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What's Included: UAD Native and UAD-2 Realtime

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The world's finest emulations of the certified hit-making channel strip and bus compressor – now available as UAD Native plug-ins

The SSL 4000 Series is famous as the console series employed on more Platinum-selling records than any other. With its wide range of VCA compression characteristics and intuitive EQs — rich with colorful band interdependencies — it's easy to hear why.

Working in close partnership with Solid State Logic, Universal Audio proudly unveils the SSL 4000 Series Classic Console Bundle for Native and UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces — a perfect match of exacting circuit emulations from these certified hit-making machines.

Included Versions

UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.

Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.

UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.

  • NEW! UAD Native plug-ins with external side-chaining capabilities, for even more dynamic control over your mixes — no Apollo required
  • Track and mix with an exacting emulation of SSL E Series Console Type E “black” and “brown” knob channel EQ and filters
  • Harness famous SSL E Series VCA Compression — from transparent to “in your face”
  • Harness the SSL E Series’ highly responsive Gate including “no-chatter” mode derived from later designs
  • Easily add G Bus glue and cohesion to drums, strings, and background vocals
  • Elevate your mix bus with legendary SSL G Bus compression
  • Use the G Bus’s Auto Fade feature (1-60 seconds) as found in original console
  • Mix with artist presets from Just Blaze (Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar), Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers), Peter Mokran (The Flaming Lips, Mary J. Blige), Ian Boxill (Prince, Tupac), and more

Included Plug-Ins

SSL 4000 E Series Channel Strip

SSL 4000 E Series Channel Strip

The SSL E Series Channel Strip plug-in gives you everything you need to dial in professional, polished tracks with classic SSL sonics. With the inclusion of both the Type E “black knob” and “brown knob” four-band EQ and filters — hallowed in SSL lineage — you can apply refined punch to drums, presence to vocals, and heft to bass. Other features include high and low cut filters, an expander/gate, and compression.

SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor

SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor

A faithful circuit emulation of the legendary SSL 4000 G console's bus compressor, this iconic dynamics processor delivers undeniable drive and punch that helped make the original 4000 G Series the world's most successful production console. Top engineers have come to rely on this master compressor to "glue together" mixes like nothing else, as well as patching into it for stunningly musical results on drums, pianos, and more.

SSL 4000 E Series Channel Strip Collection

Most authentic SSL 4000 E Channel Strip plug-in, including mic preamp modeling

Developed and voiced in close partnership with Solid State Logic

Record in realtime using Apollo interface with Unison technology for authentic analog input impedance and gain staging

Now includes Jensen transformer Input amplifier and other nonlinear circuit behaviors

Exacting nonlinear circuit emulation of both Type E “black” and “brown” knob channel EQ and filters

Flexible VCA Compressor range, from transparent to “in your face” aggression

Highly responsive Gate including “no-chatter” mode derived from modern SSL designs

SSL G Series Bus Compressor Collection

Painstakingly modeled by Universal Audio's plug-in design team, licensed and authenticated by Solid State Logic

Beloved 4000 G era compressor design, measured from the all-discrete hardware

Specially tailored dynamic characteristics ideal for compressing full mix or subgroups

Provides the entire circuit path and control set of the stereo dual-VCA compressor

Signature 4000 G features include fixed range Attack and Release including program-dependent "Auto" release, and Auto Fade

Plug-in exclusive features include SC Filter, Dry/Wet parallel processing and Headroom for user-customizable operating level

Customer Reviews

SSL 4000 Series Console Bundle

Overall Rating

4.7/5
(61)

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November 22, 2024

Fantastic plugin

Absolute go-to plugin for tone shaping! 5/5

M. Fletcher

November 20, 2024

Doubleplusgood

This is a superb compressor. Very clean non-coloured sound that works excellently with drum material and many other things I've tried. Try a 10ms attack and a very quick release on a 10 ratio - dial it in using threshold and mix control, and adjusting the SC listen frequency. Don't get it to do too much work and it's brilliant on stereo or other busses.

