real LMFAO

 

Yeah many REA Script plugins is awesome especially those made by the community users that is very dedicated to make the best tool they can and so is many of Airwindows tools
But when it comes to Nebula its like comparing Modeling vs Capture/Profiling of a real Guitar or Bass amplifier.
Capturing/Profiling is a little more convincing although it is a snapshot of how the amplifier sounds at that particular setting and what miced and distance you use on the miced up cab or if they just captured the amp itself.
Usually that means if you edit the EQ or Gain settings it wont react the same way the real amp would.
With Modeling on the other hand it is designed to mimic how the amplifier react when you turned the knobs on the amplifier but it doesnt really is as convincing as capturing method although it is a very litlle difference sonically you can barely hear it but it is still there.
Nebula is based on capturing method so it is sonically a little more concvincing to how a hardware sounds compared to modeling algorithmic but as with ampsim the difference is barely noticeable..

 

Don't stop sharing Nebula programs!

We have more than enough of them.

We don't need more as we don't use them.

Stop creating them, stop downloading them, stop wasting your time, start using what we have.

 

I honestly thought sales would go up.
These libraries are reasonably priced and a dump like the one on the sister site brings a lot of exposure. I mean I use nebula only for tape and the tapes libs I like I already own.. did I download them all anyways? Are we data hoarders? Sure! And if I find a gem I would buy it.
Makes me a little sad that I was wrong

 

Interesting info. I didn't know that the way other people were sampling hardware was still quite different from what Acustica does.

Regarding Nebula being updated, I am aware that Nebula did receive an update recently (4.6?), but I do not consider it substantial enough.

Also, I was reading about people having issues with stability and compatibility using 3rd party libraries, and recommending to not update Nebula.

These "updates" remind me of how XLN Audio does updates. They promised updates to XLN XO after years of feedback from users, and then in the update they didn't implement any of the user requests (like adding a longer step sequencer), or make any substantial improvements!

I would consider both Acustica and many XLN Audio products abandonware, as they will only do updates to allow compatibility on new OSs, make minor bug fixes, and not actually improve their products.

I would need actual substantial improvements to the user experience to call Nebula "updated"

 

Full nebula is very expensive, I think that limits the clientele quite a bit, if the programs worked in Nebula player I'm sure that would help a bit but alas they don't ... Some kind of cheaper alternative would work instead of full Nebula.

 

Chris from Airwindows Patreon model has enabled him to finally buy outright those alien kittens which he adores so much instead of renting them on a monthly basis. Good for him, it's about time they've found a permanent home!

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lol, it's the freelance soundlabs situation all over again.
Forr context. When some freelance soundlabs nks files got releaced on the syster site, the guy actually commented saying the exact same thing, stop sharing my libs, a ton of work has been put into them, my sales are dropping cause of piracy bla bla bla. Now i know the guy has every right to say that, but come on, not everyone can afford stuff and its good to test before ppl actually buy the thing. Theyre just bitching at that point

 

Exactly, N4 used to be priced way more affordably.
I picked it up at a nice discount at launch.

Acustica increased the price to make it a far less appealing proposition than their many Acquas.

I highly doubt there will be any kind of N5, judging by how they’ve bastardized N4 over the years.

It’s essentially abandonware sustained by a cult of dedicated hobbyists.

When time is money, I highly doubt busy producers/engineers reach for such finicky, cumbersome, unintuitive tools…not for the extra 10% sauce a sampling of some obscure hardware unit from 1960s gives a mix, that most listeners will never perceive or care about.


“Ohh that Trident A Range is really giving the sax solo extra body - the compressed file sounds amazing streamed via my cellphone” Said no one ever!

 

The mental gymnastics most of y'all are doing just to simply avoid any shred of accountability whatsoever, or justify wrongs in any possible way, is baffling to say the least. Also, just by what most of these comments have been, clearly, the vast majority of you don't actually make any income from audio/music, or have even attempted to take it seriously at all.

What a sorry state the collective mind zeitgeist is in

 

shoutout to themaya, bro just doing it for the love of game

 

Is not trying to make money from audio or music a bad thing? Do you have a sibling? Do you love them? Would it be a bad thing if you didn't make money from your sibling? For some people, audio/music is a thing of love. Pimping isn't necessary. For others, it is an industry to make money from. Money makes the world go round, right? Yes, I agree, what a sorry state the collective mind, the zeitgeist, is in.

 

that's a cop out, complete cop out and its not "pimping" because some have chosen to go the extremely* difficult route of doing this for a living, which includes gear manufacturers, people who make instruments, developers, etc

Also, have you not considered that audio/music being such a strong love that you couldnt possibly do anything else for money to take time away from it?

Ignorant assumptions all over, still doesn't explain any of the mental gymnastics here lol

Also, I could make a very compelling argument that, AlexB for instance, has more "love" than anyone commenting this foolishness combined lol, terrible argument

 

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Yes, I won't run a marathon for you if you don't pay me. I have better things to do. I'm not running it because it's hard for me to complete a marathon, I do it for you. Come on, good man, don't talk nonsense. Five-year-old children in Africa spend their youth digging all day in mineral mines, and you're suggesting something about someone who voluntarily chooses to do something "extremely hard" out of love, but will only do it if it's profitable?

 

what are you even saying? lol the hard part is making money from it, that was the point, which saying it's "for love" so why would i do it for money, is an extremely convenient way to say "I've never actually attempted", because obvi, everyone would do it for money if they could snap their fingers and have it be so

 

Please don't, spare us "mental gymnastics."

 

Again, all this to justify an objectively morally corrupt viewpoint, whatever keeps the cognitive dissonance away i suppose

 

Let's break it down into digestible parts:

…voluntarily chooses to do something... "extremely hard"... out of love... but will only do it if it's profitable…

Then fucking don't do it, and fuck off. Simple. Nobody would miss something nonexistent.

 

bruh reread my messages lmao thats not even what i was implying/saying/anywhere close to my point