Ivory is more "clinical", precise. Would say more versatile.
But Erin's bass is very good! Unique texture.

Anyone else having errors opening up Aquarius?

This Gainstation plugin sounds great, I'm glad there's multiple distortion options. Even the boost plugin sounds great. And on the tutorial video it sounds good on the 808s as well. The pultec eq is not bad, I prefer the highs on the P1 and the PUN though, I'll just combine the two.

No, mine is working.

Too much traffic.
Try again later

The main critique I have of the Gainstation plugin is that after applying the distortion and pre amps it doesn't really warm up the sound like Crimson does. It still feels kind of cold. It's probably just the track I'm working on. I think this plugin is more suited for Rap/hip-hop (hence Mike Dean). But the boost plugin I was able to use on one of my stems.

The biggest thing that confuses me is that Studio DMI's plugins all sound tonally the same even though they sample different hardware. They all have a sort of neutral sound that lacks hardware warmth and texture. But when Acustica samples different hardware, we get a lot of different tones and textures. I'm not sure why that happens. Regardless, these plugins sound great.

I bought my long wanted Diamond EQ3 and the new Gainstation plugin.

happy with adding those to my already large collection of Aquas.

We took a look at Gainstation. It sounds great!

I concur, Ivory is unique in that it sounds incredibly smooth and natural and beautiful. Almost always works for mastering anything. I love that thing.

The Erin comp is a joy for jazz mixes! Love the spreader on the EQ as well.

I was super skeptical about gainstation but I put it up against phil's cascade and vsc-2 and ... I bought it. It doesn't bring a lot more to the table than these 2 but it does have a more dynamic 'feel' that I like. I wish there was control over the 2nd and 3rd harmonics like in vsc-2 but that's what I'll use vsc-2 for. And the cpu hit is pretty good.

Thank you all for making a very strong case for getting both lol

Seems this is the only place to sell a bundle of AA.

Acustica-Audio Bundle $250 (will only sell a minimum of 2 plugins to a buyer.)
Ebony
Amber
Honey
Titanium
Enna & Telge
Mantis 2

Is it ok to link to KVR? I have Cobalt, Sand 3, Taupe and White 2 listed there. Please feel free to contact me through here or there if you are interested.

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewt...?f=43&t=556438

Awesome plugins, they are just not for me anymore. I am keeping all my other Acquas (a LOT of them) and I'm going to pick up a couple more in the BF sales.

Mods, please delete this or let me know if I am not supposed to do this.

I put this together about a year ago, it may be of use...

https://soundcloud.com/plexus-produc...io-compressors

Some electronic and more extreme examples of Gainstation.

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Crimson out performs the new distortion plug in easily. But seems pretty cool for not having a deep learning curve.

Whelp... demoing the new Gainstage tools. Good thing I have Gainmatch from Letimix. I found out about this somewhere recently and picked it up. I love tools like this because I am constantly A/Bing as I work. It works great with Gainstage to provide auto gain matching pre/post. Gainmatch was recently updated with more great features. I just watched their update video. It's only $9 but going out to $19 in 2021. Well worth it at either price. Check it out... really useful (to me) when working with Acquas...

https://letimix.com/

Can't seem to install the trial of Camel, always comes with an unzip error saying its missing a file, anyone knows a solution for this?

The same way a truck outperforms a racing car .

I´d rather say they complement each other nicely.

Sound and featureset are pretty different, as are the results.

Thx for the info, it's now in my plugin folder .

+1

Gainstation - is quick and dirty
Crimson - is where do you what it, and how much

Good tip for me playing with it last night -

I set up a single send buss with Gainstation on it running quite hot and utilising the clipping - and send through any drum elements and bass synths/loops etc for quick and easy background boosting to blend into the mix.

Delete the zip file on the error message and hit install again, or purge the stage area directly.

Some nice prices at acustica right now.
How is the viridian 2?
I really want a pye comp.
Choosing between that one and a UAD plugin. But the uad is so pricey. Right now it's 50-60% of and a coupon with additional 25£ but it's still more expensive than most other plugin.
Well well

Crimson is a pretty massive CPU hog too. Something else to consider if trying to use multiple

Yup, for me Crimson is 20% more demanding than Gainstation.

I'm kinda bias right now because of how much Crimson has grown on me and the presets I've made to speed up my workflow, Im always rushing to get to the creative process of mixing lol

SAND3 comp - with reference to the pres - which of the stereo BUS pres is the one from the actual unit? can't find the info.