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.

Nice review James ♥️

I thought it sounded fine before the processing til you A&B it then WOWWW! Im glad I just bought this thing.

Finally home studio environment review. I need this thing by next year.

@jossuecastaneda8135

4 жыл бұрын

Have you got it??

@accessanalog2534

4 жыл бұрын

Why wait? -We can connect you to a robotically controlled SSL Fusion in the cloud via our Analog Matrix plugin www.accessanalog.com

Eq is better than I expected.

Sounds great

check the demos in description! the fusion sounds huge!

thanks!!!!

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?

@paulmolive1821

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not even apples and oranges….totally different units!

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👊🏽🎶

@komenzmusic1342

5 жыл бұрын

ldg_ 7th you up for sharing those UAD plugs lol 😂

@TheGiftof7PRESENTS

5 жыл бұрын

Komenz Music 😂😂😂

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.

@reptilespantoso

5 жыл бұрын

Flux:: IRCAM SPAT kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2Fr1NORmMnVmtY.html

@D0CT0RS0UL

5 жыл бұрын

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 KZread sound quality cuts out a lot.

would have loved an AB of the Transformer aswell! Apart from that really nice demo cheers!

totally usefull

when I put a vintage drive or input more there is hiss noise. Does it happen to other users?

@jossuecastaneda8135

4 жыл бұрын

Mine goes away when I turn the drive knob up.

Terribly useful piece of kit.

Where can I find the second part?

I would like to see the Fusion vs Louder than liftoff Silver Bullet ....

Dude, where's the link to your website?

@ProductionExpert

5 жыл бұрын

The link is in the YT notes. Hope that helps. JWI.

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 ?

@accessanalog2534

4 жыл бұрын

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

it's something like a racked Izotope Ozone! SOunds amazing!

SPL Tube Vitalizer does the same, but more in a musical way.

@greganikin7003

5 жыл бұрын

@Chad Gillihan prove it

@mandaladigitalstudio

Жыл бұрын

OMG I was thinking on that, or if the SPL Vitalizer mk2 can be a more affordable option on this

Price?

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...

@djentlover

3 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you move production to China

@Talpator

3 жыл бұрын

Luckily, they replaced my unit and now its working perfectly :)

@djentlover

3 жыл бұрын

@@Talpator That's good! The factory probably has so much workload that the quality assurance has been a little compromised.

so it's an eq and a compressor, wow, thanks to the new owners.

@adriandonal

4 жыл бұрын

Saturation, equaliser, compression, stereo widener and have transformator which sounds bananas

pretty much like a simplified stereo version of SSL G-Channel with DSP/imaging?

@allen4527

5 жыл бұрын

Aldy Waani I don't think your getting enough processing for your money.

Production Expert, any opinion on which is better? This or the Silver Bullet?

@Ezelmusic

5 жыл бұрын

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

@ProductionExpert

5 жыл бұрын

They are different things really. Silver Bullet is a mic pre with benefits. The Fusion is a dedicated processor. JWI.

@nicolasmasset

5 жыл бұрын

Production Expert Thanks, but for line level bus duties only there must be a better unit no?

@tyranic1

5 жыл бұрын

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.

missing a limiter

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!

@reptilespantoso

5 жыл бұрын

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).

@ProductionExpert

5 жыл бұрын

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

@accessanalog2534

4 жыл бұрын

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

SSL Fusion vs AMS Neve 1073DPX?

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.

pensando solo norman , música let’s support new artists from Paraguay......

Stroke

analogue colour processor. wow who came up with that name.

@reptilespantoso

5 жыл бұрын

It's like a box of crayons. :-)

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

@reptilespantoso

5 жыл бұрын

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

@spikewilliamz8803

5 жыл бұрын

@@reptilespantoso said it best.

@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

@accessanalog2534

4 жыл бұрын

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

"non-linear saturation"? 😂amazing... is there any linear saturation?

China ey? Let's just hope I see some cheap Chinese knock offs on aliexpress

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

@pratherbby

4 жыл бұрын

let's be real... wo does ssl make products for?lol, pros!

@guitarz99

4 жыл бұрын

Prather Audio well duh, but when some pros like schepps are mixing totally in the box then this stuff is clearly not needed

@markeeledge

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt it.

@guitarz99

4 жыл бұрын

@@markeeledge I dont

@guitarz99

4 жыл бұрын

@morenazo952 oh absolutely

china made ssl))))

I could do any of these things with software

@mohawkbear8768

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something a person who has never used hardware would say...

@rstroud2623

5 жыл бұрын

@@mohawkbear8768 EXACTLY. he is probably 12

@dr.christopherdiaz4473

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@andivax

5 жыл бұрын

No

@reptilespantoso

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Soumds better in bypass

I own one. Not that impressed with it.

@jsaulkane5893

4 жыл бұрын

sounds a bit 'normal' .. SPL tube vitalizer seems to offer more oomph..

2000 € made in China...

Rubish! . Thanks for the review

Not worth the price of admission..

@accessanalog2534

4 жыл бұрын

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.. ;(

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.

@tgbitw17

4 жыл бұрын

google is your friend. hundreds of pics of rear of unit.

@ZenMountain

4 жыл бұрын

You’re. You are.

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.