KVR Audio

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:08 pm

Hm... not to rush anything on this one, but... is there an update planned in the near future? Maybe with the new GUI and the possible changes I mentioned? (you know... default settings, tagging, etc).

bandiseb · Post by **bandiseb** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:35 pm

+1 for a quick update!

briefcasemanx · Post by **briefcasemanx** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:56 pm

sounds like rubytube??? someone needs to get new ears/monitors.

The tube saturator is pretty good.
The limiter does something amazing, although I don't think I've messed with it enough to really reign it in. It does something that I haven't heard a plugin do.

MelodyMan · Post by **MelodyMan** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:16 pm

briefcasemanx wrote: The limiter does something amazing, although I don't think I've messed with it enough to really reign it in. It does something that I haven't heard a plugin do.

It sounds very similar to the Crysonic Spectraphy limiter. Practically the same.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:50 pm

I also really like the maximizer. It tames big peaks in a very musical and useful way. Especially very transient heavy material gets treated nicely. However, it can get a bit fuzzy on material with lots of sustained notes and high average levels (like metal, rock or even symphonic music).

Cheers!
bManic

briefcasemanx · Post by **briefcasemanx** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:33 am

MelodyMan wrote:
briefcasemanx wrote: The limiter does something amazing, although I don't think I've messed with it enough to really reign it in. It does something that I haven't heard a plugin do.
It sounds very similar to the Crysonic Spectraphy limiter. Practically the same.

haven't tried that one.

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:00 am

Kingston originally wrote:loosely reminiscent of a very very ancient plugin called RubyTube.

and then the onslaught of selective reading:

Urb Sergeant wrote:nope, doesn't sound like rubytube.

did I say it does?

bmanic wrote:umm.. agreed, it's not even close to rubytube.

you should know better than to jump on stuff like that.

briefcasemanx wrote:sounds like rubytube??? someone needs to get new ears/monitors.

warren · Post by **warren** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:16 am

Kingston wrote:did I say it does?

Uh, yes.

Kingston wrote:anyway, I thought this new one sounded like rubytube with 10X the CPU hit (no effect on sound).

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:50 am

warren wrote:Uh, yes.

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warrio ... hivist.htm

laputa_sync · Post by **laputa_sync** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:10 am

Kingston is on the Synth1 bandwagon!!

TubeDriver Rocks!

warren · Post by **warren** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:20 am

Kingston wrote:[http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warrio ... hivist.htm

It's ONE page back! I just read it! I'm sorry my memory goes back five minutes. Forgive me. But you did say it, so all that big deal you just made about it is a bunch of hot air. Now man up and apologize to all those nice folks you accused of "selective reading".

jivamukti · Post by **jivamukti** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:30 am

Kingston wrote: http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warrio ... hivist.htm

Haha what a great site.

DennyRogers · Post by **DennyRogers** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:31 am

Thanks for this, i'll try it out tomorrow.

Urb Sergeant · Post by **Urb Sergeant** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:32 am

well, kingston, going by your logic one could assume that every plug out there is "loosely reminiscent" of every other plug just because it has a GUI with a few buttons and sliders.

Just to get things clear;
exactly WHAT are you referring to when you're saying Tubedriver is "loosely reminiscent" of Rubytube? Is it the name?

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:42 am

Urb Sergeant wrote:Just to get things clear;
exactly WHAT are you referring to when you're saying Tubedriver is "loosely reminiscent" of Rubytube?

the point being, I remember rubytube very well, as it used to be one of my favourite plugins back in the day. I has since been surpassed several times, as CPU requirements have been loosened up and we no longer have to resort to cheap waveshapers.

Despite the massive CPU hit (am I alone in thinking it's simply excessive, hence making the plug impractical?), this new one delivers a kind of dated "filtered waveshaper with bias" sound, just like rubytube, with one extra knob, to put it bluntly. Whether that means anything to anyone but myself, I tend to think the description a heavy negative.

I'll restrict any further criticism here in the name of fairness. It's an early alpha, and who knows what aces the developer might pull out of his sleeves in the future. Good luck and all.

New version freeware TubeDriver VST plug-in by Nick Crow.