AES: Roll Music Super Stereo Compressor

This is one I’ve been waiting to see. There was a “coming soon” on the Roll Music page for ever and a day about this box, and lo and behold, it dropped at AES. It is quite obvious that it can trace its lineage from the Gyraf SSL 2-buss compressor clone straight to the SSL stereo compressor, putting it in the same family as the Alan Smart C1 and C2. The main difference appears to be the addition of a high pass filter. Price is unknown, but this is one to watch if you need a good 2-buss compresser (and of course you do) and don’t want to take on the rather daunting task of building the Gyraf clone for yourself. Since it is coming from Roll Music, it won’t be that expensive. I bet it will be under a grand, or right around there.

EDIT: I think it is important to note that my comments above viz. the Roll compressor being a descendent of the GSSL clone were based upon Justin’s comments on his own web page. After reading several threads at the various pro audio forums, I personally am convinced this bears no resemblance to the GSSL other than superficially. So, I take back what I said. The people that have heard it say it sounds amazing, as well. The GSSL sounds like an SSL, which isn’t necessarily “amazing.”