Hello! It's cool that you do direct comparisons of different plugin modes, thanks, it's very clear and interesting to see how it affects the sound!) It is true that this preamp makes really very subtle changes that are not easy to catch by ear. But I wanted to ask about the trombone that is used in 18:55 . Could you please tell me the name of this library? I've been looking for a good trombone for a long time, and yours sounds good enough, for my taste)
I saw a review elsewhere where they tested CPU usage with no other plugins (in Protools): 50% drain on a core i9 processor. Crazy. Thanks for the review btw 👊
Yeah unfortunately in cubase it's really hard to see what is taking processing and real world use for example I've had cubase using 40% cpu and say 60% memory and I can't play anything in real time but with premier for example it seems to still work well under insane loads. Reaper is possibly the best seems to have CPU readout per plugin.
Your RAM needs to be at least 32g....plus....if you have an SSD and keep computer or labtop cool....you can go 50000 MB Virtual Memory....that will knock it down to 15-20 % CPU usage....you keep bouncing this down as you pre master each track Now...you can use a AA Pre, EQ and AA Comp And you can use about three other regular plug-ins and you'll still only be at about 60% CPU usage, at that point you can actually use the acoustica audio plugins with your favorite limiter, meter, and saturation plug-in to master that track, tracks or whole mix The acoustica audio plugins are made to use on each track and then bounce out once the Sonic effect is on them to save your CPU usage for the master track to be able to master the mix in real time with two or three of the acoustic audio plugins
Sounds really good to me to be a free plug-in, it's adding a good amount of analog feel and a little bit of depth to the track now individually it might not sound like that grade of a plug-in but if you bounce all your tracks down throughout the whole mix using that you're definitely going to be able to hear a big difference in the overall mix
Yeah, that's the big secret with acoustical audio plugins, you need enough onboard Ram in the computer plus your virtual memory needs to be anywhere from 40,000 to 70,000 megabits preferably on an SSD drive so you don't burn the hard drive out, good cooling fan if you have a laptop like me at your writing on And a processor at least 2.6 GHz or higher
Honestly no other plugins can touch acoustical audio because they're the only ones giving you live 16 to 18 core sampling from actual expensive Hardware units
This free version really doesn't make one excited to try the full version... Way too subtle to give an idea of what the full version will be capable of or sound like, assuming it'll have more distorted options on tap.
Yeah I agree, having a more aggressive option would of been nice to see, though there are a few reviews out there of black its not the same as using it yourself. I have a few pre plugins that can be both subtle and distorted, I personally like that range better.
This guy doesn't know wtf a preamp is. Preamps don't glue anything. That's what buss compression is for. Preamps bring signals that are below recording level, up to optimal recording level. They have different transistors and or tubes that give a unique character to the signal through harmonic saturation.
I mean being technical this is a plugin not a preamp, it doesn't do anything for optimal level. Glue is a bit of a odd buzzword but having the same saturation plugin (which all preamp plugins basically are) adds similar harmonics to multiple track which I find helps them sit (glue?) better, very different to bus compression and a different effect so yeah maybe using the same word is a bad idea but it is commonly used in audio circles. Glue could also be used for using ambience across multiple tracks to make it sound like it was recorded in the same room and that again different to bus compression. You have given me an idea for a video though.
@@JimijaymesProductions bus compression creates glue yes, often best through vari compressors beacuse the tubes create a warm saturation that's preferred by many. Pre-amps can create a good saturation that can "glue" as well. I mean even reverb if you create a room and run everything through it at different delay times and strengths like mix engineers used to before everything was in the box can "Glue" a track together. Gluing just means it brings everything together to feel like they exist in the same place sonically. Compression helps do this through dynamic control and sometimes saturation depending on the compressor, saturation whether through tape emulation, tubes, or a pre-amp that's being ran hot does this through spreading harmonic content around and slightly squashing the waves, reverb can do this by placing everything in the same exact room sonically. It's all subjective and left to context.
