Does anyone know other nebula libraries that does heavy saturation the way TimP's T-Tape does?

I have some others using the same technique.

Dualtech pre

vari-level pre

37j Pre/de emphasis(this is a lot more subtle though)

Jim is a legend, and for good reason. His knowledge of the electronics inside gear is second to none. Thing is, as Will said, his take on things is a pristine, clean, and efficient signal path, and one of his specialities is to modify existing pieces with the right components to achieve that, and he is an expert at doing so. He is also quite vocal about his observations and disparaging to the choices made, component wise, in many pieces he has worked on. That's all well and good, and he has my respect. Thing is, everyone is looking for different things from the gear they use, and many of the pieces i have owned and used over the years have been noisey, coloured, distorted and generally, not-too-pristine, and/or efficient (electronically speaking) but, that's the way i liked it at the time, and i got that piece usually for this very reason. So what we can deduce from this is, one-size-does-not-fit-all..........and people's want/needs/wishes are often very different. Taking nothing away from Jim Williams though, he deserves a big respect for his contributions to the game, but the vision of sonics shared by one, may not be the vision of sonics shared by another.

Thank you! The clippers you included with these libraries are separate from the units you sampled, right? They are not integral with the hardware?

I'm in the process of modifying some microphones at the moment (just recently put a K-47 capsule in one and it sounds great! But it'll need some circuit upgrades. Finding parts is difficult these days ... but that's a whole other conversation), and Jim contributed to the thread I started and gave some invaluable tips. Only later was I starstruck when I discovered that he's worked on electronics for Frank Zappa and others. Pretty amazing that there's the opportunity to connect on here with people like him across generations and continents of space. Anyway, Jim deserves my biggest respect as well.

This Jim thing won't die. I didn't suggest that he didn't know his stuff. Call him a legend if you must.

But precisely because he is so senior is why he bears much more responsibility than most. Casual comments from him that reflect his personal taste to those that do not know this, perhaps look up to him even, are not aligned with such a position of authority.

Admittedly his quote was out of context and maybe it was not as irresponsible as it appeared above in this thread. I have ignored Jim regarding his opinion on the Harry based on the fact that the console was used by some of the greatest of all time.

If I need a mic mod I'd have no hesitation seeking him out. But his dismissal of one of the most favored consoles of all time shouldn't be accepted.

LOL .. density XD , I've been laughing inside to the whole idea for days. So daft stuff! I think no one meant to disrespect the man, just fooling around the hyperbole

I'm happy not being the one to mention it in this thread, this time.
But I wonder if someone compared Mixbus with Honey or Alex library ?

Mixbus 32c eq beats UAD's Harrison 32c imo but both Honey and AlexB spank Mixbus 32c. A happy compromise Ive found is using Mixbus 4 with Honey. I use this setup when the song is appropriate.

Shouldn't be 'accepted'? Irresponsible? Eyh?

I don't agree with all that Jim says, but why is that a problem or why should Jim act differently? Last I checked it is up to everyone to take of the world the opinions they see fit.

Karloff70, as long as you're ok that's all that matters.

I'm done with this foolishness.

even Jim says Thank-you.

I don’t think anyone’s opinions, comments or observations here are subject to acceptance or denial, only consideration.

You may disagree with an opinion, but critiquing the sharing of that opinion seems over the top. Isn’t that mostly what we’re here to do?

What, you reckon Jim being Jim is going to make someone 'not be ok'? Sorry for not being into people calling to 'censor people'....lol

Is there a Dimension D for nebula? Uad is having their sale and can pick it up for $50 but I'm trying to stay away from uad plugs and would like a nebula if I could get it or any other suggestions you guys have. Also what are the best tape sims comparable to uad studer and ampex for nebula or acustica style? Thanks

check out cdsoundmaster for APEX:
CDSoundMaster Audio Software

He also have some Studer in this collection:
CDSoundMaster Audio Software


But over cds, I'd recommend you to check Tim P's 37J (Studer) and T-Tape (Nagra Heavy Saturation) here:
Tape Machines Archives - Tim Petherick

My favorite by far.

Sknote has a nice emulation.

