Mastering with SSL Fusion PLUGINS Like A Pro

In this tutorial, we'll explore the all new SSL Fusion Plugins in the context of mastering a Hip Hop session. We'll dial in custom settings for the Vintage Drive, Violet EQ, HF Compressor and Stereo Image plugins for authentic analog color and tone, based on the sound of the Solid State Logic Fusion hardware.
SSL Fusion Plugin Bundle: bit.ly/sd-ssl-fusion-plugins
New Album "Tired Eyes": spoti.fi/3yBSO2Z
🎛 Mixing Presets & DAW Templates
NEW Divine Mixing SSL Native Template (Logic Pro X): bit.ly/ssl-native-template
NEW Divine Mixing Vocal Chains Ultimate (StudioRack): bit.ly/vocal-chains-ultimate
UPDATED Divine Mixing Vocal Chains SR (StudioRack): bit.ly/vocal-chains-sr
UPDATED Divine Mastering Chains SR (StudioRack): bit.ly/mastering-chains-sr
Divine Mixing Waves Template (Logic Pro X, Cubase & Pro Tools): bit.ly/waves-template
Divine Mixing Vocal Chains - Logic Edition (Logic Pro X): bit.ly/vocal-chains-le
🎹 Synth Presets & Drum Samples:
8oh!8 Bass Presets for Serum - bit.ly/8oh8-presets
Urban Dreamscapes for Serum - bit.ly/urbandreamscapes
The Niche Kit (Creative Drum and Loop Kit) - bit.ly/nichekit
🔈 My Studio Gear
seandivine.com/studio
🎶 DistroKid - My Favorite Music Distribution Service: bit.ly/distrokid-sd
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💬 Let's Connect
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[@MentalS6k]

Bro, can’t tell you how much I enjoy your channel. Clear, crisp & concise every time. You’ve turned me on to so much, way beyond ANYONE on YT. The amount of times I have a video over & over again is a true sign of how good you are. Props to ya. #BigBoutYa 👊🏾

[@SeanDivine]

I appreciate the feedback Wayne, really glad it's helpful! 🙌

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

SSL should just make a Fusion plugin as well as these modules. Like Ozone advanced. Would definitely buy that.

[@SeanDivine]

I agree - a modular "rack" utility for the plugins would be a great addition. Who knows, maybe it will happen :)

[@GrumpyGr3g]

if they do, I'll defo buy it even if I own the hardware Fusion and some of their SSL Native plugins.

[@Steviee8]

Damn Sean. You’re mixes sound awesome even before Fusion but when you add them it’s like icing on a cake dude. So nice. You are the man!

[@SeanDivine]

Thanks so much Steviee

[@KennyGuyte]

Sean definitely fire on the mix engineering.

[@3ATTR1X]

Having the hardware for comparison and hand on experience to the "sound" helps a lot. BTW I am listening through PC Sub/speakers and the mix sounds awesome, these speakers are 1-3khz sensitive, if there is too much it grabs your eyes. And the stereo image was noticeable with a extra out of the speaker spread.

[@tj-introoutrobed8136]

Listening to your new album - so vibey and refined. Really great songs. Wishing you a great New Year!

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that TJ! Blessings for the New Year 🙏

[@zoardfricska1233]

@@SeanDivine wowwwww.. such a good song n it's Christian too. Thanks Lord!!

[@precisionsoundworksstudio]

Really liking this song, Sean. Great overview of the plugs, too! 🙌🏻

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that!

[@seanbrucemedia5695]

Jamming song!! You've polished it perfectly too Sean! Thanks for the demo.

[@SeanDivine]

Thanks Sean!

[@sanacha9455]

Thank you for your advice and tips. Happy New Year 🎵💐🎄🖤🎵

[@SeanDivine]

Happy New Year!

[@schneider-martin-com]

very good quality, underrated plugins; made just a test, they are very helpful -in the mix-

[@jdigital1]

Sounds Great, Thanks!

