Nebula help please?

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  1. northwinds

    northwinds Kapellmeister

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    Hi all
    I recently bought Nebula 4 in the sale and have rrealised that I really need nebula 3 to fix problems I'm having with third party libraries and skins.
    I tried installing the 32lives enabled version of nebula 3 and although I can get it validated in Logic X, I can't get it to show in my plugins?
    I am on OSX Mojave at the moment.
    Any suggestions please?

     
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    You can try and use Bluecat's patchwork for testing and manually load it in to see if it works in Logic. It won't be as fussy with 32 and 64bit plugins.
    At the least you should be able to tell if it is Mojave, Logic or the plugin. It certainly does not fix the problem but it may help you isolate the source. Patchwork apparently has no issues with most MAC O/S's and some people have said patchwork loads even the most temperamental plugins. It's not a fix but it might be a workaround.
     
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    Great idea, thanks!
    But unfortunately when I try to load either the AU or VST through patchwork i get a loading error saying to check that this is a compatible 64 bit Audio Unit/vst plugin.
    Interestingly I have both a nebula3.component and a nebula3 x64.component (the second I'm guessing was created by 32lives?) but I get the same message when I try to load either.
     
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    check the "purchased" tab on aquarius, there should be a nebula 3 add-on that comes with N4. It says it solves compatibility issues between nebula 3 and n4, but i don't know exactly how. Look it up, it might be what you're looking for
     
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    I did wonder about that - thanks, I'll give it a try!
     
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    Well installing that allowed me to load N3 from the plugin menu, but it looks like this and I can't figure how to load anything? N3.jpg
     
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    Have you tried clicking "Init"? N3 dropdown is displayed when clicking there. What do you need N3 for if you have N4? you can do the same stuff on both. If nothing shows maybe better check if everything is installed on correct folders first https://acusticaudio.freshdesk.com/...icles/35000155485-getting-started-with-nebula
     
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    the layout looks pretty much the same as what i can remember from nebula3 (the default skin in the add-on does look like that, so don't worry). You click the "init" thing and a list with libraries should appear. For the skins you press the "MAST" button below, change the mode to "guru" and the option to change skins should become visible in the same menu but keep in mind that in nebula 3 the change in skin is global and doesn't change with the library you select. There's a way around that in N4, but it doesn't work with nebula 3 skins as far as i know.

    If you can't see the libraries or the skins, maybe you have them in the wrong folder? The real Nebula 3 has a folder called "nebulatemprepository", while N4 has one called "nebula4temprepository". To load the stuff in the nebula3 add-on they need to be in the later one.
     
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    Thank you both for your replies!
    Indeed the init button does load the programs, however I can't seem to change the skinns at all?
    under MAST I have Mode: 1 Guru but no matter which program I load I have *Skin: N3_Generic.N2S
    I can't see a way to change that?
    Thanks again!
     
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    You need to select that N3_Generic.n2s and use the faders to right to navigate through all the available skins. Select the one you're looking for, NOT any other from the list, some of them are from N4 and if you select them and move on you're gonna have a bad time. Then, click the SAVE button on the top part of the menu, delete the plugin from your session and insert it again.
     
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    Fantastic! That worked great! Many thanks!
    How do I change the skin again afterwards though?
    Thanks!
     
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    So, you've got your Best Answer? :winker:
     
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    I actually worked out that I had loaded an N4 skin so was stuck until I reloaded the N3 plugin via Aquarius.

    I have a bunch more questions re N3 and N4 skins but as I was prompted to choose a "Best Answer" maybe I should start another post?
     
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    Why would you need N3? Everything works fine on N4 in Reaper Win10 x64
     
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