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Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
SSL Native X-Comp is an SSL console-quality compressor plug-in for your DAW. Versatile and sophisticated, X-Comp is capable of going from subtle transparent dynamics control to pumping, brick-wall limiting, making it the obvious solution to replace all other compressors in your arsenal. Delivering mastering-grade quality, X-Comp can authentically recreate the different characteristics of studio essentials from Opto, Vari-Mu and FET-style designs.
It's not just the sound that's exemplary with X-Comp. It's been designed to offer the most complete dynamics processing experience with Low and High-frequency Bleed controls for frequency-specific compression. Here, you can compress only the frequencies you need, leaving the highs and lows completely untouched, perfect for keeping the fat sub-lows of your 808 basses!
Packed with functionality, the X-Comp features A/B switching to quickly audition two settings simultaneously and a sophisticated preset management system. All of this is packed in a streamlined interface which helps users of any ability unlock the dynamics control they need for any instrument or mix you come across!
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Extremely versatile and comprehensive, X-Comp boasts exceptional performance, specifications and features to provide you with SSL hardware-level processing in your DAW. Delivering mastering-grade audio fidelity with a distinctly analog feel, X-Comp can seamlessly move between transparent dynamics processing to hard brick wall limiting.
Employing a range of traditional controls that you'll find on most compressors, X-Comp delivers them with a twist. X-Comp includes a sophisticated linear knee response between 0 to 40dB with a precise symmetrical design. A rotary control is also available to alter the response between hard and soft, perfect for tweaking your compression to transient-heavy or consistent audio tracks.
The versatility of X-Comp is highlighted with the ability to reproduce the characteristics of many classic compressors including the much sought-after Opto, FET and Vari-mu designs. In X-Comp SSL haven’t just modelled a particular compressor, but have provided a set of features and controls that allow the emulation of a broad range of compressor designs.
All-encompassing, X-Comp includes a streamlined High and Low Bleed set of controls. These serve to create a selection of narrow-band frequencies to be compressed, leaving the high and low frequencies you've set to be uncompressed. With this tool at your disposal, you can tailor the frequency response of your compression to suit any instrument in your mix, or entire master chains. Frequency-specific compression becomes invaluable when working with instruments which occupy certain frequency regions in your tracks. Using the Bleed controls, you can compress the low-midrange and mid-range of an 808 kick, helping to maintain dynamics while adding the gutteral punch in the mids without effecting the sub low frequencies which can clutter and cloud a mix when compressed.
Special care and attention has not only gone into the sound of the X-Comp plug-in, but into the design and features as well. Delivered in a streamlined interface, everything functions as it should with carefully designed modules and visuals. Not only do you get stereo input and output metering with RMS and peak values, X-Comp provides you with a simple gain reduction meter and histogram to see what effect your processing is having on your track over time. In addition, a real-time graph shows changes to the threshold and knee values and lastly the I/O differences in amplitude can be viewed in the Loud I/O Difference Graph to view how often each level occurs within the signal.
Functionality has not been spared for the sake of versatility, sound or interface design. With X-Comp, you have access A/B switching to quickly audition two settings simultaneously. Perfect for finding the right sound in a mix without dialling in settings from scratch. Once you've crafted a sound you're happy with, save it and come back to it later in future sessions using the preset manager library.
