Nebula self defeating by adding additional noise and phase per copy??Dude what are you smoking?? You should watch more closely when choosing your tea leaves.Nighthawk77 wrote: Of course sonically is ALWAYS a matter of taste so that remains relative.
But, when you have to chain several copies of Nebula back to back in order to get 3 or 4 bands of EQ you are going to degrade the audio quality.
Nebula will be adding additional noise and phase per copy so mutable copies being used to achieve multiple bands is inherently self defeating.
Companies like Waves, UAD, Softube, IKMultimedia who offer plugins that model multiple aspects of the hardware they are emulating (ie: transformers, tubes, switches, etc.),
are able to reproduce much more accurate reproductions of the original hardware without the additional noise and phase NOT inherent in the original device.
Simply the way Nebula deals with audio suffers from some problems.
UAD for example have been in business since the 1940's engineering some of the finest hardware tools ever made.
Their emulations of hardware they originally designed is much closer then many of the other emulations available.
Waves are also extraordinarily good.
They are also using a completely tried and tested technology that does not inherently suffer from the same problems that Nebula does.
Really it comes down to the end result and how the final mix reproduces on multiple systems.
It would be interesting to know how many major producers prefer Nebula over Waves, UAD, Softube, somehow I don't think you will find that many.
Having said that, Nebula is capable of some interesting results when used sparingly.
In terms of dealing with dynamics, it can never really compare to top notch VST plugins, the technology is currently limited in this way.
Fortunately they offer a free version, do you can do your own tests.....
Or better to ask can you give us simple, really simple evidence on this. Because many people did test and yet noone found anything on that nonsense you just mentioned.
Ouuu you are very happy by having access to all these mighty tools.Nighthawk77 wrote: Many people have never used hardware vintage equipment like Pultecs, Fairchilds, SSL, Studer, etc so they will never really know the difference.
Having worked with these tools, my ears tell me that the Waves, UAD, Softube, IKMultimedia versions are MUCH closer to the originals without the added inaccuracies inherent in the Nebula process.
There is Fairchild for nebula? Wow where? I would like to know where did you find it and how did you compared it then?
What kind of ears you sport? I think you just pissed on yourself, probably making it up about having access to all these tools (especially fairchild for Nebula). I don't know have you been in coma for the last two years but there are dozen of threads on gearslutz, KVR and even over at UAD forum (since you mentioned it) where a lot of people (producers, musicians, whatever) joined several blind test and it turned that in many cases they prefered nebula over UAD. Yes studer and manley test. Yes long time UAD users preferred Nenula over UAD. Just use search button. Add to that many threads where people experienced sort of revelation when using nebula (especially as EQ). For your record i have never seen threads with regards to something spectacular, or anything alike for plugs coming from some brands you mentioned. Go figure. Surely you don't think that all these people are stupid, without any experience or something. In case you think i am pulling this from my a** go and check these forums.
p.s. i own nebula yes, as well as uad quad, powercore etc.etc..Just to clarify that you can not say that my opinion is biased or that i am fanboy of some brand because i am not. I just don't like nonsense that's all.
Sweet lord can you tell us what is "completely tried and tested technology" which waves, ik multimeda, softube etc. use - please elaborate. I hope it's not some kind of albino polar bear or something..
