Solid State Logic The Bus+

Solid State Logic The Bus+

Stereo Bus Compressor

From Solid State Logic the definitive Bus Compressor

The Solid State Logic Bus Compressor has represented for decades the highest point ever reached by the technology of the Oxford house for the processing of the analog signal, coming in fact to become a real synonym of SSL.

Nerve center of every Solid State Logic console, since the days of the SL 4000 B Series of 1976, the Bus Compressor continues to be for the vast majority of sound engineers the most reliable processing tool to make the sound of mixes full-bodied and complete, thanks to the characteristic Solid State Logic trademark ‘punch ‘.

SSL with THE BUS + has set itself one simple goal: to create the definitive version of the Bus Compressor.

The design of the new processor started from the solid foundations of the original circuitry, which has been faithfully respected, only to introduce important new options for the coloration of the sound and advanced tools for the processing. In this way the versatility of use is absolutely guaranteed, being able to obtain extremely clean and incisive sounds like those of the SuperAnalogueTM 9000 Series, as well as more ‘dirty ‘ and aggressive sounds like those obtained with the first 4000E consoles. Of course, if the need is to have a well saturated parallel compression for a battery, THE BUS + has everything you need available.

THE BUS + circuit design can not only count on very high quality components, such as the 2181 THAT VCA used for the audio signal path, but it is also extremely flexible, offering four operating modes and three distinct coloring options for the compression, which can be combined together to best suit the genre you are working on. As if that weren’t enough, THE BUS + integrates a brand new Dynamic Equalizer, a Transient Expander and a full set of options for connections and routing.

THE BUS + is the ultimate SSL Bus Compressor.

Main features

• The definitive version of the Bus Compressor
• Original SSL Bus Compressor circuit with high performance VCA THAT 2181i
• 4 operating modes – Classic Stereo, S / C Stereo, Dual Mono or Mid-Side
• New time constant options for Attack and Release – greater flexibility to model the Bus Compressor, including the new ‘Auto 2 ‘ setting
• 3 distinct compression coloring options that can be combined or used individually:
  – 4K Mode – single VCA operation with variable harmonic distortion to add ‘oomph ‘ and ‘grunge ‘ to the mix
  – LOW THD Mode – reduces the low frequency distortion caused by compression by cleaning up the low end of the band
  – F / B Mode – Alters the compression characteristics for a more ‘relaxed ‘ style
• Exceptional sonic performance and step potentiometers designed for precision mastering and processing applications
• Built-in 2-band Dynamic EQ (D-EQ)
• Transient Expander
• Configurable processing order – Bus Compressor pre D-EQ (default) or post
• External side-chain inputs and sends
• Variable side-chain High-Pass Filter control up to 300 Hz in 10 Hz steps
• Mix control for instant parallel compression