AudioThing releases ALBOROSIE DUB STATION: a careful recreation of King Tubby's original filter, echos and spring reverb

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https://www.audiothing.net/effects/albo ... b-station/
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We sampled, analyzed, and carefully recreated the original filter, echos, and spring reverb pre-owned, modified, and used by the legendary Osbourne Ruddock “King Tubby” – producer, studio engineer, and pioneer of dub reggae from the golden era of the 70s – from Alborosie’s personal vintage gear collection.

ECHOWUK: directly from federal studios, then King Tubby studio in Waterhouse Kingston, the MCI 2 track tape that was used to record and also to create the echo effect for most of the reggae classics overall and popular Tubby’s instrumental dub mixes.

SPRING BLING: directly from King Tubby studio in Waterhouse Kingston, the modified Fairchild Spring Reverb used by the Maestro himself in most classic records and dub mixes he recorded and produced.

FILTER MAN: modeled after Tubby’s so-called “Big Knob”, a passive high-pass filter with eleven frequency steps from 70Hz to 7.5KHz. This filter defined the sound of the entire ‘roots’ area of Jamaican music!

Special thanks to Lloyd James “King Jammy” for the continuous inspiration and guidance.

MCI 2 Track Tape
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Fairchild Spring Reverb
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King Tubby’s MCI Console
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ALBOROSIE
Real name Alberto D’Ascola, he was born in the Sicilian town of Marsala, Italy. He formed the Reggae National Tickets, who regularly toured Europe during the mid-to-late nineties. As the Millennium approached, the Tickets performed in Jamaica and the island immediately enveloped Alborosie in its spell, prompting him to jump ship and take a job as an engineer at Gee Jam studios in Port Antonio – a tropical hideaway on Jamaica’s north coast where Amy Winehouse, No Doubt, and many other foreign and local stars liked to record.


Price : 79 Euros (129 euros regular) :
59 Euros for owners of Outer Space or Springs
49 Euros if you own Outer Space AND Springs



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https://www.audiothing.net/effects/albo ... b-station/

ps, I've just bought it and it's flipping great! :phones:
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Shame it only goes unto 1/16 beat.
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Call me silly but if it's associated with King Tubby in any way

I want
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simmo75 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:49 pm Shame it only goes unto 1/16 beat.
Disengage the Sync and it goes down to 1 ms. :wink:
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This is SO DOPE !
Instant classic Dub sound , Instant Massive Attack 90's Bristol sound !
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I’m huge into all things dub, so I will buy it, but @audiothing, the key to dub, and even Alborosie does it in the demo on your website, is to play the console, with fx sends being fed back into tracks, which can then be fed back into the sends for the feedback. The only DAW I know of that can do this is Ableton, but even then, without proper modeling of the feedback loop(s), unpleasant artefacts like negative feedback can occur.

Please, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
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perpetual3 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:01 pm [snip..]

Please, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can have emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
Nice idea!
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Thanks for the feedback guys!
perpetual3 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:01 pmPlease, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
Ah yes, that would be really cool indeed!
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audiothing wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:09 am Thanks for the feedback guys!
perpetual3 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:01 pmPlease, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
Ah yes, that would be really cool indeed!

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this is a GREAT IDEA! 💡

Is there a way to implement this?

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Really loving this already. Thanks, Audiothing!
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melomood wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:10 pm Call me silly but if it's associated with King Tubby in any way

I want
Right? What a sound. Outta this world.. :)
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oops.. :dog:
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kgdrum wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:10 am
audiothing wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:09 am Thanks for the feedback guys!
perpetual3 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:01 pmPlease, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
Ah yes, that would be really cool indeed!

@Audiothing
@Perpetual3

this is a GREAT IDEA! 💡

Is there a way to implement this?

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This is very doable in Bitwig. Many other hosts/subhosts too but Bitwig is great for playing with feedback.
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Ah_Dziz wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:57 pm
kgdrum wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:10 am
audiothing wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:09 am Thanks for the feedback guys!
perpetual3 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:01 pmPlease, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
Ah yes, that would be really cool indeed!

@Audiothing
@Perpetual3

this is a GREAT IDEA! 💡

Is there a way to implement this?

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This is very doable in Bitwig. Many other hosts/subhosts too but Bitwig is great for playing with feedback.
I use Bitwig, and as far as I know, Bitwig does not. Try it yourself. Try to rout the output of a fx track back to an audio track and then use the send of the audio track back to the fx track. It’s not possible. Nor with the audio routing devices. And that’s because Bitwig has explicitly prohibited the kind of routing that I’m talking about. You can’t play the console. Bitwig does have the delay-4 device with a feedback matrix but with a minimum delay.
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Ah_Dziz wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:57 pm
kgdrum wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:10 am
audiothing wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:09 am Thanks for the feedback guys!
perpetual3 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:01 pmPlease, please - take this Alborosie concept further and use a feedback matrix where we can emulate a console specifically for routing sends to track, and being able to play the console for proper dub.
Ah yes, that would be really cool indeed!

@Audiothing
@Perpetual3

this is a GREAT IDEA! 💡

Is there a way to implement this?

👍
This is very doable in Bitwig. Many other hosts/subhosts too but Bitwig is great for playing with feedback.
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