Help me get Nat 3 and I'll make it worth your while with impulses galore!
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abyssofdreams
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AeternusEternus
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I've got to test this for myself. I'm installing the free stuff here in a moment, and depending on how that goes, I'm gonna buy it too.
Is Nebula 3 gonna DOMINATE my Core 2 Duo setup if I'm using it for compression alone? I mean, I'll certainly use it for more, but I'm just curious.
Is Nebula 3 gonna DOMINATE my Core 2 Duo setup if I'm using it for compression alone? I mean, I'll certainly use it for more, but I'm just curious.
Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
I've got Nebula3/NAT3 and I haven't had as much of a chance to play with it as I would have liked. I agree with everyone that it seems that the future may lie with this technology, but I have yet to find time to give it a test run and see if the tone quality lives up to the impressive science.
Current "flat IR" technology is widespread and has given Recabinet an audience that will experience equal quality across a wide variety of platforms ranging from free to expensive, including hardware such as the AxeFX. Conversely, I'm unaware of anyone else who supports the "nonlinear" type of IRs that Acustica is innovating with their platform.
With Recabinet, the concept of speaker impulse response technology is being introduced to a lot of guitarists previously unfamiliar with the technique. Any guitarist can use Recabinet IRs as long as they have a guitar and some kind of audio interface or decent soundcard on their machine. It's a pretty broad market that way.
Conversely, even us hardcore production geeks here have been cautiously optimistic about Nebula3 to the extent that almost none of us have pulled the trigger on actually purchasing it. Meanwhile I have a business to run, so it doesn't make a whole lot of sense for me to invest a ton of time and R&D into a platform with much smaller market share and higher cost to entry.
That being said, since I'm not purely commercially motivated as a person, I will be doing some impulses with NAT3 as soon as time permits, and they will be available free, as a gift to everyone here. You guys have been very supportive of my ventures, and I sincerely appreciate your votes of confidence as I enter the music products space.
Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
I understand that the wider-spread static impulse technology represents a sounder basis for the product you offer. I'm sure there's no contest there. Nebula uses a proprietary technology whereas the impulses we all know and (not so much) love are an open technology. It's understandable you'd focus there, as I imagine it'd give you a better financial basis to build from and experiment with other technologies like Nebula in the future.
Since my own aims are personally motivated, irrespective of the considerations of running a business, I simply want the best possible quality available. Impulses are useless to me, despite how well crafted they are. I want a replacement for mic'ing a guitar cabinet, plain and simple. I want to be able to record world-class guitar tones here in my project studio with a Red Eye, a wide range of amps, dummy load, and RME interface, direct in, no noise issues, no lengthy cab micing process. It's ambitious, but I think we're very close to that point. Impulses aren't. I've tried - lord knows I've tried everything I could with them, but they're just too static to pull it off.
This idea of NAT 3 being able to sample a cab with all the dynamic and distortion nuances, and also giving us variable 'Resonance' and 'Presence' controls for the power amp is insane. Everything I need smack-bang in one package. And if it does in fact work in practice like it does in theory, I look forward to being one of the first in the world to spearhead the use of the technology on future album releases. Marcus could be the one that opens that door, and that's one hell of a place to be in, provided all things work out well for us.
Since my own aims are personally motivated, irrespective of the considerations of running a business, I simply want the best possible quality available. Impulses are useless to me, despite how well crafted they are. I want a replacement for mic'ing a guitar cabinet, plain and simple. I want to be able to record world-class guitar tones here in my project studio with a Red Eye, a wide range of amps, dummy load, and RME interface, direct in, no noise issues, no lengthy cab micing process. It's ambitious, but I think we're very close to that point. Impulses aren't. I've tried - lord knows I've tried everything I could with them, but they're just too static to pull it off.
This idea of NAT 3 being able to sample a cab with all the dynamic and distortion nuances, and also giving us variable 'Resonance' and 'Presence' controls for the power amp is insane. Everything I need smack-bang in one package. And if it does in fact work in practice like it does in theory, I look forward to being one of the first in the world to spearhead the use of the technology on future album releases. Marcus could be the one that opens that door, and that's one hell of a place to be in, provided all things work out well for us.
spioraid
Fancy a pint? Or two?
Haha, seriously - I really appreciate all the faith you guys have put in me with this, and I'll try my best to get it done! Seeing as how I didn't do anything too drastic with my JSX impulses and they came out good, I figure it shouldn't be too hard to duplicate the effect!
Ben Johnson
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devouredremains
Matt Van Daele
abyssofdreams
knows what you think.
I am 100% certain that this will be a HUGE step forward in terms of modeling, I have absolutely no doubt about it.
The only factor that could "lessen" the quality of the results is, of course, the human one.
That being said it is also natural that we progress step by step, meaning that each resulting "non-linear dynamic impulse package" should sound better than the last, in theory at least, since we have to get familiar with the circumstances first. blabla, you all know that, can't wait
The only factor that could "lessen" the quality of the results is, of course, the human one.
That being said it is also natural that we progress step by step, meaning that each resulting "non-linear dynamic impulse package" should sound better than the last, in theory at least, since we have to get familiar with the circumstances first. blabla, you all know that, can't wait
abyssofdreams
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Marcus, is there still money you'd need for e.g. Nat3 or anything? I could chip in another few bucks for sure
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Haha, by the time this thread is done Marcus will have enough to buy Lavry Gold converters and API pres to 'ensure' great replication 
Regarding Cuda it is going very well, it works both on Windows and Mac and it allows to save resources up to 60-70%.
regarding i7, yes nebula does work good there but there is no CUDA support for i7.
MetalJonesy
more metal, more booze!!!
Haha, by the time this thread is done Marcus will have enough to buy Lavry Gold converters and API pres to 'ensure' great replication
JoeJackson
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Now I'm jealous that there is no mac-version ... I would have thrown a few bucks in the pot, too
