Nebula 3 modules full#
Unless stated I go for an RMS of around -24 with the peaks hitting mostly around -12 (measured against full scale digital), That way I'm free to send anything out to the patchbay and through whatever I want along with some of the various analogue modelled processors and effects available plugin wise. If you calibrate using a quality VU meter then you'll get the best out of Nebula. Personally I would bounce all the Nebula processing down to an audio file then normalize that to be in line with the other audio files. Unless you are doing all your mixing at this low level (which you should be) you will probably have to add a compressor/limiter or gain plugin after all the Nebula instances you get your processed signal back to where your other audio files' levels are. But if it is too hot you will get annoying clipping even though you signal isn't clipping on your DAWs meters. You don't want the signal too weak either as you won't get the desired analog distortion. You should only have occasional peeks over 0, with most of the signal hovering around -7 to 0.
Nebula 3 modules psp#
Make sure to use a plugin like PSPaudioware PSP TripleMeter or any other VU meter, set it to -18dbfs, and make sure your signal isn't too hot or too cold between EACH instance of Nebula. The only real issue you should pay attention to is gain staging. Just use that to get you close to the sound you are looking for, then use my method above to match the frequency response of your generic equalizer to that of the particular Nebula emulation. If you can't find another plugin modeled after your particular Nebula library, then you can always just use a generic equalizer like Fabfilter's Pro-Q2 as your reference.
Nebula 3 modules professional#
The Udemy Nebula Explained Professional course is sort of useless in my opinion and presents you with a lot of technical jargon that you really do not need to use the program successfully. I often use the ND "no distortion" versions when I am doing cuts, and the full versions of the Nebula libraries when I am boosting.Finally I will load all these settings into my DAW and usually will bounce the track once satisfied with the sound.I will then tweak the various instances of Nebula until the frequency response graphs (between the Nebula instances and the Waves plugin) look nearly identical.I will then copy the settings I used with the Waves SSL E-Channel and see what the graph looks like.ALEXB_CLQ-PRO_HM (High Mid Frequency Bell).ALEXB_CLQ-PRO_HFS (High Frequency Shelf).I will then load Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat PatchWork into VST Plugin Analyzer and load as many instances of Nebula as parts of the equalizer I am using, for example say I use these four:.I will save a copy of this image to refer to later. Then I will load the Waves plugin into a program called VST Plugin Analyzer and copy those same settings as above so I can view the frequency response curve that those settings produce.First I will open an instance of the Waves SSL E-Channel plugin in my DAW and tweak the knobs until I am satisfied with the sound.Say I am using AlexB's Classic Logic Console like above. I do a slightly more technical method myself. This should get you pretty close, though you may have to further tweak the frequencies, Q, or gain to get what you are looking for. Say you are using AlexB's Classic Logic Console - use Waves SSL E-Channel and tweak the knobs until you get the sound you are looking for, then load load four or so instances of Nebula with each of the frequencies you are using and match the settings to those on the Waves plugin. The best method I found to use Nebula is to look for another plugin that also emulates the hardware that you are using a Nebula library for, use that plugin to get somewhere in the ballpark of the sound you are looking for, then copy those settings to multiple instances of Nebula and tweak until satisfied. Nebula doesn't really lend itself to mindless tweaking like most other plugins do, so you need you have a good idea ahead of time as to what you want your particular track to sound like. First off you need to have a really good understanding of equalizers (or compressors) so that you know what all the various parameters do.