SSL 4000 Series Console Bundle

Add a certified hit-making channel strip and bus compressor to your studio.

Track and mix with an exacting emulation of SSL E Series Console Type E “black” and “brown” knob channel EQ and filters
Harness famous SSL E Series VCA Compression — from transparent to “in your face”
Harness the SSL E Series’ highly responsive Gate including “no-chatter” mode derived from later designs
Easily add G Bus glue and cohesion to drums, strings, and background vocals
Elevate your mix bus with legendary SSL G Bus compression
Use the G Bus’s Auto Fade feature (1-60 seconds) as found in original console

Runs natively on your macOS or Windows computer, or accelerated on Apollo audio interfaces or UAD Accelerators. View full system requirements.

Included Plug-Ins

SSL 4000 E Channel Strip

$149

SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor

$149

The world's finest emulations of the certified hit-making channel strip and bus compressor – now available as UAD Native plug-ins

The SSL 4000 Series is famous as the console series employed on more Platinum-selling records than any other. With its wide range of VCA compression characteristics and intuitive EQs — rich with colorful band interdependencies — it's easy to hear why.

Working in close partnership with Solid State Logic, Universal Audio proudly unveils the SSL 4000 Series Classic Console Bundle for Native and UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces — a perfect match of exacting circuit emulations from these certified hit-making machines.

Included in This Bundle

SSL 4000 E Series Channel Strip Collection

The SSL E Series Channel Strip plug-in gives you everything you need to dial in professional, polished tracks with classic SSL sonics. With the inclusion of both the Type E “black knob” and “brown knob” four-band EQ and filters — hallowed in SSL lineage — you can apply refined punch to drums, presence to vocals, and heft to bass. Other features include high and low cut filters, an expander/gate, and compression.

SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor Collection

A faithful circuit emulation of the legendary SSL 4000 G console's bus compressor, this iconic dynamics processor delivers undeniable drive and punch that helped make the original 4000 G Series the world's most successful production console. Top engineers have come to rely on this master compressor to "glue together" mixes like nothing else, as well as patching into it for stunningly musical results on drums, pianos, and more.

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

Based on 340 reviews

Total 5 star reviews: 307 Total 4 star reviews: 26 Total 3 star reviews: 2 Total 2 star reviews: 2 Total 1 star reviews: 3

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Christopher
I do not recommend this product
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
2 days ago
2 Stars
The plug ins wont register in luna
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Paul H.
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I recommend this product
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
4 days ago
Excellent Sound, Dynamics Section
I switched from the API channel to the SSL because I found the SSL did a better job of permitting the color of my microphone come through, with minimal additional coloration of its own. The compressor is also more pleasing to my ears, contributing energy without calling unwanted attention to itself.
The expander is a disappointment, though. The lowest threshold it allows is -30 dB, and both the compressor and expander lack attack, ratio, and knee controls. I understand the plugin is intended to emulate, as closely as possible, the hardware unit it's modeled on. I'm saying that, precisely because of those constraints, for my use case (recording audiobook narration), the expander is useless.
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Bill I.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
1 week ago
SSL 4000
Great plugin
Adds a lot just applying it to a track before tweeking
I ll be using it a lot
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Jenerson S.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
1 week ago
Incredible!
Exceptional fidelity and musicality.
Natural, responsive dynamics with true analog behavior.
One of those tools that simply cannot be missing from your collection.
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David L.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
3 weeks ago
New Go To
I've A/B'd probably 6 different versions of this plug-in and the UA responds the way you'd expect the actual console to respond. Too many companies make this plug-in with programmatic fluff that sounds immediately pleasing to the ears on a solo'd track, but UA got it right for what recording/mixing would feel like in the real world. The fact that there's now a legacy version for running native in my DAW plus one that utilizes the hardware DSP just makes it that much better.
My only wish at this point is that I had an interface with the unity preamps to work in conjunction with their plug-ins. I guess I'll have to just get on that...
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Frequently Asked Questions

No. These plug-ins run natively on your computer. No UA hardware is required.

Yes, 14-day plug-in demos are available. Find eligible plug‑ins

We provide three activations per license. We support activation on your computer or on an iLok USB key.

For every UAD plug-in that supports native and Apollo/UAD-2 versions, you get a license for both upon purchase, or the option to get it through an upgrade.

Native plug-ins are supported on macOS and Windows systems. See our Native UAD System Requirements article for full system requirements. An iLok account is required for managing your native plug-in licenses. We support iLok USB keys for portability, but one is not required.

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