I recall there was a heated discussion between AlexB and Fabrice on GearSlutz at the time of release of the VCC, that they were both so close that AlexB thought Fabrice ripped his SSL off. Reason 3 is the path of least resistance and thus I don't care to solve Reason 1 or 2. Reason 2 can be solved by hardware upgrades and freezing tracks. Reason 1 can be solved by spending more time with the plugin. There are three reasons why I (and I assume many) haven't jumped on the Nebula train: If you want to send me a session, something simple would be awesome, and especially if it is one you know well so any changes will be easy to notice. I can still process a stereo file for you, but I predict that it will not be impressive (as a file run through a piece of hardware would be too.). So even though this is a huge undertaking for me (I've done it for other people before.), the best way for you to hear what Nebula does to audio is for you to send me an entire session and I will reprocess the tracks and maybe do a quick mix so I can utilize not only the early processes (tapes, console channels, tubes, etc), but also the buss inserts, compressors, etc. The real beauty of audio through an analog signal chain is the cumulative effect from tracking, mixing, and mastering through these various circuits, tubes, transistors, tapes, etc. If you take a stereo file and run it through a real console, you will probably not hear much of a difference, even if the console is a more colorful one. Do you have any console in mind (I have many.)? And do you want some tube/tape/anything else mojo?Īs with real hardware, you do not get much effect if you are running only a finished master file through. PM or email me a direct link to an upload. Ok, may I send my next mastering-file to one of you,Īnd then I hopefully can get an impression of what Nebual is about? I have even re-thought my client work to reflect my self-imposed work-flow (I charge per-project, not per-hour.) But I like my results with nebula far too much to go back to my pre-Nebula work. If your current algo tools help make your music the way you need it to sound, more power to you. But my ears tell me the result is far better than anything an A.O.M Tranquilizer (or similar) can deliver. Yes, the workflow is slower, and everything you stated as your gripes is valid. There is something for everyone, and Nebula is certainly not for everyone. I think that this technology has the future but now it is pretty useless to me. I just really can't stand slow workflow (many Nebula instances needed to have one 4 band EQ) and latency that increases with every instance. I prefer to equalize using algo plugins with some spectrometer overlay (like tranquilizer from A.O.M) than Nebula. I have some third party libraries, but frankly, I rarely use them. I mainly use signaltonoze "Dolby trick" (nrA) library on drums.