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SSL’s 4K B channel strip plugin gives you the sound of the console used for recording Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight.

SL 4000 B emulation is “SSL’s most authentic channel strip model yet”. SSL is going back to its roots with the release of the 4K B plugin, a channel strip that promises to give you the sound of its classic, super-rare SL 4000 B console.

Released in 1976, just six SL 4000 Bs were built and sold to studios, including Abbey Road. One of them also found its way to London’s Townhouse Studios; you can hear its sound on the likes of The Buggles’ Video Killed The Radio Star, Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight and Peter Gabriel’s Intruder, to name just three of the tracks recorded through it.

The 4K B plugin is said to be SSL’s most authentic channel strip model yet, having been modelled down to component level based on the original console’s schematics. It promises a contrasting sonic flavour to Channel Strip 2, SSL’s 9000 series plugin.

The sound is shaped using EQ, channel dynamics based on the SSL Bus Compressor design (Compressor/Gate/Expander/De-Esser) and a switchable mic preamp with variable drive. You can throw in additional analogue character using the VCA fader.

“The 4K B represents a new milestone in what is possible using plugin technology, done the way that only SSL can do,” reckons Enrique Perez, Chief Technology Officer of SSL. “We’ve not only used original hardware schematics to meticulously model the 4000 B console, but created analogue simulations and detailed hardware prototypes, making the 4K B plugin ultra-realistic; we’re particularly pleased with the Mic Drive and Dynamics section, they’re full of ‘early’ SSL character.”

The 4K B plugin is available exclusively with the SSL Complete bundle or UC1 hardware. The company has also updated its 360° software ecosystem to version 1.4, adding a number of features in the process.

Find out more on the Solid State Logic website. A subscription to SSL Complete costs $15 a month and gives you every plugin that the company offers, and there’s also a 30-day free trial.

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We already knew that GPU Audio’s graphics card processing technology could be used to power effects, and now the company has revealed that it is working on a GPU-fuelled synth plugin known as Major.

Announced during a recent Pro Synth Network Show, Major is an eight-layer instrument that is described as a cross between existing synth plugins Sylenth1 and Rapture. It gives you eight oscillators, a sub oscillator and eight samplers per layer, so the sound design potential is seemingly vast.

All layers can be mixed down to stereo, additionally, you have the option of sending each one to its own channel meaning that Major can be used as a ‘spatial’ synth, with sounds mixed all around you. Other highlights include FM oscillators, arpeggiators, effects and randomisation options.

Major is very much a work in progress at this stage, but GPU Audio says that it hopes to have something for its users to try by the end of the year. You can already beta test the company’s Modulation effects bundle, though; as things stand, this runs on Windows machines with NVIDIA GPUs only, but AMD support is coming soon, and GPU Audio says that it is working closely with Apple and hopes to roll out macOS support in November.

If you want to be among the first to get access to Major, download the ‘beta suite’ Modulation bundle plugins and start submitting bug reports to help the developers with refinements. Find out more on the GPU Audio website.

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KV331 Audio is giving you another chance to download SynthMaster Player, its preset-packed ROMpler synth plugin, for free.

This Player edition of the acclaimed SynthMaster instrument comes with 2,000 NKS-compatible factory presets, but offers limited editing functionality. You still get 12 macro controls per preset, though, so the opportunity to personalise these sounds is there.

In addition, you can increase the number of sounds available to you by purchasing any or all of the 37 preset expansion packs that are offered for purchase on the SynthMaster website.

SynthMaster Player runs on PC and Mac in VST/AU/AAX formats, and is available for free until 1 November, regular retail for $29. Go grab it on the SynthMaster website.

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