It’s a great EQ, with a very smooth top end, which is why I like it for master bus applications. The bx_digital V3 is incredible on master bus.

You could mix a record with just one of these channel strips and some stock reverbs and delays. More separation and clarity across the mix results from the TMT. These imperfections are desired by engineers who are familiar with analog, large format consoles, as they enhance the mix when multiple channels are stacked. Like the E channel strip, it uses the TMT to recreate the imperfections of each individual channel in a G Series console. The bx_console G is another SSL-based channel strip, and as the name suggests, it’s based on the G Series console. They also modeled the circuitry of multiple channels using TMT (Tolerance Modeling Technology), so that when the plugin is used in several instances, not all of them are identical. The addition of a parallel compression blend/mix knob and a saturation knob are very nice. Brainworx took a legendary console and its sound, and managed to accurately recreate it, while adding new features that speed up workflow.

Being a channel strip, it has a gate, eq, compressor, and expander. This SSL E series channel strip is one of my favorite plugins from Brainworx. It emulates the original Black Box accurately, but with all of the flexibility of being “in the box.” I found this quite useful on the drum bus, drum room mics, and vocals, for dirtying things up in a pleasing way. This is a great plugin for adding tube character to your mix, whether it be on the mix bus, or an individual track.

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