Solid State Logic The Bus+ Ultimate Bus Compressor

The Solid State Logic The Bus+ is the ultimate bus compressor based on the legendary SSL Bus Compressor found in the SSL 4000B Console released in 1976.

The Solid State Logic The Bus+ Ultimate Bus Compressor is available to audition in our showrooms.

Solid State Logic The Bus+ Ultimate Bus Compressor

Solid State Logic The Bus+ – If there is a single piece of analogue processing equipment that is synonymous with SSL, it must be the SSL Bus Compressor. From the very first commercially released SSL 4000B console in 1976 and through many generations of SSL consoles that have followed, the Bus Compressor has always been the stalwart of the console centre section. For many of the world’s top engineers and producers, the Bus Compressor continues to be the most relied upon processing tool for making mixes sound bigger and more complete, with drive and energy from adding that legendary SSL glue and punch.

We’ve been on a mission to create the ultimate and most versatile incarnation of the Bus Compressor ever. The bedrock of the design remains faithful to the original circuit and using this as the foundation, we’ve built upon it, adding several unique colouration options and advanced processing tools. If you need it to be clean and punchy like the SuperAnalogue 9000 Series version, it can be. If you need it to be gritty and grungy like an early 4000E, it can do that also. Or if you need over-the-top, saturated, parallel compression for the drums, THE BUS+ has got you covered.

THE BUS+ circuit design utilises high-grade components, including 2181 THAT VCAs for superior analogue performance, four modes of operation and 3 distinct compression colouration options which can be combined to perfectly suit the genre you’re working on. Solid State Logic The Bus+ also packs in sophisticated routing options and advanced processing tools: Dynamic Equaliser (D-EQ), Transient Expander and so much more…

Innovation
To complement the new feature set, we sought to bring improvements that would benefit recallability and technical performance. All of the pots on Solid State Logic The Bus+ are stepped and read by a microcontroller which translates the pots position into the required circuit configuration or electrical parameter. This innovative approach not only makes recall significantly easier, it also means THE BUS+ is not subject to pot tolerances – perfect for precision processing applications like mastering.

Dynamic Analogue Equaliser: D-EQ
Solid State Logic The Bus+ incorporates a host of advanced processing tools including the new Dynamic Analogue Equaliser (D-EQ). The D-EQ is a powerful 2-band Dynamic EQ that can be placed before or after The Bus Compressor. Many engineers are familiar with Dynamic EQ plug-ins inside the DAW but analogue Dynamic EQs are few and far between.

A Dynamic EQ is a more ‘intelligent’ form of EQ that changes the gain of an EQ band proportionally in response to the signal level once above a set threshold. It allows you to modify the contrast between background material (under threshold) and forward material (above threshold).

Solid State Logic The Bus+ Settings
The way engineers and producers use bus compression varies greatly. Some ‘set-and-forget’ and construct a mix into the Bus Compressor, others fine-tune time constants to work with a particular production, often applying it as the final polish to a mix. We caught up with a selection of the world’s top producers and engineers to get their feedback on THE BUS+ and see how its legendary glue and punch, in combination with new advanced processing tools, takes their bus processing to the next level.

Specifications

100% analogue circuit, controlled digitally using stepped front-panel pots
Huge +27.5 dBu headroom
Configurable processing order – Bus Compressor pre D-EQ (default) or post
CH 1 IN and CH 2 IN buttons for global bypass
Settable Operating Level – 0 dB (nominal), +10 dB, -5 dB
Sleep and Auto-Sleep modes
Precision MDAC-controlled MAKE-UP Gain with two ranges – 1 dB or 0.5 dB steps

User Manual

Download the User Manual in PDF format.

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Original price was: $4,199.Current price is: $3,999. Inc GST

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