[@jeremyg2245]

I really like your song!! Great content as always 💯

[@SeanDivine]

thanks Jeremy!

[@Graphwize]

This was a very good watch thanks for making such an informative video. Liked and subscribed.

[@SeanDivine]

Much appreciated!

[@gorillatekdrummajorz]

Great breakdown!!

[@lyncboy]

AS GOOD AS IT GETS !!!! THANK YOU SD

[@redviagra]

Your mixes are legit in comparison to other KZbinrs. Great job… You stuff sounds professional

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that! 🙏

[@KennyGuyte]

That’s because it is professional as he is.

[@BryanBoliver]

This is so helpful! Love this video. I was curious, what do you use for screen sharing for you videos? All your tutorials are so high quality and very helpful. Thanks!

[@Jonny_jeff]

Excelente trabajo, me a ayudado mucho tus vídeos 👍

[@JerMarMusicGroup]

Dope mix! I got your album too! Good to see another Kingdom Builder 👊🏾💯

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that JerMar 🙏🙌

[@DonClassico]

amazing process bruh

[@trancephile2412]

sound awesome

[@NasaRecordsTheHitFactory]

you the best bro believe me mix and master on point love the new album

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that 🙏

[@NasaRecordsTheHitFactory]

@@SeanDivine can u hit me up privately

[@PharaohLawLess1]

Might have to cop that plugin

[@aro_uk]

wow the violet eq sound so lush...got to get theses

[@seventhuniverse9000]

Sean Your tired eyes album is really good 👍 please keep making music

[@MsInstrumentalBeatz]

Hi Sean! I was hoping you put out a video like this with the new fusion plugins. I’m so glad that you did. Also, I was really enjoying that song you’re mastering. Are your songs available anywhere to listen to? Thanks either way!

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that! It's off a new album I just released :) spoti.fi/2Sudi9c

[@MsInstrumentalBeatz]

@@SeanDivine Awesome, thank you! Listening to it now. Grateful

[@geneevaromusic8883]

Sean you rock man..!

[@SeanDivine]

thanks :)

[@bluelabelmuzik]

Nice lyrics!

[@bikesandbeats4693]

Can you ask the guys at SSL to create a version of this plugin where all the modules are in the same plugin with a real Fusion gui? When I create a chain that replicates the signal follow of the Fusion, it’s taking 5 plugin slots on my master buss in Pro Tools leaving only 5 slots for other processors. Having them separate is a nice touch but having an actual all in one Fusion plugin that functions the exact same as the hardware would be so convenient. Thanks.

[@sienastudio7044]

superb

[@loopflyrawker8641]

Peace Sean, this is a great video, any chance of you doing an updated version with the new SSL Fusion Transformer?

[@SeanDivine]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do :)

[@MIHAO]

Nice

[@littlewandrecords]

HI man !!! I watched a tutorial from a LA producer Who actually use your presets and he said in the tutorial... Literally... `` I´m use the presets from this guy sean divine, cause are actually very good presets´´ Me: What da Faq !!! I know this guy !!!!! jajajajajaja 4 real man !!! Awesome !!!

[@SeanDivine]

Awesome! 😁🙏

[@444Inlakesh]

Hey Bro I love this song

[@SeanDivine]

🙏

[@444Inlakesh]

My setup is Apollo 8 into ssl six, cue 1 goes to fusion hardware for parallel or bus processing then M/S circuit hits elysia nvelope back into fusion then out into ext input on ssl six so as to hit the g bus comp at the end to glue it all as well as make it sound massive and punchy, then back into Apollo 8, I call it "lil' 4000" :)

[@SeanDivine]

Sounds impressive! How do you like the nvelope?

