TesslaPRO (update v1.0.1)
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- KVRist
- 164 posts since 1 May, 2008 from USA
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- KVRAF
- 2138 posts since 8 Feb, 2007
From another thread :
be WOWed...
Can you point in some way as "what" should one hear ? Tessla Pro just seem much more subtle the Tessla SE...
(So it seems...)
You mean with it's default settings ? I might be deaf but Tessla's magic somehow slipped my ear and I failed tobmanic wrote:PS. @everybody: Try inserting Bootsie's Tessla Pro after Gladiator. You get instant SUPER CREAMY nice fat sound. I mean, Gladiator already sounds awesome but adding bootsie's plugin takes that slight digital edge off the sound and makes it a bit more lively still. Amazing combination!
be WOWed...
Can you point in some way as "what" should one hear ? Tessla Pro just seem much more subtle the Tessla SE...
(So it seems...)
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- KVRAF
- 11396 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
Well I usually crank the drive and also the transient knob to distort the body of the sound but not the transients.
It all comes down to experience in listening and your monitoring environment. I have absolutely no problems at all to hear what Tessla Pro is doing, at home nor at the studio. I do however have quite good headphones at home (AKG K701) and full range professional monitors in a purposefully built studio with proper acoustic treatment and very low noise floor (no outside noise can get it).
You could try inserting 2 or even 3 instances of Tessla Pro in series to hear what it does.
Basically what happens is some gentle EQing (slight dip in bass, boost in highs drop in low mids, a kind of gentle smiley curve with a few more peaks and valleys than usually). Then you get the smearing from the saturation, it simply glues things a bit (or this can be very gentle compression too which I'm absolutely sure must be included in the plugin because it is limiting peaks somehow). Then there is the slight illusion of stereo width, at least on stereo material with transients that are panned wide because each one is treated a bit differently it gives the illusion of wider, more "loose". Kind of like an unlinked dual-mono compressor (which it actually might be!).
Cheers!
bManic
It all comes down to experience in listening and your monitoring environment. I have absolutely no problems at all to hear what Tessla Pro is doing, at home nor at the studio. I do however have quite good headphones at home (AKG K701) and full range professional monitors in a purposefully built studio with proper acoustic treatment and very low noise floor (no outside noise can get it).
You could try inserting 2 or even 3 instances of Tessla Pro in series to hear what it does.
Basically what happens is some gentle EQing (slight dip in bass, boost in highs drop in low mids, a kind of gentle smiley curve with a few more peaks and valleys than usually). Then you get the smearing from the saturation, it simply glues things a bit (or this can be very gentle compression too which I'm absolutely sure must be included in the plugin because it is limiting peaks somehow). Then there is the slight illusion of stereo width, at least on stereo material with transients that are panned wide because each one is treated a bit differently it gives the illusion of wider, more "loose". Kind of like an unlinked dual-mono compressor (which it actually might be!).
Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 5200 posts since 17 Aug, 2004
Turn drive kn ob little right, turn transient little (or far) left and there you go!! It is kinda stronger. I mean sound is somewhat stronger....duh....hard to explain when you are not native English speaker...Tp3 wrote:From another thread :
You mean with it's default settings ? I might be deaf but Tessla's magic somehow slipped my ear and I failed tobmanic wrote:PS. @everybody: Try inserting Bootsie's Tessla Pro after Gladiator. You get instant SUPER CREAMY nice fat sound. I mean, Gladiator already sounds awesome but adding bootsie's plugin takes that slight digital edge off the sound and makes it a bit more lively still. Amazing combination!
be WOWed...
Can you point in some way as "what" should one hear ? Tessla Pro just seem much more subtle the Tessla SE...
(So it seems...)
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- KVRist
- 159 posts since 8 Nov, 2008 from Prague
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Turn drive knob little right, turn transient little (or far) left and there you go!! It is kinda stronger.[/quote]
Well, I have somewhat different feeling, but I might be wrong. Turning the transient knob to the left processes all the transients, which is exactelly what we usually do not like about digital editing, do we? Turning the transient knob right lets the transients pass through which brings more dimension and liveliness to the recording (isn't this the reason for bootsie's smile?
). But make shure you boost the track enough (involve the boost button if necessary).
I have just tested TesslaPro on a bass track. When listening in solo I could not tell much difference. But when listening in the whole mix the bass became suddenly much more intelligable yet in a very relaxed and natural way without any harshness. That it the magic of unprocessed (transient knob fully right) transients. It is something that makes this plugin really stand out.
Bravo!
Turn drive knob little right, turn transient little (or far) left and there you go!! It is kinda stronger.[/quote]
Well, I have somewhat different feeling, but I might be wrong. Turning the transient knob to the left processes all the transients, which is exactelly what we usually do not like about digital editing, do we? Turning the transient knob right lets the transients pass through which brings more dimension and liveliness to the recording (isn't this the reason for bootsie's smile?
). But make shure you boost the track enough (involve the boost button if necessary). I have just tested TesslaPro on a bass track. When listening in solo I could not tell much difference. But when listening in the whole mix the bass became suddenly much more intelligable yet in a very relaxed and natural way without any harshness. That it the magic of unprocessed (transient knob fully right) transients. It is something that makes this plugin really stand out.
Bravo!
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- D.H. MOD
- 17954 posts since 21 Jun, 2008
Thank you.
