SSL G-Master Buss Compressor: Bus Compressor Plugin by Waves

The plugin is designed to add a smooth, satisfying quality to a mix. Waves describes the knee behavior as one that avoids overcompression: pushing the input hard softens the knee rather than clamping down abruptly.

The feedback compression design controls levels unobtrusively, which suits group and bus processing where you want cohesion without obvious pumping. Waves notes that the plugin has been used on hit records, and that its emulation is meant to reproduce the original console sound.

Two controls have been added for everyday mixing. A Trim control handles quick level adjustment, and a Mix control enables easy parallel compression, letting you blend the compressed signal with the dry signal.

A new sidechain filter gives more precision over how the compressor responds to the signal. Waves also includes dozens of presets from recording professionals, which give a starting point for drum buses, vocal groups and stereo mixes.