[@444Inlakesh]

@@SeanDivineSure broski here is my thoughts and feels: The nvelope is wonderful, very useful for our style, its like taking that envelope function that synths have where you can adjust the time of the attack and how long the signal sustains, it also sounds very transparent, when you put that on the M/S-S Insert of the fusion its like adding an envelope/eq/compressor that can affect the Stereo, Mid and Side, and you can position it pre eq or post trans, I get some pretty gritty distortion shaping with it. I want to make a video demonstration cause it's pretty fun I haven't seen this setup before, I can pick what I want to punch or what I want to smooth out inside of the fusion. (The fusion is the ultimate mixing and mastering gateway drug.)

[@KeenApollo]

Let's see a breakdown of how you mixed this song. Sounds dope.

[@SeanDivine]

I'll see what I can do :) Thanks!

[@TzoHill]

Hey man i was thinking of adding this to the my arsenal... ive currently got just an interface, compressor and preamp. Would this give it that "final step" to complete it for an all round home studio youd say?

[@khaliledgonzalez6888]

Yeahh

[@audiomayor924]

Good day sean divine u always have nice and tight bass an i really loge it man so pls take time and show us some bass and kick trick thanks very Eager

[@woodhousemusic7176]

👌👌

[@river718]

Hey Sean, I would love to see an update to this video featuring the SSL Fusion Transform in this plugin chain...

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate the feedback, I'll see what I can do!

[@river718]

@@SeanDivine dope! I’ll be on the look out for the new video! 🤗

[@Boaugustin]

mm auto gain can be usefull to really hear what happen with the vintage compressor haha

[@greefus2439]

Hello Sean divine plz can you tell me how you did that vibrating effect by 2:23 in your song plz by the way I like the songs and thanks for you videos 🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@SeanDivine]

It's a preset I made for Sublab :)

[@williessandwhich9725]

Love your music there Sean! Great job man, and you giving glory and the honor where it belongs, Yeshua! Nice work and keep it up man, I believe that Jesus is already blessing you indeed

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that Willie 🙏🙏

[@gods_astronaut]

@sean any presets bro?

[@bikesandbeats4693]

By the way, I do mixing and mastering as well and collect different styles of high level music to use as references. I listened to your album a few weeks ago and it sounds really great. Is there anyway to access or purchase the wav version of your album so I can use the songs as references?

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate that! The WAV files aren't out there at this point... some services like Tidal offer lossless or FLAC versions which are pretty much exactly like the WAVs delivered.

[@bikesandbeats4693]

@@SeanDivine Yeah, I was apple to listen to the lossless on AppleMusic but you can’t actually download the files. If you sell the album on Bandcamp they allow lossless downloads.

[@SW-jj1sw]

my prayers were finally answered they made it into plugins

[@LaidbackSounds]

same except i dont pray lol

[@LaidbackSounds]

@@CraigScottFrost you have a very good point there !!!!

[@SW-jj1sw]

@@CraigScottFrost i’ve tried it on access analog last february it sounded great i j thought the plugins might be better since i can use them any time. but thanks for telling me it doesn’t sound the same before i bought it i appreciate it!

[@jordanlmcgrath8815]

Would you be willing to review the SSL meter tool for final processing for distribution?

[@SeanDivine]

I'll see what I can do :)

[@frankharley442]

Acustica Celestial is a great alternative and sounds great

[@adl0815]

Absolutely, also has been given away for free I think 2 years ago.

[@bmsmusician]

would the fusion drive be a good alternative to waves NLS?

[@SeanDivine]

Yep!

[@musictech5789]

PLEASE HELP: bro, i want to be able to move and arrange tracks within the mixer and not having to do it in the arrangement view.... can you tell me how to do that?

[@SeanDivine]

Unfortunately, that's a limitation in Logic Pro we've all been requesting to change... one day? 😬

[@AlanRodriguez-vy2mz]

This plug ins are working on macbooks m1 Monterrey ?

[@SeanDivine]

Yes, I'm in LPX (Rosetta mode). No issues.

[@MarcoS-pw9px]

But there is the ssl fusion transformer plug-in too? What’s up with this one?

[@SeanDivine]

Stay tuned :)

[@Tazazo1]

Can I use ssl fusion on vocal ?

