KVR Audio

filter303 · Post by **filter303** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:25 am

I am very impressed with this plugin. For me it's worthy of being in the masterbus. Excellent product for an excellent price.

filter303 · Post by **filter303** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:29 am

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:Well, if bmanic likes it, that means I'll need to check this out.

Now, I won't get a chance to demo this for a few days at best...how's the CPU usage?

I have a w7 x64 Q6600 system with a RME soundcard.
On my system the cpu usage is exactly 2.85% @ 44.1khz samplerate. On a 48khz project it's 3.10%. Not too bad IMO.
Hope this helps

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:00 am

bought but I have no idea how to register the damn thing

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:01 am

a little high. 1.5% on my i7

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:01 am

Hibidy, put the keyfile in the same directory where the plug-in is.

My final verdict is: this thing ROCKS!!!

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:12 am

penguinfromdeep wrote:Hibidy, put the keyfile in the same directory where the plug-in is.

My final verdict is: this thing ROCKS!!!

There is no keyfile I can see.

digitalboytn · Post by **digitalboytn** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:14 am

hibidy wrote:
penguinfromdeep wrote:Hibidy, put the keyfile in the same directory where the plug-in is.

My final verdict is: this thing ROCKS!!!
There is no keyfile I can see.

There will be a link to your key file in the email they sent you...

D/L it - drop it in the folder - and you'll be good to go...

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:20 am

What I had to do was copy the link, then paste it in the brower THEN it dl'ed the key. Good to go now. Nice.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:42 am

Trying out the plugin some more.. find it to be pretty nice, but not as great as many suggest it to be.

It seems to be better than Ferox but still lacking hi end clarity/detail once trying to color and saturate some more (circuit clip always to minimum) ..anyway, a useful "blur-dirt" gluing tool nonetheless.

I predict that a favorite model would be the Japanese 75 - 7.5IPS

interesting color, especially good for my dark mixes

The Hybrid seems to be an all purpose model with the Jappanese 7.5 for dark material and Swiss 15 for bright/harsh.

Don't really know why, but expected more from the Professional - 30 IPS model.
The old and rusty model feels experimental and a bit of "just for the sake of adding it"

All in, the plugin seems (almost very) good imho and it's definitely worth checking out!

..especially if you don't have a good saturation and coloring tool...than it would be a no-brainer deal?

As for me, I thank for the excellent price offer and maybe will get it some day if the overall clarity would be improved or at least if some more interesting models would be added to the list. ..heck I might get it just for fun as a murky gluing thingy!

Added: Tested mainly on the acoustic drum bus... so opinions may change once testing some more!

bangzero · Post by **bangzero** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:05 am

3ee wrote:[...]It seems to be better than Ferox but still lacking hi end clarity/detail once trying to color and saturate some more (circuit clip always to minimum) ..anyway, a useful "blur-dirt" gluing tool. [...]a murky gluing thingy! :D

for comparison 3ee, what's your fave clear gluing thingy?

kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:18 am

bangzero wrote:
3ee wrote:[...]It seems to be better than Ferox but still lacking hi end clarity/detail once trying to color and saturate some more (circuit clip always to minimum) ..anyway, a useful "blur-dirt" gluing tool. [...]a murky gluing thingy!
for comparison 3ee, what's your fave clear gluing thingy?

What high end clarity detail? Care to explain? Usually i mean usually you loss high end detail with tapes.

You can always put bootsie EQ in the end and add that sparkle.

I am amazed both at the plugin and times we live in. For 10 eur you get AMAZING plugin...

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:30 am

bangzero wrote:
3ee wrote:[...]It seems to be better than Ferox but still lacking hi end clarity/detail once trying to color and saturate some more (circuit clip always to minimum) ..anyway, a useful "blur-dirt" gluing tool. [...]a murky gluing thingy!
for comparison 3ee, what's your fave clear gluing thingy?

jsCompShaper

without the shaper part (if not re-demoing The Glue)
still testing the VOS Thrillseeker for bus comp duties (I like it so far)

wishing for Waves PuigChild 670

Currently I don't have a saturation device that really satisfies me, I always have to combine them to get cool coloring and saturation. I try to get the best out of Ohmicide although nowadays it feels outdated.
Demoing Fabfilter Saturn and I kinda (really) like that but I can't afford it...

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:38 am

I was thinking of getting this and Barricade and the site seems to indicate there is a bundle with both in - "Bustools" but there is no purchase link for such a bundle.

U-o · Post by **U-o** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:42 am

It's good plugin, but unusable for me due its CPU consumption in my old notebook. Ferox is about 4-9% CPU, ReelBuss 27-35%.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:56 am

kmonkey wrote:What high end clarity detail? Care to explain? Usually i mean usually you loss high end detail with tapes.

You can always put bootsie EQ in the end and add that sparkle.

That would be the case with lower IPS, no?
With higher IPS, tape should round and accentuate the high end with ultra clear detail and sizzle. At least that's what I expect from a great tape machine.

Of course, the audio material needs to be good in the 1st place... and I do agree that the TB ReelBus is a great tool for it's price (although I remember someone suggesting that we shouldn't compare by price and I agree with that) ...

sure my initial thought were... OMG, I really need to get this.. but if it's not really "lovely" for my own personal use, than I will always be looking for a bit something else or more.. and I don't wish to buy every new plugin over enthusiasm...

TB ReelBus - thoughts?