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Well, I'm not ashamed to admit it: I'm not hearing the "magic" just yet, but I need to figure out what it's best used for and when.
I tried it on a mix, but I think a lot of the tracks in said mix have been through the blender too many times, and there was only the slightest difference between the two, and not necessarily better or worse. My listening environment ain't perfect, but it's pretty good. Maybe not good enough, but I'll have to try this on a "clean" project and see what happens.
So far, not as sold as with the other VOS stuff, but I understand: it's subtle.
And that's tonight's inspection of the mares's tonsils!
I tried it on a mix, but I think a lot of the tracks in said mix have been through the blender too many times, and there was only the slightest difference between the two, and not necessarily better or worse. My listening environment ain't perfect, but it's pretty good. Maybe not good enough, but I'll have to try this on a "clean" project and see what happens.
So far, not as sold as with the other VOS stuff, but I understand: it's subtle.
And that's tonight's inspection of the mares's tonsils!
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- KVRAF
- 5200 posts since 17 Aug, 2004
Turn drive knob little right, turn transient little (or far) left and there you go!! It is kinda stronger.[/quote]Masr wrote:
Well, I have somewhat different feeling, but I might be wrong. Turning the transient knob to the left processes all the transients, which is exactelly what we usually do not like about digital editing, do we? Turning the transient knob right lets the transients pass through which brings more dimension and liveliness to the recording (isn't this the reason for bootsie's smile?
). But make shure you boost the track enough (involve the boost button if necessary). I have just tested TesslaPro on a bass track. When listening in solo I could not tell much difference. But when listening in the whole mix the bass became suddenly much more intelligable yet in a very relaxed and natural way without any harshness. That it the magic of unprocessed (transient knob fully right) transients. It is something that makes this plugin really stand out.
Bravo!
[/quote]Eh..told you..one of my moronic english writing moment...Turn transient little or far right(riiiigghhhhttt) and there you are.
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- KVRist
- 159 posts since 8 Nov, 2008 from Prague
Thanks for clarification. Good to know we are on the same boat.kmonkey wrote: Eh..told you..one of my moronic english writing moment...Turn transient little or far right(riiiigghhhhttt) and there you are.
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- KVRian
- 505 posts since 13 Feb, 2009
if you can't hear it... i didn't even crank this up to the needles, as suggested in the manual, and i said COOL!
it defintely adds space/dimension. (how does this work?! mr dev?)
my "feeling" was of space that was extended, particularly front to back, and separation between the parts
therefore i suggest for those NOT hearing it, forget whether you're in a good studio or whatever. to make it easier to hear put it on the master of something that has little or no reverb and is not a dense mix.
but once heard, especially with FX like this you can get used to it and then "lose" it's effect. turn it off for awhile and it will come back. then again, that's true for any processing. once you set it to your liking don't worry about it
it defintely adds space/dimension. (how does this work?! mr dev?)
my "feeling" was of space that was extended, particularly front to back, and separation between the parts
therefore i suggest for those NOT hearing it, forget whether you're in a good studio or whatever. to make it easier to hear put it on the master of something that has little or no reverb and is not a dense mix.
but once heard, especially with FX like this you can get used to it and then "lose" it's effect. turn it off for awhile and it will come back. then again, that's true for any processing. once you set it to your liking don't worry about it
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- KVRian
- 809 posts since 24 May, 2005
I have found one issue with TesslaPro on Live 7.14.
When I close the project that has TesslaPro on a track or if I delete TesslaPro, Live just desapears and stays resident on memory, forcing me to end the Live7.exe process on Task Manager.
When I close the project that has TesslaPro on a track or if I delete TesslaPro, Live just desapears and stays resident on memory, forcing me to end the Live7.exe process on Task Manager.
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- Banned
- 1021 posts since 31 Mar, 2009
i have similar experiences in Reaper using bootsie plugs (TesslaPro, BootEQmkII, and NastyCS)... not every time but often enough to notice repeatedly within a couple days of downloading the plugs...alexfalcao wrote:I have found one issue with TesslaPro on Live 7.14.
When I close the project that has TesslaPro on a track or if I delete TesslaPro, Live just desapears and stays resident on memory, forcing me to end the Live7.exe process on Task Manager.
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- KVRist
- 243 posts since 24 Dec, 2004
Unfortunately TesslaPro doesn't seem to be compatible with 96KHz... That makes it unusable for me. Bummer 
As great as TesslaPRO is, it is not going to force me back to 44.1k.
Bootsie, do you have any plans to make your plugins compatible with higher sample rates? However, I respect your choice whatever it is.
cheers
As great as TesslaPRO is, it is not going to force me back to 44.1k.
Bootsie, do you have any plans to make your plugins compatible with higher sample rates? However, I respect your choice whatever it is.
cheers
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- KVRAF
- 2138 posts since 8 Feb, 2007
OK, at this point all I can think of is
Followers :
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(j/k out of... ummm... frustration ? I am blind... and now I STILL cannot see...
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Followers :
[Blind man approches an open pit]HAIL the MESSIAH ! HAIL the MESSIAH !
[Falls into the pitIM HEALED ! I WAS BLIND.... AND NOW I CAN SEE !!!
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(j/k out of... ummm... frustration ? I am blind... and now I STILL cannot see...
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