KVR Forum Topic: 'New Nebula Library: Modern Logic Console and Modern Logic eQ' - Hello! Programs characteristics and details in the user manual: MLC PRO User Manual. Went and bought ALL the AlexB libs, now running them with CUDA; very stable, many instances, works like a dream. After you have Nebula up and running it's important to open up an instance and go to to the MAST page. AlexB's GMC CDSoundMaster's R2R and TB+ AnalogIntheBox's Mammoth Bear in mind I have not tried every Nebula program ever created, nor am I a self-professed oracle of all that's good. Quality/Kernel limited DEMO program – NAG TApe DEMO.zip. Acclaimed 2tk master recorder. Windows Iso Virtualbox. 15ips & 30ips captured via RMG international studio master 900. Presets calibrated for 0VU @ -20, -18, & -10 DBFS studios. Program rates available @ both 96khz & 44100hz. Full MRL calibration. These are sampled from a Rupert Neve 5042 unit, which you can also find in AlexB's TSX library (along with other units). This is the flagship model and will run every Nebula library released with the highest performance and highest memory efficiency currently available, with support for Windows and.

I've tried Nebula (with Reaper) and, sonically speaking, I really like what it can do, but the best libraries have my computer creaking at the seams! What specification of PC do I need to use multiple instances of Nebula without having to worry about processing power? Jim Thorne, via email SOS contributor Martin Walker replies: There's no denying that Nebula has evolved into the enfant terrible of the plug-in world.

Some users find it difficult to adapt to its careful gain-staging requirements, while others fall in love with the 'expensive hardware' sound it promises to give you at almost pocket-money prices. As you say, running multiple instances can bring even a powerful PC to its knees, but before you start looking to upgrade to a new PC, there are various things you can do to minimise the CPU and RAM drain. First, by all means load your Nebula programs into the standard Nebula 3 plug-in for low-latency tracking purposes, but during mixdown use the Nebula 3 Reverb plug-in instead. Although it has higher audio latency (defaulting to an acceptable 26ms at 44.1kHz or 11.9ms at 96kHz, both of which are automatically compensated for by most DAWs), its CPU overheads are less than half, and it also offers slightly better audio quality. Second, use your ears when auditioning the various quality options provided in many Nebula libraries. Although it's tempting to always choose 11-kernel versions that model the fundamental frequency along with the first 10 harmonics (each consuming its own portion of CPU), some developers are, in my opinion, too enthusiastic about capturing every last detail, even when the higher harmonic contributions are vanishingly small. High-end preamps, EQs and the like often rarely have much to offer above perhaps 4th or 5th harmonic distortion, so if you can't hear any difference between the five-kernel and 11-kernel versions of a particular preset, choose the five-kernel version — this one decision will halve your total CPU overhead.

When it comes to the PC spec itself, Nebula 3 is now optimised for fourth-generation (Haswell) processors, so a machine based around an Intel quad-core 4770K is likely to give you better performance than a more expensive third-generation model such as the six cores of the Intel 4930 processor. As for RAM, 16GB is a sensible amount to install in a Nebula monster PC, as its libraries can be enormous, and they Well-behaved Nebula libraries (like this Fairchild preamp from the AlexB Preamp Colours & Saturation collection) keep CPU overheads down by only modelling those harmonics that can actually be heard (in this case it uses just six 'kernels'). In turn are best installed on a dedicated SSD if you want to minimise program loading times. Yet another approach is to buy the Nebula Server version, which spreads the CPU/RAM load across networked computers, or the Local Server version that offers a low RAM-usage mode if you want to run multiple instances of the same program across each track of a large mix — each instance of the same preset shares the same RAM. If you can't afford a PC powerful enough to run as many instances of Nebula as you'd like, a different approach is to use Franci Zabukovec's NebulaMan utility (), which is available for both PC and Mac.