Solid State Logic SSL Fusion Stereo Image User Guide

June 8, 2024
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SSL Fusion Stereo Image

The SSL FUSION Stereo Image plug-in brings SSL FUSION’s mid-side circuit to your DAW, for spatial manipulation of the stereo field. WHAT IS SSL FUSION?
SSL FUSION is a hardware mix bus processor, delivering five powerful analogue colouration tools — Vintage Drive, Violet EQ, HF Compressor, Stereo Image enhancer, and SSL Transformer — from SSL, the Masters of Analogue.
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The 5 colors of SSL FUSION AKA the “Analogue Hit List”
VINTAGE DRIVE

Additional harmonics and gradual saturation that emerge from an analogue ‘sweet spot’.
VIOLET EQ
A rich analogue EQ with gentle shelving filters.
HF COMPRESSOR
Smooth top-end rounding, in the analogue domain.
STEREO IMAGE
Wider stereo imaging with depth via true Mid/Side processing.
TRANSFORMER
Add that transformer mojo.Solid State Logic SSL Fusion Stereo Image - fig
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  1. INPUT METER
    Segmented metering showing the input level, with 3s peak hold, for a clear indication of peaks in the signal.

  2. MID/SIDE MONITORING
    Switches the input meter to show mid signal on the left, and the side signal on the right.

  3. INPUT TRIM
    Applies gain to the input signal.

  4. BYPASS
    Bypasses plug-in processing.

  5. VECTORSCOPE
    See how ‘stereo’ your signal is.
    The central polar sample plot lets you visualise the stereo image of the incoming signal.
    As you adjust the SHUFFLE, SPACE, and WIDTH controls, you will see the signal become wider or narrower.
    Samples (dots) appearing within the 45° lines indicate that they are in-phase.
    Solid State Logic SSL Fusion Stereo Image - fig 4

  6. SHUFFLE
    Changes the cut-off frequency for the ‘SPACE’ control.

  7. SPACE
    Broadly boosts or cuts bass frequencies, based on the ‘Stereo Shuffling’ technique.

  8. WIDTH
    Widens or narrows the stereo image by applying a gain to the side signal. Our sweet spot is between +2 and +4 dB!

  9. OUPUT TRIM
    Applies gain to the output signal.

  10. SOLO SIDE
    Listen only to the side (stereo image) of the signal.

  11. OUTPUT METER
    Segmented metering showing the output level, with 3s peak hold, for a clear indication of peaks in the signal.

  12. MID/SIDE MONITORING
    Switches the output meter to show mid signal on the left, and the side signal on the right.
    THE SSL PLUG-IN ENGINE

  13. UNDO/REDO
    Reverse a mistake, or redo it.
    Happy accidents can sometimes lead to great things.

  14. A/B
    Toggles between two presets. Useful for comparing between two parameter settings.
    Tip: click the Preset Menu and select ‘Copy from A to B’, change a select ‘Copy from A to B’, change a parameter and use A/B to ‘preview’ the change you made.

  15. PRESET MENU
    Use the arrows to cycle through presets.
    Click to open the Preset Menu..
    LOAD load a preset from a file
    SAVE overwrite the current preset
    SAVE AS… save a preset
    SSAVE AS DEFAULT overwrite the default
    COPY X TO Y copy presets between A/B

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