Acquavox - Nebula Powered Plugins Are Here - Free for OSX and PC!

[EddieTheRed]

Originally Posted by Finnish

Are you serious about those settings?

Yes.

For reference, 0VU = -18dBFS, so keep gain staging in mind. Control your levels with something like FreeG before you send the signal to AcquaVox.

Rule of thumb: record with peaks at a maximum of -6dB.
Put a trim plug as the first insert on your channels and keep individual tracks peaking at -18dB or so in the mix.
Keep the mix peaking at -6dB or so before mastering, and master to -0.1 dB.

It's simple stuff, but it makes a big difference. Read the Skip Burrows/Paul Frindle thread for more.

[Retinal]

Tried today, meh.. It's true that it goes berzerk way too fast and even not considering that the effect is not really something that will affect a mix noticeably.
Then is free so, thanks for releasing it.


Just a quick question for you guys: how many of you use Nebula for pro projects? I mean it seems still a lil too hard to tweak and unstable for me to use it in professional projects, just me?

[cooker]

Originally Posted by Retinal

Tried today, meh.. It's true that it goes berzerk way too fast and even not considering that the effect is not really something that will affect a mix noticeably.
Then is free so, thanks for releasing it.

Trick is you have to place it on every track, as if you recorded with it. Its been a while but from what I remember when trying, seemed it works best when not changing any knob value's at all.

Originally Posted by Retinal

Just a quick question for you guys: how many of you use Nebula for pro projects? I mean it seems still a lil too hard to tweak and unstable for me to use it in professional projects, just me?

I can't comment on stability issue's (though it would be nice report any bugs to the developers so they'll be aware of it) but a Nebula instance 99% works best with only 1-2 knobs used. I mean if its an eq for example, just adjust freq. and band gain and thats all (if needed input-output gain too)...other settings are just there for now, probably won't be in the future.

I do know many from the community but here's something interesting I'd like to share. I know at least 8 professionals that use Nebula (in Turkey) but not 1 of them commented about it in any forum environment. Since Nebula can help to get a sound "very different" from the other Studio that uses X products, I guess they just want to keep it to themselves.

[markham]

Is there still no AU available for this?
I just downloaded and installed, but it's only showing up as a VST, which obviously won't work in Logic...

[zaphod]

you are right, we'll release it soon

[dickiefunk]

Originally Posted by zaphod

you are right, we'll release it soon

Will there be any more freeware products like this?

[Agzilla]

"Is there still no AU available for this?"


"you are right, we'll release it soon"




Is that Slate Digital "SOON"?

Or a REAL soon?

Just a friendly joke.... but i would ALSO love to try this as an AU and see what all the talk is about!!!

i have Nebula 3 Pro and really do get some good use out of it but in a specialized way... only in small doses as it is a CPU KILLER for me on my older Mac...

I do love the sound though.... so i'm keen to try this Aquavox idea...

Any word?



Zz.

[stevens119]

I downloaded this because I thought it was cool. Loaded it in my VST to RTAS adapter, and put it on a track in Pro Tools...everything was fine until the playback. 8317 samples of delay??? Seriously? Why? My PT9 can only handle about 4100 samples per channel. I can't even use it. I did think it looked cool though...but unusable, for free. Anybody else encounter this very serious problem?

[Fuseburn]

Yeah, that's the way it is. Regarding ProTools the statement from acustica audio was pretty clear, a few years ago:
Once Avid will sort that problem out, you'll be able to use acquavox/nebula in ProTools. No native RTAS to be expected anyway.

[eveken]

Originally Posted by stevens119

I downloaded this because I thought it was cool. Loaded it in my VST to RTAS adapter, and put it on a track in Pro Tools...everything was fine until the playback. 8317 samples of delay??? Seriously? Why? My PT9 can only handle about 4100 samples per channel. I can't even use it. I did think it looked cool though...but unusable, for free. Anybody else encounter this very serious problem?

I think that you can lower the latency to such as 4096 in xml file....

[CXP]

I have recently discovered this free plug. Seriously unreal. I used it on 3 vox tracks and ran them to a buss with a Softube CL1B and Decapitator. Had to use subtle settings but man, really sounds gooey. The Acquavox adds a subtle analog weight to each vox track. Together, man, just nice and round. Killer on bass too!

[GeGreen]

Originally Posted by CXP

I have recently discovered this free plug. Seriously unreal. I used it on 3 vox tracks and ran them to a buss with a Softube CL1B and Decapitator. Had to use subtle settings but man, really sounds gooey. The Acquavox adds a subtle analog weight to each vox track. Together, man, just nice and round. Killer on bass too!

+1 - AcquaVox is really nice for those subtle weightness! i also like
it on snares.

anyone knows more about the W735 EQ Plugin from analoginthebox.com ?
they posted it on their relaunched website some days ago, but
no chance to buy it yet... i've read some posts on the acustica-forum,
but they also don't have many informations when it will be released.

[itbalcubo]

not for me.
Usually i test all vst in my netbook (one wav, one vst)
And this suck in stability, redraw mode blah blah blah. . .
But gui is good, because the concept of nebula (like a vhs recorder from '80s) for me (and is my personal taste/opinion) is a totally error . . .
No time to play like a blonde girl with manuals . . . i need a clear interface, with no learn curve.
acquavox is a good point of start in this. I never buy that read ugly box . . . (ears are important, but my eyes too)

welcome then to acquavox.

Now solve the % in my processor and we can start to talk.

2% maybe 10% in a normal 4core can be nice . . . but 200% make-me smile . . .

unistalling!!

[Apollo Soul]

Originally Posted by GeGreen

+1 - AcquaVox is really nice for those subtle weightness! i also like
it on snares.

anyone knows more about the W735 EQ Plugin from analoginthebox.com ?
they posted it on their relaunched website some days ago, but
no chance to buy it yet... i've read some posts on the acustica-forum,
but they also don't have many informations when it will be released.

hmm... never found a use for this one, but I'm always trying to add heft to snares, so I'll give that a shot.