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

 I can save someone some $ if you have a spare PCI express slot. I have my old SSL Duende card sitting in my junk pile. It has already been crossgraded to native so no further plugs can be registered to it, but it comes bundled with the buss compressor and channel strip. Willing to sell cheap or trade for something cool ;)

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

Then again..... I don't have any endorsement deals.
 

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).....
 
    

Does anyone have experience comparing the above to IK's British Studio series?

"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.

I appreciate your feedback Jermaine.
 
Last night I downloaded the Waves SSL and API demos. I compared the EQs in both and MUCH preferred the API for my music, and I found that it does do something special that my existing plugins don't quite do. I also compared the IK British compressor to the Waves SSL compress and they were VERY close to my ears (and both sounded great). I couldn't get the sounds I wanted from the API compressor, but clearly I just need to learn how to use this properly.
 
I bought the API. :)
 
I get to record my son's band in my studio next week, and I've sort of used that as an excuse to stock up on some new toys. I really want to do a great job for these talented kids. They have a sax and a female singer, which will be new to me. It certainly won't be the room, the plugs, or the equipment if they don't sound good!

Good luck with the recording.