No Brainer?

Worth it.

I recently got the Pultec EQ from Nomad Factory as a no brainer deal and that plugin sounds fantastic. Seeing as this is also a Nomad Factory thing I would venture to say it will be excellent and for the money you could not really go wrong.

The demo is thoroughly unimpressive. I'm willing to offer the "it's only $20 so it may be worth it", but doing that over and over again for plugins that border on useless adds up, especially considering there are freebies that are far more impressive. I'm wagering that within your collection of compressors (I know few people who have owned DAWS for a couple years that don't have far more compressors than they know what to do with) you have several already that are better than this and that could even emulate the subtle color this provides. Even those freebie Antress Modern plugins sound on par with this. $20 does not seem like a lot until you compare it to free.

$20 dollars is tempting but how many do I need? I bought all those pro channel ones and don't even use them. I like the PC's eq a lot though.

That's what makes a horse race.  I like both the eq and the compressor. Go figure.

Plus the OP asked if they were worth it. I still say they are well worth ten bucks apiece. Geeze Louise.

I find it interesting that yorolpal finds the compressor and EQ OK and others not. I am not that interested in the EQ, more the compressor.

Is it because people are not setting up the compressor the right way or does it just alter the sound in a bad way. Or for those of you that don't like the compressor, you spent many hours trying all settings and just never getting a great sound out of it or more to the point did not like how it compresses.

I am curious to find out why people do not like it so much. Got to be OK for $10 though!

Demos are no indication either. I have heard plenty of bad demos that if I had based my decision on I may not have bought something. But instead I did buy it and got great results from that very thing.

Don't get fooled by the price of $20 deal. Normal price is USD $149.00.

Nomad Factory British Bundle EQ and COMPRESSOR sounds really good and has a very rich tone and character sound. Activate the "Vintage Button" and you will see what I mean.

The Nomad Factory are a recreation of the original the NEVE 2254 MASTER compressor and limiter. Designed in 1969, the original Neve 2254 Limiter/Compressor unit quickly became a legend. Discrete, Class A design and transformer-coupled circuits – used in the input, innovative bridge-driver design, sidechain and output stages ensured a totally unique sound. The original 2254 units are still sought after, decades after production stopped, and they remain one of the milestone pieces of studio equipment.

http://www.nomadfactory.com/products/british_bundle/index.html


 

yorolpal

That's what makes a horse race.  I like both the eq and the compressor. Go figure.

Plus the OP asked if they were worth it. I still say they are well worth ten bucks apiece. Geeze Louise.

You are of course correct in that the OP was asking "if it is worth it".  Rethinking this, I would agree with you, yes it is certainly worth $20, if not more.  I did correct/edit my post to say "To be fair, I am comparing it to UAD and Wave's; perhaps if I didn't have them, I might have more interest in NF's version." My opinion of it was perhaps a bit hasty.  As I vaguely recall I bought the British Bundle as part of that big holiday sale from NF with the Integral Studio Pack 3, and unfortunately got it within days of getting the Waves and the UAD Neves.  I played with the NEQ-1972 for a few hours but kept going back to the Waves and the UAD Neves.  The NF Pultec and the Magnetic were the two components of that NF sale that I was impressed with, do remember, and continue to use.


Jeff Evans--As I mentioned above, I bought the Brittish Bundle back at Christmans and back then I was focusing on the EQ component, the NEQ-1972 and comparing it to the Waves and the UAD; I honestly do not even recall if I like the MLC2269 Compressor or not.  I just know that I have not used it at all since December.  


This discussion, and the fact that our friend yorolpal likes it and indeed defends it value, encourages me to try to take fresh listen to it.  A couple of weeks ago I was deleting and rearranging my plugin layouts in Sonar's Plugin Manager, and I do recall that I did keep the NEQ-1972 in my EQ folder as I kept the MLC2269 in my Compressor folder; I did not throw them out so I must have thought I might use them one day.  I will keep an open mind and take another look.   Thanks for this.

If you like it and you need it then it's worth it. Personally, I stick L'Oreal on every track. Because they're worth it.

I just like a lot of colors in my coloring box.  And every tool requires learning how best to use it.  Plus, I'd say that a good engineer/mixer can take almost any decent eq or compressor and accomplish great things.  Do you NEED it?  Who knows?  At $20 bucks is it a useful piece of kit?  Absolutely.  But I (like Freddie, apparently) am a Nomad fan.  YMMV.

I already have the British sound

daryl means he talks like Adele

Perhaps the Nomad demo fell flat on its face as a means of convincing me. 

I was a bit surprised at the rather unimpressive presentation, as compared to watching a fabfilter compressor demo in which it was undeniable that things were being changed audibly, and it was clearly apparent how they were being altered in real time, with both explanation and evidence. 

We may surely inadvertently assume that everything that is sold everywhere and anytime has some level of potential, perhaps, but to what end and to what degree we might not readily know or understand without a knowledgeable and capable presentation. Other than that we may have the testimonies of people such as we have here, and this was the intention of my inquiry, to draw upon the experience of some actual users. 

Thank you for your opinions.

OOoooo...and Analogue Silence plug...I want one!!!!!!!!!  Will it still be "noisy" analogue silence??  OMG;-)

carl


I agree the Pultec is nice, this is not.

you mean vs-the british bundle?
 
the british bundle is auesome,great sound.
though out of the nomad plug ins "magnetic"remians my fav.
the blue tubes are nice too.