KVR Audio

tb1 · Post by **tb1** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:46 am

Released yesterday, 11th April and i just demoed them. All i can say is: wow! Only tried them on Drums(+Bus) so far but i like them both, especially the API can add nice punch and the distortion/saturation sounds really convincing (both of them). The "N", Neve Pre is darker ofc but got a fat lowend and great midrange-tone.

J4R1O · Post by **J4R1O** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:54 am

Demoed them last nite and Model N sounded really good on bass (recorded thru Avalon). I thought my bass sounded good already but now it sounds even better with that Kush magic fairy dust all over the track (sounds more open yet still focused). Also worked nice in front of Satson.

Have to try Model A today...

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:49 pm

So far I like them however I am experiencing what might be a bug: sporadically they will switch into a mode that sounds like a fixed comb filter. no amount of control twiddling will stop this, it just stops on it's own again sporadically. I sent Kush an email about it. I'm on a macbook pro os 10.11 logic 10.2

jpga · Post by **jpga** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:18 pm

Love the sound, but trouble here 2!
Mail sent.

tb1 · Post by **tb1** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:42 pm

Did you bought the Plugins already? Because i also got this issue and i thought it would be a Demo-Limitation..

emasters · Post by **emasters** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:15 pm

Issue here with Cubase on Mac -- working with support to investigate.

cprompt · Post by **cprompt** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:17 pm

The demos work fine in Reaper / Windows. They sound really good too, but old fart that I am, they didn't blow me away, not enough to shell out $30 a pop.

They also add some gain even at default settings which I had to compensate for which was a bit annoying, cos as we all know, stuff sounds better when its louder

Eyafjallajökull · Post by **Eyafjallajökull** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:51 am

I hear good things!

jpga · Post by **jpga** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:26 pm

Eyafjallajökull wrote:I hear good things!

Lovely things.

jens · Post by **jens** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:56 pm

cprompt wrote:The demos work fine in Reaper / Windows. They sound really good too, but old fart that I am, they didn't blow me away, not enough to shell out $30 a pop.

They are so good, they make both Soundtoys Decapitator and Radiator absolete.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 0#p6438246

tb1 · Post by **tb1** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 8:38 am

I am serious.

Btw. Soundtoys plugins are good ofc but I would prefer a real CultureVulture, thats why i also skipped the UAD version (which also beats the decapitator,radiator etc.). That beeing said, the new UAD 1073 Collection is pretty convincing, i have to compare this to Omega "N".

jens · Post by **jens** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:26 am

tb1 wrote:I am serious.

Either way, it is a completely ridiculous claim. All three plugins do completely different things with relatively little overlap. It's like saying bread makes egg obsolete or a table makes a wardrobe obsolete.

(Well, if you would say for you Decapitator makes both the Omegas and Radiator obsolete, that would sort of makes sense, since it is quite flexible and can do everything from very slight saturation to in-your-face distortion and offers a lot of control over the sound so that it can kind of approximate the others.)

My suggestion for you would be to simply try hese plugins yourself and listen what they do and what they sound like.

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:48 am

I'll be buying these when I'm paid... Very nice plugins.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:32 pm

iLok dongle required yes/no?

jens · Post by **jens** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:46 pm

Kush Omega Transformer / Preamp Plugins!