clintmartin
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/06/27 13:15:53
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It has a nice look to it, but for Windows x32 only?
Purrrfect Audio DAW here. Wow!...
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clintmartin
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/06/27 18:01:07
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I've never had a problem running VOS plugins with my Win7 64bit Sonar X2. They seem to bridge very well.
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/06/27 19:18:44
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It would be nice if VoS plugins were available in 64-bit format, but you can't beat the prices.  They do seem to work pretty well ... the first-place winner of the recent PureMix contest used a bunch of them, along with some other free/cheap plugins. Check it out! http://www.puremix.net/gearfestmixingcontest/winners Cheers, Eddie
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/06/28 01:54:29
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clintmartin
I've never had a problem running VOS plugins with my Win7 64bit Sonar X2. They seem to bridge very well.
Agree 100%. Look forward to its release.
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/06/28 08:34:33
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I use most of them, some of them a great deal (Thrillseeker, Nasty Delay etc)
All on a windows 7 64 bit machine with no issues - can't wait to get this new one!
Nigel
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 11:48:26
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clintmartin
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 12:37:02
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Yeah, You beat me to it. I'm at work so I'll have to wait until tonight. I look forward to hearing some reviews!
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Chregg
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 12:48:45
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its wicked, am a big fan of bootsy's ****
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 13:36:33
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Been trying it out on some vocal busses, where in addition to the leveling promised in its name it also adds some level-dependent and mostly pleasant harmonic distortion (push the Input knob up until you're seeing 6-7db GR and compensate with the Output knob).
Not only is it a possible substitute for an optical compressor, you might also want to drop this into places where you'd normally think of a tape sim. Although personally, I am not a fan of tape sims as a master effect and haven't tried VLA on the 2-bus yet.
It also does interesting things to a drum bus. Instant Ringo-izer. Play with the "Emphasis" control to vary the amount of pumping. This is just a highpass filter on the compressor sidechain. The "Brilliance" control is a high shelf filter on the audio. For drums, I liked it better turned down from the default position to reduce harshness on cymbals and hats caused by the plugin's distortion. It left the hats sounding kinda clank-y, though (I said it was "interesting", not necessarily "better").
If your drums are panned wide, the L/R sidechains can be unlinked using the "Stereo / Dual M" switch. Unlinking stereo compressors and limiters is all the rage these days, but I still prefer a mono sidechain on a drum bus.
Some of the controls' purposes are not immediately obvious by their labels. There is no "ratio" setting for the compressor, for instance. And you have to read the manual to figure out what the "TRAFO" switch does (enables the transformer emulation, thickens up the low end a little when engaged). I've yet to figure out what the "Amp" knob really does.
Definitely one of the more fun freebies to come down the pike in a while. Whether it earns a place in the go-to toolkit or not remains to be seen.
 All else is in doubt, so this is the truth I cling to. My Stuff
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Chregg
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 14:24:03
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amp add's non linear harmonic distortion bitflipper, i've been playing about with it drum mixes, its cool as **** to me, don't think it would use it on all things, but it will defo find a place in my mixes, I really like the emphasis control tho, use it subtly, in all honesty i use bootsy **** on most of my work, love the thrillseeker XTC on dim pro samples of bring a bit of life about them, I think his stateful saturatrion is about the best saturation algo out there (to me anyway) all other saturation algorithms seem to tire my ears after a while but never that one. All in all there is some people doing good work out there for free with their plug-ins and i appreciate that
post edited by Chregg - 2013/07/01 14:27:52
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clintmartin
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 16:06:36
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I'm finally home! Going to download this pronto. I do think VOS and Vladg Sound are probably the best freeware guys out there right now.
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clintmartin
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 16:47:57
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Very nice! I'm glad I didn't buy that tape saturation plugin yesterday. I think you could use this in many ways. Bus comp, exciter...It does a lot of things in a very simple and understandable way. Right off the bat I'm thinking it could do a lot for guitar to warm things up a bit. First impression is good.
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Chregg
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Re: The new VBL from Variety of sound.
2013/07/01 17:39:49
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I was just using it on a synth patch, it is the ****, I was trying it out drum smashing as well, cool as ****
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