Plugin Boutique are offering 79% off the SSL X-Limit and X-Gate Bundle by Solid State Logic for a limited time, now only £47.99 / $61.12, (usually £228.95 / $291.57). The offer ends june 4th.
Dynamic processing made easy, with top quality limiting and gating plugins from one of the industry’s most trusted manufacturers. Simplify your workflow and elevate your dynamic processing capability with SSL’s X-Gate and X-Limit, now in one convenient bundle.
SSL X-Gate
SSL X-Gate is a comprehensive and highly visual gating plugin, inspired by the workflow from SSL’s digital broadcast consoles. Featuring a rolling waveform graph, mid/side processing options & tweakable hysteresis using independent open & closed thresholds, X-Gate builds upon SSL’s rich heritage in digital console gate design.
X-Gate delivers a range of unique control features for extended sound sculpting – use the intuitive sidechain filter interface and mid/side balance options to focus the gate on unwanted sounds and leave the processed signal as natural or affected as you’d like. In addition to visual feedback including the hardware-inspired traffic light system for immediate visual confirmation of the gate’s current status, the rolling waveform visualisation graph provides an intuitive display of the incoming signal against which to set your open and close thresholds.
Ideal not only for sound design in the mixing stage, X-Gate introduces variable lookahead times and zero additional plugin latency at the lowest setting, making it the perfect tool for tracking situations where mic bleed can distract from the primary source material.
The EXP and DUCK modes immediately drop the plugin into two additional modes, visualised by the I/O graph: fixed expander mode for transparent gating, and duck mode for attenuating a signal only when it exceeds a threshold – combine this with your DAW’s sidechain for intelligent ducking.
SSL X-Limit
SSL X-Limit is an easy-to-use and visual limiter for increasing the loudness of your tracks and buses without the fear of clipping – featuring multiple set characteristics ranging from extremely transparent to colour and glue, a standard-compliant True Peak algorithm for precision processing, and useful feedback about the limiter’s impact on the stereo image of your signal.
The all-in-one left-to-right waveform visualisation lets you set the limiter threshold and ceiling against the incoming signal – then dial in the gain to increase loudness while catching peaks.
X-Limit includes 4 preset styles – Transparent, Glue, Punch and Auto – that adjusts the ballistics under the hood to achieve different characteristic responses for any given situation. Use in Punch mode to smash a drum bus, on vocals and acoustic guitars in Transparent mode to catch peaks or Glue mode on a sub-group for a unified sound. The Auto mode provides a set-and-forget option that adjusts the time constants depending on the transient content of your signal.
The unique Steering and Ducking meters indicate how the limiting process might influence the stereo image of your signal, and to provide feedback to minimise stereo degradation using the Channel Link control.
In addition, X-Limit provides several workflow enhancements such as Gain Lock, I/O difference auditioning, Gain Match, and Mix control to dial the original signal back in, especially when using X-Limit to add punch and character rather than catch and control peaks.
The SSL X-Limit and X-Gate Bundle is available to PC and Mac users (VST2, VST3, AU and AAX) and require an iLok account.
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