[@SeanDivine]

sure can! I do it all the time :)

[@Tazazo1]

@@SeanDivine thanks bro

[@gods_astronaut]

@sean any presets for it bro ?

[@SeanDivine]

check the factory libraries :)

[@TheRTM]

Are these from Waves?

[@SeanDivine]

No. SSL Native.

[@Rizzlyricist]

You still make beats bro?

[@SeanDivine]

Yep! Made the one in this video :)

[@Rizzlyricist]

@@SeanDivine Awesome Sean. Three syllables I must utter as to why I asked; soundclick days 🔥. The inception of it at least when us rappers and you producers started off the hustle. Keep grinding bro. I will be seeping through your catalog to find beats that contain no samples (don't want to deal with clearances).

[@SeanDivine]

@@Rizzlyricist Appreciate that! All the beats on my page are sample free and clear :) seandivine.com/beats/

[@Rizzlyricist]

@@SeanDivine Awesome news bro. I also see that you don't offer exclusive rights to your beats but rather leasing. Is this a permanent thing? I am also against leasing to a degree.

[@paperzmusic]

Bro your shit is 🔥🔥🔥do u sell beats cuz i dont c none, i would also like u to dm me on some prices, I’m doing a project and whould like to get something from u on it

[@SeanDivine]

🙏 seandivine.com/beats

[@geniustracks9213]

Sean, I was watching mystic river last night and noticed the Detective played by Kevin Bacon is named Sean Divine. Coincidence, or is that who you based your 'stage' name off of? Just curious, thanks for the videos!

[@SeanDivine]

interesting... it's a great movie :)

[@MrFelonyLoc]

Do a comparison between the hardware and the plugins

[@_thevaporz]

Paul Third exposed SSL cap on these two plugins with Plugin Doctor; no harmonics, no oversampling, aliasing.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

If it sounds good then who cares. Paul Third is an overthinker by nature. I generally like the plugins on my master bus to be as clean as possible and do all my added harmonics in my channels and busses. I find the SSL native plugins great for that clean sound. I wouldn't write SSL plugins off because of Paul. He loves AA plugins but they are basically unusable with the CPU power they use. Aliasing isn't always a problem, tho sometimes it is 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@_thevaporz]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist It's snake oil though when it doesn't do what they claim it emulates on the hardware. I know it's not gonna be exactly the same so don't call it Fusion. And the way their employee responded to being called out on it publicly was pretty off-putting. I really like the Plugin Alliance stuff, seemingly the most accurate emulations of the E, G, J consoles for $30 each and the bx Townhouse bus compressor $20 right now.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

@@_thevaporz yep the bx stuff is really good. Watch out using the townhouse on your master bus if you make bass heavy music as it has a roll off starting at about 50hz, even tho I love the sound of it. The SSL native bus compressor doesn't have this roll off it also has x4 oversampling and a nice sheen that no other SSL bus comp has, I also like the ik multimedia bus comp with the grit button engaged for a dirtier sound. The SSL native channel strip with the E button engaged has the silkiest top end that I've ever heard in a plugin, but I prefer my console 1 SSL 9000K for everything else, but the filters where I prefer the console 1 SSL4000. Each has a place and something that it does particularly well.

[@_thevaporz]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist Thanks for the tip. I might pick up SSL native cs/bc combo if it goes on sale again in Feb for $50. Otherwise I'm saving for a used Six or maybe the Big Six for summing with MPC Live2. And a Zulu, Blooper and CXM 1978 but those are dreams.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

@@_thevaporz we all have those dreams! One day I would love a pair of Quested V2108 monitors, but for $8000 I'll probably upgrade my car first 🤣 I bought the SSL bundle on sale, actually I've never paid full price for any plugin I put the ones I want in a list and wait till they are on sale.

[@william62922]

Nothing like hardware.

[@robbinclemente8030]

I didn't know Mr Beast made beats using SSL Plug ins!

[@CHITUS]

Sounds Great, Thanks!