Vintage Synth Filters PRO - User Manual

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2 AlexB Vintage Synth Filters PRO Library for Nebula3 audio plugin Library Creator: Alessandro Boschi Release Date: Copyright 2012 Alessandro Boschi. All Rights Reserved. 1. Introduction Welcome and thank you for purchasing the Vintage Synth Filters PRO library programs for Nebula. Now you have one of the best professional high quality audio software. I have spent countless hours to develop these no-compromise programs to give you only the best analog sound and the feel as close as possible to the real deal. I hope that my programs will help you to make better and professional mixes enjoying yourself... Because: Sound First! If you have any trouble with my software please do not hesitate to contact me: sales@alessandroboschi.eu 2. System Requirements - Intel or AMD CPU based PC or MAC computer - 500MB free disk space - Nebula3 Core II with installed commercial license For more info please refer at this topic: 3. End User License Agreement The purchaser of this library is free to use these Nebula Preset Programs for mixing, remixing, mastering, premastering, editing, and whatever it takes to make their recordings as great as the presets can help them to be. Only the actual purchaser of the library may use this library. That means no sharing. The cost is minimal, and goes to help me to continue creating the next release(s) : I'm not a big company but a single person, so every sale is important! If you purchase this library, do not share it: recommend it! With each release there will be free release presets. This program-library is for registered Nebula Commercial users only! Do Giancarlo and Team at Acustica Audio the same respect of purchasing a legitimate copy of Nebula. The cost is the best deal on the planet, and they work tirelessly on this project. Users are not permitted to re-release, copy, upload, mirror links to this library, and it may not under any circumstances be repackaged or included in other release collections without express consent by it's owner: Alessandro Boschi. The user is free to edit and save new presets for their own use, and not to distribute to others. If you make an alteration to a preset that you like and find it useful, please save it as a new preset for your own use. Thank you 2

3 4. Installation > Please install the last release of Nebula Plugin < For PC Users: Copy all "n2p" files to your Nebula "Programs" folder and copy all "n2v" files to your "Vectors" folder. For Mac Users: Copy all "n2p" files to your Nebula "Programs" folder and copy all "n2v" files to your "Vectors" folder. With the Nebula browser you'll find the "VSF" folder with the programs. You can navigate into the "44" (44,1kHz) and "96" (96kHz) subfolders. Every subfolder contains the three unit sampled with the programs. - In the Nebula s MAST page it s better to set the RATE CNV at 3200ms or more to load correctly the library. 5. About the original hardware KRG It was one of K first major successful portable analog monosynths and even today it is still a great little machine! In addition to two analog oscillators, it featured two resonant VCFs (voltage controlled filters). The VCF section is capable of high-pass, low-pass, notch and band-reject which is unique and different than your basic lowpass style filter. It makes a great alternative for MMG. KRG sounds fat, round, punch and percussive. The circuit has been refurbished. MMG Historically, it is considered the very first synthesizer for musicians, it became the most popular synth of all time, and still is to this day! MMG uses a 4-pole (24 db/oct) low-pass filter with cutoff, resonance and a modified ciruit to switch the filter at 2-pole (12 db/oct). Amazingly filter design has yet to be surpassed by a better sounding filter. It's a filter that sounds so warm and smooth without rivals. The circuit has been refurbished. TSY A custom-shop handmade vintage synthesizer with multiple tube stage, wired on-air with a lot of vintage NOS tubes, his filter section is a real unique FX machine with low-pass, notch and band-pass. TSY has a warm, rich, full sound of tubes! The circuit has been revised and refurbished. 3

4 6. The sampling process Carefully sampled with all natural imperfection and nuance by myself - I'm over 15 years experienced in electronics and audio engineering - in professional recording studio with high quality audio and digital cables, master grade top notch converters with audio levels perfectly matched and calibrated at 44,1kHz and 96kHz sample rate. Precisely programmed without normalizing or other destructive digital processing. 8. Audio characteristics Every synth is different with his personal sound. KRG is fat and punching, MMG is warm and smooth, TSY is rich and warm. VSF is a collection with a complete palette of sounds for all music styles and FX. In the following diagrams you can see the frequency and THD response: KRG High Pass Filter 4

5 Low Pass Filter Line Amp 5

6 MMG Low Pass Filter 2-pole Low Pass Filter 4-pole 6

7 Line Amp TSY Low Pass Filter 7

8 Band Pass Filter Notch Filter Line Amp Note: in the hardware the frequency response is input-level dependent, the VSF library fully reproduces these characteristics. 8

9 9. Preset list: The Vintage Synth Filters PRO collection includes 10 different programs: KRG Programs 5k KRG HPF : High Pass Filter with Frequency and Resonance continuous controls (0/10) KRG LPF : Low Pass Filter with Frequency and Resonance continuous controls (0/10) Programs 7k KRG Line Amp : Synthesizer Line Amplifier with +/- 6dB Saturation continuous control MMG Programs 5k MMG LPF 2P : Low Pass Filter 2 pole with Frequency (-5/+5) and Resonance (0/10) continuous controls MMG LPF 4P : Low Pass Filter 4 pole with Frequency (-5/+5) and Resonance (0/10) continuous controls Programs 7k MMG Line Amp : Synthesizer Line Amplifier with +/- 6dB Saturation continuous control TSY Programs 5k TSY LPF : Low Pass Filter with Frequency and Resonance continuous controls (0/10) TSY BPF : Band Pass Filter with Frequency continuous control (0/10) TSY BCF : Band Cut Filter with Frequency continuous control (0/10) Programs 7k TSY Line Amp : Synthesizer Line Amplifier with +/- 6dB Saturation continuous control >> With the SAT control you can change the real saturation by driving the input stage +/- 6dB without changing the output level. You can use the DRIVE control to drive the plugin over the original characteristics. >> The controls are numerical : no frequency on the knob like in the hardware units, so use your ears ;) 9

10 10. Use: Just insert the instance of Nebula plugin in your tracks choosing the program that you prefer and use your ears. The programs are unity gain. The programs are close to the hardware, then: 0dBVU = -18dBfs. You can use this free vintage VU meter by PSP: If your DAW is not so powerful you can render or freeze the tracks. If you want rendering your tracks with Nebula's presets, I strong recommend the NebulaMan by Zabukowski from Nebula/Tools forum: Thank you, all the best! 10