Nomad Factory Blue Tubes Updated to V4.

[Teksonik]

Keep getting a gateway timeout here. Must be really busy?!
Edit - just gotta keep refreshing!

Yes I'm having trouble accessing the downloads as well. I'll just wait a few days for the traffic to calm down.

So I've given the new "BT Analog Trackbox" a good testing this morning and I do like it very much. I tested it against my current favorite channel strip which is the Lindell 50 and both sound great on my source material. They are both most welcome in my toolbox.

Now on to test the new BT Analog Chorus and Tempo Delay.

One thing I have noticed is that all plugins in a particular collection share the same GUI size and Skin Color option. It's true for the three Blue Tubes plugins I own and the British Bundle as well although it only has one skin color.

It would be nice to have different sizes and skin options for each plugin within a collection. I'll see if I can find a way to pass this along to NF support once things calm down a bit.

[ramseysounds]

I think the gui size and colour is when you set it for one, it uses that for the others I guess.
One thing to be wary of, it will install all vsts in a collection whether you own them or not. Just remember to untick the ones you don’t want at install stage.

Overall though, impressed. Having a usable gui size is so inspirational. The white colour is so good.

[Vortifex]

I take it from the blurb this is a compatibility and UI update with the core sound left untouched. I like the chorus, phaser, and Brickwall BW2S limiter which reminds me of D16's Frontier. The delay is decent.

But I feel it's a very unbalanced bundle, with 11 of the 19 plugins being EQs and compressor/limiters if you count Trackbox. Too much overlap for me makes the bundle poor value. I might get the phaser, I really like it.

[telecharge]

I take it from the blurb this is a compatibility and UI update with the core sound left untouched.

Product Features:
+ 19 processors covering all core mixing tasks
+ New internal audio architecture
+ Improved sound quality
+ Enhanced stability
+ Updated interfaces and workflows
+ Vintage analog tone and saturation behavior
+ Modern compatibility and performance
+ Low CPU consumption across the entire suite

https://www.plugivery.com/products/p215 ... es-Bundle/

[audiosabre]

Slick update. I really dig the new black skin. I'll also voice my interest in an up-to-date MAGMA. Never bought it because it was a little half-baked and buggy, but I love the sound & concept.

[ramseysounds]

Weird behaviour with the Chorus here. After inserting on a track it produces an audio spike every 5-10 mins. Anyone else?

[Cuauhtli]

Unable to register since my old account was from way back when. Get the message that an email was sent but didn't receive it. I'll try Monday. If it doesn't work oh well, haven't used it in ages so I ain't missing it.

[Teksonik]

Weird behaviour with the Chorus here. After inserting on a track it produces an audio spike every 5-10 mins. Anyone else?

No, I have not experienced that as of yet but then I haven't used it in a project and I don't think I've had it up and running continuously for more than a couple of minutes.

What operating system are you running? I've been using it on Windows 11.

[dmbaer]

I just noticed that NF, without fanfare, seems to have 86-ed the Analog Signature Pack (EQP-4. LM-662 and SC-226). These are no longer listed in the Integral Studio Pack - it's as if they never existed. I'm kind of bummed because, next to the Retro EQs Bundle, these were the the plug-ins I was most excited to see get a Version 2 upgrade.

Maybe that's a good sign. Maybe they're about to get updated next. I have NFR copies of all three plugins in the Analog Signature Pack and would love to see them get updated as well.

Plugivery does have a forum but it's pretty quiet over there other than me bugging them for news about updates.....

You may have to have an account to see the posts...
https://forums.plugivery.com/index.php? ... ntry151274

Here's Eric's full post. You'll probably have to open the image in a new tab to read it due to KVR's compression:

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I just got my Blue Tubes announcement email this morning and it had this:

All products currently listed on the Nomad Factory Website are now fully 2026 compliant and compatible with current operating systems and DAWs. Products that were not ready have been temporarily discontinued until they are fully upgraded.

So, cool. Looks like the Analog Signature Pack is not dead after all. I do wish NF would give it a higher priority though.

[telecharge]

Unable to register since my old account was from way back when. Get the message that an email was sent but didn't receive it. I'll try Monday. If it doesn't work oh well, haven't used it in ages so I ain't missing it.

I had a similar issue some time ago, and their support sorted it out pretty quickly -- something about migrating the license to their new system. I'd go ahead and open a ticket - https://help.nomadfactory.com/tickets

[ramseysounds]

Weird behaviour with the Chorus here. After inserting on a track it produces an audio spike every 5-10 mins. Anyone else?

No, I have not experienced that as of yet but then I haven't used it in a project and I don't think I've had it up and running continuously for more than a couple of minutes.

What operating system are you running? I've been using it on Windows 11.

W11 vst 3 64 bit on Cubase Pro 13

[machinesworking]

So, cool. Looks like the Analog Signature Pack is not dead after all. I do wish NF would give it a higher priority though.

This a thousand times. My most used plugins from Nomad are the retro EQ's, Pulse Tec EQ, and the Analog Signature Pack. Great coloring plugins!

[surferman]

I would be happy to donate an upgrade price to support a company who is giving free updates so many years later. If there is a method, please share. We need this type of company to succeed.

[Teksonik]

Weird behaviour with the Chorus here. After inserting on a track it produces an audio spike every 5-10 mins. Anyone else?

No, I have not experienced that as of yet but then I haven't used it in a project and I don't think I've had it up and running continuously for more than a couple of minutes.
What operating system are you running? I've been using it on Windows 11.

W11 vst 3 64 bit on Cubase Pro 13

Ok I'll test tomorrow to see if I can reproduce the issue although I don't own Cubase.

[dysjoint]

Loving these updates. No clipper in the new PulseTeq EQ amp section was a bit of a bugger. But a clipper has appeared in the updated analog chorus and phaser, the Trackbox also. Resizing and oversampling and a couple new skins. Great. I'm hoping Bluverb survives, although I think it's still at version 1.0.0 so who knows. Maybe 80's spaces is the replacement, hope not. So much nostalgia attached to this bundle, really glad to see them refreshed.

And yes to the random noise in the Analog Chorus. I'm hearing something akin to a Dirac impulse every now and then and have observed it in the meters. It is possibly panned differently each time (which would make sense as I have the panner active). Occurs in both the vst and vst3 versions.