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I also really like a number of their other plugs - I've got both Neve EQs and use them a lot, the 1176 is great, the "British Channel" SSL channel strip is something I use quite a lot for when I want aggressive sounding high end boosts - think kick drums etc.
They're not all amazing - I'd say the De-esser is "ok", but I'm idly looking round for a replacement because its threshold doesn't go down far enough unless you're dealing with strong signals*, and the fairchild comp model I've never got to work for me - just never really known what to do with it, beyond using its transformer modelling to introduce a little haze round vocals.
* This is, to be fair, my one criticism generally with them - the plugs don't all seem to deal with the same 0VU reference level but DO model the effects of signal strength hitting the front end - so if you record at typical sensible digital levels and, say, slap on the 1176 model, if you want to kick the front end you've got to raise the signal volume before the plug. But then, if you use the SSL Bus compressor and set its threshold to 0db, you find they've picked a very sensible calibration point and if you're slamming the input with peaks up at -3dBfs you'll be hitting it way too hard.Not a deal breaker, just something I find I need to be aware of.
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And I like that they've added the ability to sequence masters and encode the metadata - ISRC codes etc too. That's really handy.
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As always there are a whole load of things also on 'the list', some of which I should decide on pretty quickly as otherwise it won't matter (bits related to upcoming tracking).
The pre-order price is pretty good though, and I'm sure that particular price level will return again but whether or not it will do so at a time where it will matter to me right now remains to be seen. It seems a pretty good deal on paper
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Right now I mostly use Pro Q2, and switch mode if necessary, and primarily approach from a subtractive mindset. For example I find natural phase mode sounds a huge amount better on distorted guitars than the zero latency mode if you're cutting a couple of problem frequencies. And cymbals for that matter - basically anything with a lot of harmonic content that extends quite high the phase modes become pretty different sounding.
I've found that sometimes for boosting I seem to get a more pleasing result out of analogue modelled plugs, such as the Slate Neve and SSL eqs, even when I've pretty much matched the settings in Pro Q2.
But it also does come back to workflow for me, as my natural state is to try and do things at 100mph on a computer.
Daft as it sounds, the IK EQ plugins being horizontal, rather than vertically stacked as in VMR for example, does make a lot of sense to me. Something resembling a 500 series rack doesn't mean anything to me, as I've never owned one. May be silly I know, but little things like that do affect how quickly I see things which does affect whether or not I feel like I'm being creative in a flow or stopping and trying to think, if that makes any sense.