Years ago I became fond of the Waves SSL bundle for my track shaping needs.  I liked that there was a good EQ/Gate/Comp in a single interface that seemed to work for me. 
 
Today in SONAR, the Prochannel has "S-type" emulations of most of these elements, as well as other tools.
 
My question is:  If you like to use S-type tools in your channels, do you prefer Waves, Prochannel, or something else?  If so, why?
 
The Waves SSL bundle also has the SSL bus compressor, which some have said is worth the price of the bundle itself.  The Prochannel used to offer an S-type bus compressor, but it doesn't seem to be available any more. 
 
Bonus question:  What happened to the Prochannel S-type bus compressor?  (and the softube offerings). 

schwa
Bonus question:  What happened to the Prochannel S-type bus compressor?  (and the softube offerings). 

What do you mean? They still exist.

The SSL Buss comp comes as one of the basic ProChannel comps (the other being the 1176 model), or use to.  Just try finding a list of those two on the website quickly.  The rest of the SSL channel stuff seems to still be available, as well as the soft tube products.

Got it, I didn't realize that the SSL bus comp was an included component.

It only shows up buses. Realistic but annoying.

Sanderxpander
It only shows up buses. Realistic but annoying.

No, you can load it in any track. It is the default for buses.

Sanderxpander
It only shows up buses. Realistic but annoying.

You can insert the PC4K in a track or bus; same with the PC76. The limitation is that you can have only one of them at a time in the ProChannel. Then again since most people have a CA-2A, you can insert that and a PC4K in the same ProChannel if you want "squash" before "glue" (or vice-versa).

Ah sorry for that misinformation then, so if I wanted it on a track it would show up if I deleted the 76 first? Or used replace?

Anderton

Sanderxpander
It only shows up buses. Realistic but annoying.

You can insert the PC4K in a track or bus; same with the PC76. The limitation is that you can have only one of them at a time in the ProChannel.

This is correct. It goes back to the original PC architecture which had one compressor slot per PC. While the PC architecture was changed in X1 Expanded, the original PC modules were never modified to the new modular design.

Sanderxpander
so if I wanted it on a track it would show up if I deleted the 76 first? Or used replace?

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