Thanks for the links. So far i'm yet to find something i like. Everything seems to be suited for modern metal and sounding static. And as i said there are no IR's for amp heads, while these modeled amp heads may kinda work for insane high gain metalcore or whatever, for something else they would totally not. Acustica should get involved in this and make an amp head.

 

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There are nebula impulses and presets in that forum i believe.
Take your time,there are dozens of companies and thousands of impulses,you will find the ones that suit your needs.
Doesnt matter if its rock,blues,metal.
You can get an eddie van halen sound,fender,marshall,stevie ray vaughn...you can get boutique sound,but you have to dig in mate.

 

Oh there is an Amp library for nebula. That's it. I'm digging into it. And there are cabinet libraries for it too.

 

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Well this sure is the comment of the decade. Lmao

 

I've been using the Slate plugins for the last little while, along with my continued use of Nebula...Different plugins for sure, & both bring something unique to the table...The CPU hit in Nebula is a killer, & you have to change how you work in order to use it, but the results are damn good IMO...Slate plugins are again, different in ways, but give great results too (so far for me anyway), without the CPU hit...

This is an apples vs. oranges comparison here from me, but both Nebula & Slate are good plugins, they're just very different animals IMO...

Back to Slate, I really like the VMR, the FG Bomber module in particular, combined with his console emulations...It's very easy to over-do the saturation using the Bomber, but after you spend a little time with it & learn, it's great...

While I think Nebula has the edge on the bottom line, the sound, I'm gonna keep using the Slate plugins I have until Nebula 4 is released, hopefully before too much longer...

 

Great post i agree.
Both compliment each other nicely in music production.
Bomber and VMR are indeed great.

 

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I want to punch Steven Slate in the throat. Then throw that fucking ugly ass jacket full of buttons in his face while he's gasping for air.... Just sayin'

 

How could i ever forget this post LMAO! @Von_Steyr \m/

 

Every man has to learn how to crawl before he can walk, haha...

 

Yeah man, I'm hoping Nebula 4 will help with the CPU issues (even with an i7 here, the best pc I've ever had) so we could run quite a few instances at once & listen to what's happening in real time like I always have, but even as-is now, these plugins are just great IMO...

One small gripe I have about the Slate Mixbuss module is the Brit N/Neve 8048 setting is about 2db louder than the other consoles, & it's a bit of a pain when switching between them because of the volume jump, other than that, I haven't found anything else (yet...lol) that sticks out...It's just a little annoying really, but still...

 

Dont we all tho \m/ >>> this was a really good post man \m/ yano back in the day late 80's early 90's my other guitarist used an Digitech Rp5 pedal for his tone an run it into his Marshall Jcm 800 head bypassing the Marshall sound >>> me i went straight from my guitar to the Marshall 800 head an used the marshall sound why? we both had diffrent taste in tone but wen we put the 2 together and thru the PA out front it sounded like a monster together \m/ im sure glad we have variety an options cause wouldnt music be stale as F_ck if we all used the same piece of gear on our mix \m/

 

Any comparisons for Slate Digital VMR/VCC vs. Waves SSL? For dance music.

 

I agree with you!!

It took me awhile to come around. My ears are something that have slowly improved overtime, and plugins that I didn't think were once good actually are very good. After playing around with what feels like every company's plugins at one time or another, I agree that Slate's stuff is the very best in the plugin world. The only exception would be Acustica Audio, and I personally only say that because I haven't been able to fully practice with it to really give a fair review. Demo'ing PINK and Sand gave Ableton SUCH a huge CPU hit, that I couldn't even really test it. And this is with a 16gig i7 computer that, while a few years old, isn't terrabad. Even then, Slate's stuff is with the very highest in the software world and creates a mix that is so pure that I can't hear much difference at all between my mixes and the studio tracks I'm referencing .

I disagree that more CPU means a better sound. Waves Audio plugins notoriously take a huge hit, and there hardly is anything they make that's worthwhile at all. The only exception is the Gregs series plugins which are the real deal and I recommend.

And I also disagree that Satin is better than VTM. It's been awhile, but I felt there was a purer sound from VTM than Satin. u-he makes awesome synths, but It was surprising that Presswerk and Satin no longer held up as my ears got better.

Now all this guitar talk has got me seeing what's better than Positive Bias lol.

 

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You may like something more, but this doesn't mean that it sounds better.
Also many people don't need to sound "vintage" and prefer super clean clean mixes and digital EQs, dynamic processors and delays/ echo with more options for tweaking that will probably do the job (even if you wanna sound "oldschool", but you have to know how to achieve preferred results).

 

Well, I definitely wasn't trying to tell anybody what to do . I'm just explaining my experience, especially how it feels you'll come back to old plugins you didn't like and realize they were much better than you gave them credit for.

But I wouldn't say 'vintage' is the right word. It's not like modern studios don't use analog mixers and outboard effects. It's more about having much more depth, clarity and 3D sound. It's the sound you get with analog equipment and that digital plugins have always tried to re-create for many years. Slate, to me, does it better than almost anyone else.

 

Damn, this was an amamzingly entertaining breakfast-read
Anyway, this might be a little off-topic, but since quite a few posters mentioned the CPU-usage with Satin, I thought I'd chime in.
So, my assumption is that most people who like Satin make heavy use of the "Service-Panel" (bottom window) since that's where a lot of the magic happens. The thing is that in order to generate the Analyzer-window, Satin opens up a second instance of itself, in turn leading to an increase in CPU-consumption. The fix is rather obvious: After making your adjustments in the "Service Panel", be sure to close it.
I found that this roughly doubles the amount of instances I'm able to use (duh...). For more specific infos on this, check out the manual.

As for Slate Plugs: Seems like we all owe it to ourselves to try out the Acqua stuff

 

seriously. im impressed!! Its time to go rob a bank or something and go on a buying spree!

and to join the rest of this enjoyablesunday thread :

i like slate
never tried anything from uHe. never feelt drawn to it for somereason