I can feel it, loading in my DAW tonight, (oh lord)

SSL have announced not just a new LMC+ compressor plugin but a new ‘eCommerce platform’ on which you can buy it (a website to you and I). LMC+ is a “significantly enhanced” version of the SSL Listen Mic Compressor from the 4000-series console. In case you’re wondering what we’re alluding to in the headline, the original LMC was a ‘secret weapon’ among producers back in the day and responsible for the classic 80s drum sound used on In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins. (See, we don’t just throw this news together.) SSL say, “the LMC’s fixed attack and release curves were discovered to be eminently suitable for drums and many other applications”. LMC+ is a Mac and PC plugin that will run on all major DAWS and costs $119. And as we’re plugging away our future issues in the news this month, we might as well flag up a special 80s issue (out in two issues’ time) that doesn’t feature a tutorial on the Phil Collins drum sound.

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