L. Predator

November 20, 2024

Melhor SSL 4000

Simplesmente o MELHOR SSL 4000! Tem algo mágico nesse console! Tenho as principais marcas do mercado, e nenhum chega perto da UAD!

J. McNair

November 16, 2024

Legendary sound

Love the tone of the ssl

D. Pollard

November 14, 2024

Awesome

Great plug-in. Does the SSL thing.

W. Silva

November 13, 2024

It is Simply the best. Perfect.

I have other SSL plugins from other brands and this one from UAD is by far the best. Even because I made the comparisons. Perfect.

A. Dahlback

November 8, 2024

One of the better SSL emulations

Sonic State Logic is a bit of a standard when it comes to high-end mixing. Therefore, there are several competitors to compare with. UAD are known for almost always having top-of-the-line products, and this one is no exception. Nice, polished and well emulated.
Five stars - but the fifth does not shine so brightly. The UADx variant wants too much processing power in relation to the sound it provides.

D. Bordin

November 3, 2024

Upgrade

Well worth the upgrade price offer.

A. Mujic

November 2, 2024

SHAME ON YOU UA

They just charge 2x price for those who already own DSP plugins. No FREE native plugins for us. Shame on you UA team. Been your fan for years like leaders in music industry.

e. pellegrino

November 2, 2024

Top…

The best ssl 4k

W. Rice

November 1, 2024

all you need

A complete SSL mixing console with that sound, yeah you can hear it.

C. Swift

November 1, 2024

Great price and quality

I cannot believe I managed to buy this for so cheap. It has such a great sound. Over the years I've always wanted to try UAD and now they're native, I can. Thanks UAD for bringing your stuff to us native users, I have a lot of your stuff now and I'm really impressed.

D. Meaume

November 1, 2024

Sidechain input in 2024, Congrats UA

The Channel strip and comp are great, we already know that...But it s a shame to call that an upgrade when you from the dsp version.Paid to get a sidechain input, in 2024, seriously?
Great plugin, awful upgrade price.

A. Wassermann

November 1, 2024

Perfect bundle

This bundle is perfect for emulation desk ssl

J. György

November 1, 2024

The best Chanel strip plugin!

Sound amazing! I use it on all tracks! Mi

D. Stekachev

November 1, 2024

Now we need to pay for Native?

Why would we need to pay for upgrade for Native if some of us have already paid full price for the product? Very frustrating.

D. Lowndes

October 31, 2024

Sounds great as always, but...

It's pretty infuriating to be asked to pay a fee to go native when UAD is phasing out the hardware accelerator cards. Users like myself paid significantly more than the company is charging for their plug-ins now, and an added fee to keep things working and relevant is a real slap in the face.

UAD, I love your products, but you aren't treating your loyal, long-time customers with much respect here!

I. Kumpel

October 31, 2024

SSL 4000 Series Console Bundle

I've been waiting for the native version of these plugins for a long time. And it happened! The sound is divine, as is the case with all UAD plugins

B. Weiss

October 31, 2024

Tolle Umsetzung des SSL 4000 channels

Ich habe persönlich an SSL und Neve Konsolen arbeiten dürfen und viele Produktionen in den 80/90ziger damit produzieren können. Diese SSL Umsetzung ins Digital kommt dem Analogen sehr nahe. Ich habe über Cubase alle Channels mit SSL channel stripes bestückt und geschaut wie weit man ans Original kommen könnte. Klaro, der Test kann nicht wirklich verglichen werden,...aber, das Ergebnis des Produktionsresultates ist super. Ein toller Channel, mit viel Charakter, der zupackt und gut klingt, was auch immer das für den Nutzer diese Plugins bedeutet, da Vieles Geschmack Sache ist. Ich finde ihn toll und im Vergleich zu den Waves hat er mehr SSL Charakter.

c. nestola

October 29, 2024

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