Choosing the Right Channel Strip with Joe Carrell

Which console is the best for your productions? Joe Carrell talks about the different channel strips of iconic manufacturers like SSL, NEVE, and Focusrite. This is your definitive guide to the Plugin Alliance channel strip collection.

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[zackorr]

Best video I have seen explaining this… I wish the Lindell API was out at the time of this.

[maryolukas]

Wooow, that console N is incredible for low-end! It's tight and polished

[danepaulstewart]

Best channel strip comparison ever made, as far as I can find.
😎👍👍

[allpdmusic]

As a singer songwriter... That Lindell is sounding amazing. So much vibe!!!

[nealeheywood]

I think Joe Carell nails it.Once you identify each console's extra nice sections, i.e.the beautiful Lindell high end, fat fluffy low end, the almost foolproof musical EQ and dynamic sections of the SSL consoles, its really gratifying to knowingly reach for the right match for your source material.I love the tip about juicing the input of the console front end to invoke some extra mojo it's a very valid one, if you haven't, give at go, it's nice.P.S anyone else think the BX N console EQ is possibly the nicest all round EQ in these series?

[anshuljain]

That Lindell just works perfectly for this song...sounds so beautiful, Second for me would be the 9000J on the E curve, those open highs sound really good

[DJUwU]

2:44 Lindell (1970s)
3:27 Neve (1980s)
4:25 Focusrite (1990s)
5:25 SSL 4000 E (1980s)
6:41 SSL 9000 J (2000s)

Thoughts: Most accustomed to SSL 4000 E sound. It felt home. Didn't expect to like the Lindell so much. I want to try this on some "larger than life" feeling songs. SSL 9000 K was very similar to Lindell...with a little more mid range clarity. But somehow "wow'd" me less than the Lindell? (edit: it wow'd me less because of the low end frequencies) I think Focusrite would sound great on Jazz/Classical music...its richness and warmness sounded the cleanest/least distortion...but I find it to be too boring for Pop/Rock. The Neve just screamed "Grunge and angry music" to me for some reason.

[juanchis.investigadorsonoro]

Thanks! If i wrote one wrong, please let me know.

00:00 Intro
02:40 Neve
03:24 Console N
04:20 Focusrite
05:18 SSL E
06:35 SSL 9000 E
07:50 Scrolling through Channel Strips

[adammusic]

Love the sound of the Lindell 80, use it all over my mixes and just adore the sound, the PA Lindell strips are AMAZING, I also love their Lindell X Channel, it's very affordable and just has a richness about it that just brings the sound out in a bright, yet warm way... PA strips are amazing!

[gerardlake]

love the lindel audio and 9000 punch clarity depth & width...

[cesargonzalezbueno]

The Neve and SSL 9000 sound amazing to my ears. However I love the API in my mixes.

[danialdevostmusic]

after everything i still love the 4000! the definition and clarity in the mid range is just so good, and i find the low end and high end easier to control and get right

[assshakerstudios]

Man, I used to have a buddy who mixed on an SSL 9000J and I'd pay him some cash to run my mixes through his console....he was working on an old Mac Pro 2 core, so it would take 5hrs just to load my files from a usb stick to his computer so he could run them through the SSL from there, then re-record them it was a couple hours as well. Man come to think of it, I owe him a couple more bucks....uggghhh! Anyway the 9000j does have this high end cleanness that all other's do not have! And when it's gone you totally miss it! And I didn't realize I was missing it till this video...so thank you! That's exactly what I've been trying to get on my mixes with my mixbuss eq...which is generally the V3 eq and then some widening with Nugen Qudio Steroizer and Monofilter. But that magic air and sheen you get from the 9000J might be just what the Dr. needed to save a shit ton of time and searching to replace that magical sheen on every single....source!!! Copied from Paul Allen:Wouldn't it be great if you could cycle through these channel strips keeping the same settings to decide which 'flavour' you wanted with one instantiation of a plugin? Plugin Alliance - if you're listening?

[vikramjitbanerjeetuki]

SSL 9000 J for the win, Lindell is a close second place 👍

[musictomotion]

Great video! It is good to see this kind of real-life comparison between the different channel strips and hear the difference. Much appreciated!

[Schilliebillie]

Highly appreciate this! Thank you Plugin Alliance. Love the Lindell.

[midnightwind]

Thank you Joe. This taught me so much. Even more than you were showing us. Very much appreciated.

[LaMusicaEsTuDios]

You were looking for the word "creamy" when you described the Lindell Neve plugins... You're welcome. :-) The SSL E sounds nice too.

[joseberroa]

I have the Focusrite and recently I decided to use it. And is a very good one.. I am really impressed . But he second VST in my speakers sound it better. The snare wasn't muddy . The third one in my speakers sound it like transients were cut of very settle.. All of them are very good. I guess it depends what kind of music are you mixing . Thank you so much for this rich video..