SSL Native Bus Compressor 2: Stereo Bus Compressor Plugin by Solid State Logic

Solid State Logic presents this compressor as a tool for gluing a mix together, the kind of processing often applied across a stereo group or master bus. The developer says it has a distinctly musical response and keeps the dynamic character of a mix even at higher compression ratios.

The compressor is updated for 2021 with new Attack, Release and Compression Ratio controls. Together with the dry/wet control, these let you shape how hard the bus is working and how much of the processed signal is blended with the untreated mix.

The dry/wet parallel processing control lets you blend the compressed signal with the original, a common way to add density and punch without fully squashing the mix. The sidechain highpass filter is intended to reduce low-end pumping, so the compressor reacts less to bass energy.

The plugin also integrates with SSL 360. According to Solid State Logic, it can be controlled from 360-enabled hardware surfaces such as the UC1 and UF8.