ssl x-comp for $19 (normal price 200 )... only a few hours left

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  1. kindleman

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    anybody tried this ? wondering what you thought about it

     
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  3. Smoove Grooves

    Smoove Grooves Audiosexual

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    Don't create 2 identical posts.
     
  4. kindleman

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    i didnt actually ... dont know what happened there ... maybe a bug on the website ?
    i see the other identical post but not sure how to remove it
     
  5. Smoove Grooves

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    Tag Olymoon in your comment and he can clear one of them tomorrow.
    Or you can Report one of them.
     
  6. AwDee.0

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    its amazing! although, i was hoping they'd do a sale for a few others. this will do until then
     
  7. PartyShit

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    Do you guys know if we buy this is it like a "single licence" so if you want to re-install WIndows or a different Windows version you'll lose the license?

    Or is it like once you buy it and it's like a lifetime license
     
  8. Karlsplatz

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    pretty sure its ilok license, so you can use it whereever and how often you like using the ilok cloud manager. But check double plz before you buy.
     
  9. Tomekk2025

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    ilok cloud. maschine based license. no dongle required. I just buy it. it's cool but missing dry/wet knob.
     
  10. Xander_neo

    Xander_neo Noisemaker

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    Normal plugin price is $200.
    I am from Russia and this is about 1/3 of my salary.
    Sometimes I allow such a waste for plugins, but only if I cannot live without such a plugin.
    I would never buy this compressor at the regular price, because there are many more affordable analogues and that is good for us.
    But SSL provided an amazing discount and I couldn't resist buying! This compressor sounds great!
     
  11. JCF22

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    Couldn't pass it up for $20. Might have been a little disappointed for $200.
     
  12. kintozero

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    $20 down from $200 is a great discount, but this requires ilok which is a hard pass for me.
     
  13. AwDee.0

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    i believe you only need an account and the app.
     
  14. kintozero

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    I know I don't need a physical ilok, but my understanding of the app is, I have to remain connected to the internet, which is a no-go for me: when I produce, internet is off, both to save on CPU overhead & to stay focused on producing.
    If it was like a one-time online authorization thing, that I can do, but not if I have to authorize online every time & definitely not if I have to remain connected to the internet.
     
  15. Willum

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    Ironically, you have just described how an ilok key works.
     
  16. Mix101--

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    As a person who has 8 ilok plugins through the cloud, you don't need to be online or remain connected to the internet all the time. The only time your only going to be online is to activate the activation serial through ilok.com and activate through daw and thats it. You can use the plugin offline once you activate the plugin. It works, I only go online to activate and then go offline to produce etc. All of my warez are working non have timebombed or phoned home.
     
  17. playtime

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    Just grabbed it last minute :thumbsup:
    FYI, SSL iLok authorization says:
     
  18. AwDee.0

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    so the physical dongle isn't what bothers you. its the account and app? :wink:
     
  19. kindleman

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    it seems like its still on , whats the verdict has anybody tried it yet ? weirdly there s very little talk about it online.... what would you compare it to ? if you had already a hand full of compressor .... whats the reason to still get this one ? thanks!!! :)
     
  20. Voekit

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    Bought. Grabage.

    Max MaxGR : 60dB? If someone need brickwall, who care about Max GR?
    Min MaxGR is 20dB, we all know the thing : 15dB pumping artifact.

    The only interesting thing is the side chain filters, but they are not as powerful as they seem.
    Please, buy Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, it is definitely much better than SSL's X-COMP!
     
  21. 5teezo

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    Bought it yesterday. Has a lot of character and changes the groove of the drum bus in a nice way, if you want it to. Can be tranparent as well, but thta's boring.

    And that's why you need 60 dB of GR - to sculpt the sound. And that's what it is great at. But it sucks out the bass of the kick a lot so, it's probably a good idea to put a pultec EQ after it.

    If you want transparency, don't use compresion! Same goes for pumping. There's an artistic aspect to pumping and if you don't respect that, you don't know enough about compression. All the necessary parameters to avoid pumping are present.

    A lot of the iLok talk in here is false info, btw.
     
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