Hello! It's cool that you do direct comparisons of different plugin modes, thanks, it's very clear and interesting to see how it affects the sound!) It is true that this preamp makes really very subtle changes that are not easy to catch by ear. But I wanted to ask about the trombone that is used in 18:55 . Could you please tell me the name of this library? I've been looking for a good trombone for a long time, and yours sounds good enough, for my taste)
Preamp can glue your mix it can saturate and it can also summ your mix too
I saw a review elsewhere where they tested CPU usage with no other plugins (in Protools): 50% drain on a core i9 processor. Crazy. Thanks for the review btw 👊
Yeah unfortunately in cubase it's really hard to see what is taking processing and real world use for example I've had cubase using 40% cpu and say 60% memory and I can't play anything in real time but with premier for example it seems to still work well under insane loads. Reaper is possibly the best seems to have CPU readout per plugin.
Your RAM needs to be at least 32g....plus....if you have an SSD and keep computer or labtop cool....you can go 50000 MB Virtual Memory....that will knock it down to 15-20 % CPU usage....you keep bouncing this down as you pre master each track
Now...you can use a
AA Pre, EQ and AA Comp
And you can use about three other regular plug-ins and you'll still only be at about 60% CPU usage, at that point you can actually use the acoustica audio plugins with your favorite limiter, meter, and saturation plug-in to master that track, tracks or whole mix
The acoustica audio plugins are made to use on each track and then bounce out once the Sonic effect is on them to save your CPU usage for the master track to be able to master the mix in real time with two or three of the acoustic audio plugins
ProTools sks...lol...Studio One....Proffessional or Digital Performer or Reason Studios....way better for Mastering
Sounds really good to me to be a free plug-in, it's adding a good amount of analog feel and a little bit of depth to the track now individually it might not sound like that grade of a plug-in but if you bounce all your tracks down throughout the whole mix using that you're definitely going to be able to hear a big difference in the overall mix
Yeah, that's the big secret with acoustical audio plugins, you need enough onboard Ram in the computer plus your virtual memory needs to be anywhere from 40,000 to 70,000 megabits preferably on an SSD drive so you don't burn the hard drive out, good cooling fan if you have a laptop like me at your writing on
And a processor at least 2.6 GHz or higher
32 to 64gb inboard Ran
Acustica plugs take wayyyyy too much CPU, but they do sound awesome.
Honestly no other plugins can touch acoustical audio because they're the only ones giving you live 16 to 18 core sampling from actual expensive Hardware units
This free version really doesn't make one excited to try the full version... Way too subtle to give an idea of what the full version will be capable of or sound like, assuming it'll have more distorted options on tap.
Yeah I agree, having a more aggressive option would of been nice to see, though there are a few reviews out there of black its not the same as using it yourself. I have a few pre plugins that can be both subtle and distorted, I personally like that range better.
...'you shouldn't need gain staging in a digital environment"...?
With analog emulations you do because they are non linear.
This guy doesn't know wtf a preamp is. Preamps don't glue anything. That's what buss compression is for. Preamps bring signals that are below recording level, up to optimal recording level. They have different transistors and or tubes that give a unique character to the signal through harmonic saturation.
I mean being technical this is a plugin not a preamp, it doesn't do anything for optimal level. Glue is a bit of a odd buzzword but having the same saturation plugin (which all preamp plugins basically are) adds similar harmonics to multiple track which I find helps them sit (glue?) better, very different to bus compression and a different effect so yeah maybe using the same word is a bad idea but it is commonly used in audio circles. Glue could also be used for using ambience across multiple tracks to make it sound like it was recorded in the same room and that again different to bus compression. You have given me an idea for a video though.
@@JimijaymesProductions bus compression creates glue yes, often best through vari compressors beacuse the tubes create a warm saturation that's preferred by many. Pre-amps can create a good saturation that can "glue" as well. I mean even reverb if you create a room and run everything through it at different delay times and strengths like mix engineers used to before everything was in the box can "Glue" a track together. Gluing just means it brings everything together to feel like they exist in the same place sonically. Compression helps do this through dynamic control and sometimes saturation depending on the compressor, saturation whether through tape emulation, tubes, or a pre-amp that's being ran hot does this through spreading harmonic content around and slightly squashing the waves, reverb can do this by placing everything in the same exact room sonically. It's all subjective and left to context.
great channel by the way. keep it up.