not something that's on most peoples mind, and not a conversation being had, but theres still some G's out there that, because they would feel this way as a consumer, want to keep the standard/quality up to that standard. Anyway, I'm just rambling, and maybe you knew what I meant before, but just thought I'd expand on that a bit.
Have you mixed on an SSL console before? :D
Yes AWS 924....Sweet lovely beast!
@@Mike-vr7mb hell yeah! That thing keeps me up at night. :D
@@Mike-vr7mb Spent 10 years working daily on a J - and it was a beast (and a headache) and you could fry an egg on the thing - but man did those channel strips sound good.
This thing is the BOSS for quickly and reliably creating AUDIBLE AGGRESSIVE COMPRESSION nearly immediately.
Almost nothing equals it.
Just imagine 80-channel consoles with these on every channel!
Well, I’ve worked on a couple of them.
It really was INSANE.
You would just pray that the next client into the studio would lay something down intense enough that you could fire all of the guns up and go to town!!
⚡️⚡️✨💥💥💥⚡️⚡️✨💥💥✨⚡️⚡️ POW!!
Best description ever :D
I really like the way you did this review. Perfect! Love the honesty.
Thank you, I'm trying my best :)
@@phable If that is your best. It is perfect for me. I love detail and honest reviews of the good and bad. Do you know if Ferrofish is coming out with an updated version of the Pulse 16MX?
Lot of things which I will improve (hopefully) the future. But each step after the other ;)@@braxal6983
Sounds great ... also on the bus. I've worked on 4kE and G and 9kJ SSLs and I always loved not only the compressors, but especially the gates! Even if you do not dial in the compressors and the gates, they do a lot. Have to try out some of the SSL 500 modules finally!
Wow, you're lucky! The 500 modules are a lot of fun. Can't wait to try put the Bus+
There are days that I seriously miss my SSL J9080 Console (I don't miss the cost of running it) - it's the EQs and Dynamics I miss the most - even having 6-8 channels would be lovely. Wondering how does the B dynamics compare to the E series which I imagine would be closer to my old J desk.
When you say 19db of reference level, what do you mean? For example what should the peaks be hitting in the daw? -19? Or do you mean +19 of gain over 0? I'm not following.
It sounds really great i need to get one
Actually I’m pretty sure the 4KB comps are feedback rather than the E series’s feedforward so this makes this comp closer to the SSL bus comp.
Interesting, I definitely get bus comp vibes.
the ssl native 4kb plug in really behaves like the hardware as it turns out. it really nails this
Have to check this out!
No.
Is it a model?
What do you mean?
@@phable you said it's the "best model...". It looks like the actual hardware. That confused me. :(
@@winstonphilip9231 still a bit confused. But yeah it’s a great compressor. That’s all I wanted to say :)
@@winstonphilip9231 I guess what he means is that Its the best compressor from the console model, there differents console model, 4000B the 4000E the 9000J etc
Are you in stereo or dual mono?
Dual Mono
Sounds great, I just wish companies weren't making throw away gear more, and more these days. Like I have a 7000 dollar Compressor, and if that company ever went under, and it broke, Id be screwed.
It’s not that bad. Usually you can repair analog hardware.
@@phable Yah, totally, but not sure you know what I'm referring too. It's all good, but was referring to a certain style of building gear that actually isn't repair friendly at all. Not impossible thats for sure, but for example, say my Compressor I was referring to broke, for one if I sent it to the company, they would 100% repair it, but they wouldn't actually replace a component if for example say just a capacitor went bad. They would actually just replace the board, but in the end you would pay a lot more, than a piece of gear you could just replace the part on yourself, quite easily. Also, if that company was out of business, you'd be screwed in the sense of, they would never release a schematic, and aside from that there wouldn't be a lot of techs that would want to take the job on. To make things a bit clearer also, I'm referring to Surface mount machine soldered boards. Even SMC board soldering by hand is totally a skill that can be learned, but it's much much more tedious, and finicky. The opposite would be Through hole components, which thats when you see actual hand soldered components, and it's a skill that many people have, easier to do, and to read the values of components, and the brand/series of component, where as SMC they are tiny tiny components half the time, and it's a whole process just to say replace one cap, and that's if it was just that. If it was a litanny of components it would be much tougher, and also, with no schematic, like I said not many people would want to take it on, or be able to do a proper job. Like they arent actually really designed to be worked on easily, and that's part of why so manyy company's are going to this, because it makes you dependent on them for a lot of the repairs, so basically instead of keeping quality, and repairability/longevity above all, they switch to SMC to save money on parts, labour, and QC, and are happy you are reliant on them to fix them, so in the end they raise their profits by a lot, and charge you the same as they were before (if they used to do stuff through hole). They count on people to not know the difference, or care, and actually most companies get defensive if the subject comes up.
Theres still a few companies around that care, and are totally passionate about making/keeping stuff through hole, and the funny thing is, everyone that goes SMC, because it's mainly only better for the company themselves, the few people that are left that are sticking to through hole do it, because they know it's better all around for the quality of the gear, and the overall repairability, longevity, mod-ability etc. Like if a piece of through hole gear I have needs all new capacitors, or just one replaced, I can easily get it done, and even do it myself, but if it was SMC, and say it needed a recap, and there was 30 capacitors, it would be a nightmare, and another point, I have a preamp thats from the 90's, and the caps are like 30 years old, and the thing fully worked, and passed sound, but the caps were done. I put a kick drum through it, and it just sounded weird, and the low end distorted. Costed me about $20 to buy all the new caps, and I replaced them in a couple hours, and the preamp sounded like new. No more distortion, and sounded better than I ever remember it. If that was say a $3000 preamp from a company today, what happens in say 20-30 years when the caps wear out, and it sounds weird, it's going to basically be disposable, because the company itself 100% wont recap it for you for what a through hole preamp would cost from a tech, they want you to buy a new one. If it was through hole anyone could do it, and would maybe be $100-200 from a local tech sort of thing, and way cheaper to do it yourself minus your time.
Anyway, most people, if they were to buy a preamp, compressor, or whatever nowadays, if it lasted 20-30 years, and then broke, even if they couldn't fix it, or it was super expensive to fix, they might consider that a win still, because they got that long out of it, especially if it's an engineer that makes good money, but my point is just more that SMC gear just isnt meant to last, and be serviced like through hole gear, that's all I'm saying. Like a preamp from the 60's, or 70's, take old neves, api's etc, they can be totally serviced to this day, and could still be for another 50-60 years or more. The SMC gear people buy now isn't meant to be. The main possibility of easily getting it done down the road is if a company is still around, and producing that product, and like I say, it's because they will basically just replace the whole board, or section that the fault is in. Also, how many companies these days come out with something, and discontinue it also. Again, not saying it's impossible either like you say, because there are people that can do SMC soldering, but it just becomes wayyyy more of an issue, and way more expensive, and also way more risk of damaging stuff in the process, not to mention you'll never have a schematic. All the company's today still making Through hole gear have, and will release schematics, because they want their stuff to last, and have you be able to fix it. Another big thing, is like I say, a lot of companies switched, or do SMC, because of the profits, but still will charge the same, or more, but I'd rather a company stick with Through hole, and even charge a little bit more, but yeah its a weird topic, and like I say, it's not something that's on most peoples mind, and not a conversation being had, but theres still some G's out there that, because they would feel this way as a consumer, want to keep the standard/quality up to that standard.
Anyway, I'm just rambling, and maybe you knew what I meant before, but just thought I'd expand on that a bit.
It's louder yes. But we all know the number 1 rule. Louder is better!
Always!