Acustica Audio intros Black: the FREE gain-staging tools for authentic analog sound.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 210 posts since 24 Sep, 2019
Black is an Acqua plug-in bundle that includes two free players focused on gain-staging. The secret behind Black are the featured preamp emulations that provide the authentic analog console sound.
The Free Player consists of a default emulation bank, 'Navy Geranium.'
Each additional 'Volume' includes ten different emulations of vintage and modern console preamps with a total value of over 100K!
Black Volume A: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/pro ... ackvolumea
Black Volume B: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/pro ... ackvolumeb
https://youtu.be/h2_Uk7Qfaos
What's the idea behind Black?
The basic concept behind BLACK is to recreate in the digital domain the warm and tone-rich feeling that an analog setup can deliver.
Samples and recordings are usually distributed with 0dbFs, while user set processors require an operational level of around -18dbFs.
So as per any analog mixer, before mixing a take, it is crucial to set a correct amount of pre-amplification to your signal since the rest of the chain depends on it.
So, with that said, you should consider Black as the first plug-in suite to add to the channels of your DAW: just set the Input signal level using both the meters and the overflow led.
By increasing the input gain, you will also affect harmonic distortion, just like on a real mixer.
Then you could use the filters to eliminate any rumble and useless content in the top end and then fiddle with the different pre-amplifications until you find the one you like most that add the best coloring to your source.
By taking advantage of the numerous emulations, you will recreate that non-linearity characteristic of those deep and open mixes, just like on a real analog piece of equipment.
Black player (free) can be downloaded thru Aquarius, our product manager: https://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/aquarius
The Free Player consists of a default emulation bank, 'Navy Geranium.'
Each additional 'Volume' includes ten different emulations of vintage and modern console preamps with a total value of over 100K!
Black Volume A: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/pro ... ackvolumea
Black Volume B: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/pro ... ackvolumeb
https://youtu.be/h2_Uk7Qfaos
What's the idea behind Black?
The basic concept behind BLACK is to recreate in the digital domain the warm and tone-rich feeling that an analog setup can deliver.
Samples and recordings are usually distributed with 0dbFs, while user set processors require an operational level of around -18dbFs.
So as per any analog mixer, before mixing a take, it is crucial to set a correct amount of pre-amplification to your signal since the rest of the chain depends on it.
So, with that said, you should consider Black as the first plug-in suite to add to the channels of your DAW: just set the Input signal level using both the meters and the overflow led.
By increasing the input gain, you will also affect harmonic distortion, just like on a real mixer.
Then you could use the filters to eliminate any rumble and useless content in the top end and then fiddle with the different pre-amplifications until you find the one you like most that add the best coloring to your source.
By taking advantage of the numerous emulations, you will recreate that non-linearity characteristic of those deep and open mixes, just like on a real analog piece of equipment.
Black player (free) can be downloaded thru Aquarius, our product manager: https://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/aquarius
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Acustica Community Acustica Community https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=448513
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 210 posts since 24 Sep, 2019
Thank you for your feedback! During the first 30 days from the release, we can add improvements so I forwarded your suggestion to our development team for consideration.
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- KVRAF
- 1574 posts since 28 Jul, 2006
The description is word salad. You should hire someone to rewrite or revise your copy.
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- KVRAF
- 1574 posts since 28 Jul, 2006
This is very strange that you are limited to 30 days for updating plugins. Nonsense self-imposed limitations like that make the buggyness of Acustica software make a lot more sense.Acustica Community wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:07 pmThank you for your feedback! During the first 30 days from the release, we can add improvements so I forwarded your suggestion to our development team for consideration.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 210 posts since 24 Sep, 2019
It's not a limitation but a general recommendation for the introductory period of any product. As you might know, (or maybe not) versions of our plugins are continuously improving.