Here is a demo:   (note there are 2 clips 1 and 2 on that one link)

http://soundcloud.com/tock-1/sets/bass-x1-vs-british-bundle 

The British Bundle bass presets gave my bass a harsh/teeth grating high end that sounds NOTHING like a Neve.  Not that I used one, but I can bet it does not sound that cold.

You can compare a bass preset on the X1 vocal strip.  No other processing, just the X1 bass preset and I tried to match the volume (of the braindead Nomad preset that is WAY too loud). 

It's not a musical plugin.  IMO it sets my teeth on edge, and no amount of tweaking can mellow it out without losing key freq's. 

All my opinion of course.  But it;s the last plugin I turn too.  And it's not a coincidence this is the second time in a year they have blowout prices on it. 

Jeff Evans


There is nothing harsh about the Nomad British Bundle. They are after all modeled on a classic Neve compressor and EQ and really Neve has never produced anything harsh in his life. The model is good and they sound great.

If you use them correctly then you will get a great sound out of them but like anything if you use them poorly then really all bets are off then it may be possible to produce unlikable results. But that applies to anything really.

Mine came today and I registered (Authorized?) no problem but then I ran the Software Activation Tool and can't find the licence file thru it. 
It's a very elaborate and confusing setup process. 
I'll have to call tomorrow and get them to walk me thru.

BTW it is a download. Just ignore the stuff about so many days for delivery etc.

Now getting a repeated crash on opening plugin mgr (looking for the british bundle, not found yet.

Oh boy.
I was so focused on just stumbling thru the registration, authorization and licencing process (took me 4 tries) that I didn't see any time that they said "now Glenn, pay attention..where would you like the VST to go"
Thanks for the names at least, I can search my several hard drives for those.

Thanks for that lead.
They were under Steinberg

Got it going and liking it too. Same here.
I like the simplicity. Very understandable.

but we didn't want to.

I appreciate the tip but am going to avoid this no-brainer deal.  

Not only do I already have enough plugs than I know what to do with, but I figure that if I avoid 5 no-brainer deals on items I previously had no interest in buying, then I can make the brainer deal on the item I wanted but couldn't afford.

strikinglyhandsome1


I think we are losing one here folks. Someone has got to VariousArtist. He's beginning to show signs of a thought process behind purchases. It breaks your heart when one of own edges towards rational thinking. Let's bring him back home.

LOL.  Now, if they reduced it to $19.99, then that's a price I couldn't resist.  So there's hope for me yet ;-)

So I bought this over the weekend and downloaded it last night and I think this is okay. I like the EQ a little bit but the compressor doesn't really do it for me over the others I already have.      

What genre or styles of music would work best with this bundle? How does the EQ compare to X1's very own EQ? Will using either their Compresser or Equalizer make my music sound like it's coming from the 60's or 70's since it's modeled after vintage gear?

I'm with Various on this.  I think i would rather skip 5 or so of these no-brainers and then put serious thought into something i actually want. I honestly had not considered buying this plugin prior to this sale, and making it cheap doesn't change that.  If the sole criteria for obtaining a plugin is price, i would own damn near every freeware product in existence.  maybe it's just me, but i find when i make these snap purchases just because it was dangled cheaply in front of me , i typically spend a week or two trying to make myself like it by forcing it into projects that were just fine or I take a listen and uninstall it.  Rarely do these kinds of purchases become regularly used items for me unless it was something i already wanted.