The SSL plugs are nice but, they're not the holy grail or anything. You will do just fine without them. Aren't they in the Mercury bundle?

Oops, Leadfoot - I hadn't had my morning coffee when I posted. I have Platinum, not Mercury. :)
 
I have heard that the SLL group is one of the best set of plugs that Waves produces. That said, I have a lot of other plugs and I'm really digging the Abbey Roads stuff - RS56, HLS, Kramer Sig, as well as the CLA classic comps. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if I'm already set. It seems that I gravitate to a more vintage vibe with the Abbey Roads stuff (I'm an old Pink Floyd fan) and perhaps the SSL is a different sound altogether rather than something to compliment what I already have... I picked up the Slate VCC and FG-X too (haven't arrived yet), as well as the Maag EQ4 (Which I really dig).
 
Maybe before I got all of this the SLL would have been the bees knees, but now I'm wondering if it's a different set of crayons that I don't need for what I do...

If you've got Platinum already you can very easily live without the SSL bundle...very easily.

you guys rock!!!!
 
You've cost me a lot of money (Maag EQ4 for starters  - looking at YOU 'ol pal ), but here you go saving me a nice bit of scratch as well. :)
 
CHEERS!

You have to have it.  Your music will always suck if you don't have it.  Your talent and skill are meaningless without the Waves SSL Bundle.  Either get it or there's no place for you in the music business.

I used to think there was no replacement for Waves SSL -- nothing else gave me such snap and punch, particularly on drums -- but then I started experimenting and found I could pretty much duplicate that sound with other plugs.  Waves' own RS56 EQ was a part of the recipe for the snare, for instance, as was the judicious use of transient designers.  Now I no longer think it's a must-have, but I wouldn't say it's bad.  I still think it's one of Waves' best plugins.  But there are better values out there nowadays.
 
For UAD users, that $300 would be much better spent on the API channel strip, IMHO.
 
Cheers,
Eddie

Me neither Bit, ol pal. I'm not as rich as me either!


EDIT
Less of course you was meanin rich like....hardy har har...boy, THAT'S rich!! Ifn that was what you was meanin then I'd have to say that I am indeed as "rich" as Aunt Myrtle's Karo Nut Pie!!

As others have mentioned, you can live without the SSL Bundle.
That said, the SSL Bundle is extremely utilitarian.
I use it extensively on every mix...
 
If you didn't already have a large collection of plugins, the SSL Bundle would certainly be a great choice.

wait until you have 50% on the duende , those are in a league of their own , the waves are cool but nothing stellar ...

Zo
wait until you have 50% on the duende , those are in a league of their own , the waves are cool but nothing stellar ...

Maybe I'm a dolt but I compared Duende (which I did not own but was on a stick) and UAD at one time and found them to be too close to call any major difference.
 
At another time I compared Waves to UAD (both of which I own) and guess what? I found them to be too close to call any major difference.
 
YMMV

Well the duende respect thesound way more than the Waves (it's simply because they don't emulate the same thing) and the Duende bus comp is really killing a lot of comp including imho the uad and the Waves (but again not a 4000 G comp).....
 
    

"I really want it" should rather be "I really need it" as was suggested before, though not mentioned in those words. If I had that kind of spare money to use, I would use it for something I need or to enhance food choice and consumption, especially if I already had plugins that suited me. Better take care of other things like the body or whatever else where it's REALLY necessary (possibly including helping another person, if you're doing fine yourself, or simply saving it for a better and necessary deal in the future) than for more toys to play with.
 
Having written that, I fully understand the fun and joy of getting toys to play with :P
 
 
 
EDIT: to answer your question: no, I don't have the IK British stuff.

Good luck with the recording.