Agreed. I believe there’s a UAD Dimension D, but I haven’t heard it. Of the algo options (I tried a few years ago) I love the SKnote DDD most.

Ok Cool I will check out the sknote version. I demoed the UAD version and really like it but I would prefer not to get any Uad plugins if I don't have to. I want to get an Ampex Tape, Fairchild 670, and bx20, emt 140 for Nebula. I tested a bunch of uad and these stuck out. I really don't want to have to buy them on uad though lol so if anyone knows a 670 nebula program. I will check out the timp tapes and vnxt for plates(or who for nebula plates) and cupwise for bx20. I just don't know about the fairchild and I can't afford ultramarine. Thanks.

Btw I bought the great spring from timp and one instance breaks up on my i7 at 48khz. Am I supposed to change something in the settings or something? Thanks

Ampex - CDSoundmaster

Fairchild - Cupwise

Bx20 - Cupwise or VNXT

EMT - Cupwise or VNXT

I recommend getting all you want from Cupwise. Great developer, he is still active, and he updates the libraries sometimes.

FWIW, Tim has been hard at work on updating his verbs, v2 of his springs are in beta along with a killer Tea Room v2 verb, with his new techniques for distance, mic placement, and pre-delay. Great Spring has a v2 also but the skin is not ready yet.


To all - I know I've been critical of the lack of N4 skins, but as soon as you use TimP/JPN's N4 skins (even on verbs), you'll quickly understand why I'm pushing the issue. IMHO, the Tea Verb skin makes every other Nebula verb pale in workflow feedback and speed comparison...... it should be the standard moving forward.

To each their own.

Agreed. Even if we have to fund it ourselves.

I don't bother with non skin N4s anymore (bar consoles/filters). I know it's about sound, but I prefer sound + usability.

Thanks SameOh Ok I bought the 660, bx20 and plates of legend 1 (emt 140) from cupwise. I also picked up the nolard, yourei filters and casette verb. Looks like my order is "on hold though" I hope it comes soon. The cdsoundmaster ampex will have to wait I think but I grabbed the demos. BTW Has anyone sampled the Hedd 192 Tape for Nebula?

Also I figured out if I increase dspbuffer in mast in nebula 3 to 1024 the reverb works without breaking up and cpu drops down to normal though still a little buggy. Sometimes it starts messing up if I load vst while playing back or save and I have to restart the daw. Are there any other settings I should be playing with? At least It's not noise bursting. Thanks

Coordinate NEBULA's DSPBuffer with your soundcard buffer for best optimization.

note: there are no other NEB settings to change. The only consideration is using a PreSet that has fewer KERNELS [lite version].

aww Ok I figured out the problem is just my "daw" lol everything is working fine in reaper. Hey has anyone done and hard distortions for nebula like the UAD cultue vulture? or Is that even possible? Thanks.

Yes, we have 2.....

1. Transcending Music Studios VCult..... not sure if it is still available.
2. Henry Olonga CV1 & CV2 & CVT.... inside his free "All You Can Eat".

These are sets with limited control, AA is just now bringing IR distortion with control to market in core 11.

Vari level, dualtech, t-tape and 37j are transfer curve distortions.... I can emulate a high amounts of saturation using this technique..... they are not the standard way of sampling...

If this isn’t a hard distortion?
Hybrid Clipping by TimPetherick - Listen to music

And made nearly 2 years ago

Hey Tim,

Dont brag sir, we all know you're next level.

Or at least people that know, know !

Keep em comming !

You the man !

Sorry Tim, I was just listing the Culture Vulture libraries, you've clearly beat everyone in Nebula with clippers and incorporating harmonic distortion in your libraries.

Niiiiiiiiiiiice Tim I'm digging the Dualtech Preamp distortion. The Varilevel clip is nice too . Can we get more Dist though? I guess I could chain a couple. I don't own the tapes but how much distortion do the tapes have compared to the dualtech? a couple dualtechs chained together do me nicely. Thanks!

Wow core 11 is going to have distortion iR? I guess I don't need to buy culture vulture now. Btw I can not find that Vcult. Websites are down. And I have HO all you can eat but can't find those. What sub folder are they under? Thanks