Analog Vst Plugins

[Giraldo Allain]

Butjust for curiosity, I took a look at the example plugin code - is the idea of the steps done in the Processors constructor to programatically describe the netlist with the last two/three integer parameters passed to those makeComponent functions? So the idea is to describe your analogue netlist with the model and then let this model process samples?

Analog modeling can do anything that has a schematic somewhere.

Seems like there are more an more projects on things like this (I also started a blog series on analog modeling, but for performance in the end, paper at ADC pending: -tk.com/2018/05/01/analog-modelling-a-prototype-generic-modeller-in-python/)

Thanks a lot for the comments and support, this project will definitely go a lot further!

Yea, performance is still far from optimal, as mentioned, this will be addressed by implementing lookup tables.

More components are coming!! Diodes, transistors and OPA should be ready in the next two weeks!

Par of the issue is that you have a dynamic code. Also you have lots of checks that could be done more efficiently (for instance use switch for populating components), or in a more automated part (I would do the bulk of the matrix building part via metatemplate multidispatches. But even then, you will be constrained by the dynamic part of the code

So, you just add the power supply with the ComponentFactory::makeInput() function, providing the appropriate nodes locations. Then, the processing function will take an dsp::AudioBlock with as many channels as inputs you added to the circuit. So if you added the signal input, and the the power rail input, it will take a buffer with 2 channels, in the declared order.

Add warmth to anything with classic reel-to-reel sound that can be gently overdriven.

Great for: Getting studio-grade tape sound on vocals, instruments, or your entire mix.

Make tracks blush with rich harmonics, like the sound you get when plugging into a high-end tube preamp or channel strip.

Great for: Warming up bright or thin-sounding tracks.

Have only the essential version - after trying that and the trial version I found it doesn't add anything I would like to have in my mix (ambient music). Too few options to tweak the sound; i found I rather don't use it.

When CDs first appeared, they were lauded as so clean, and would stay clean for ages, without hum, pops, or scratches unlike records, and with unchanging sound, unlike cassettes. But we soon felt there was something* just out of our perception of sand that was missing.... Some very smart people got on the case and over the years, discovered that the very reason we bought CDs in the first place was one of the elements missing from the experience of music. Not hiss or rumble, but subtle distortions and interference that made the sound *rich* to our ears. They called it warmth and they were right. Verve Analog Machines help bring that warmth in subtle -- and not so subltle ways. Good one, UAD!

I was wondering why some people have given bad reviews on this plugin. It is actually really good. in the beginning, I almost fell into the thought that "this funny looking things" cannot be any good. But I could not contain myself to give it a try; and i did! to my surprice, this is now an actual asset to my arsenal. Who would have though....!

These little machines are an unexpected secret sauce. I insert them immediately after an instrument before any other effect and they make for a simple way to add life to most sounds. Verve has become a go-to when I want to diversify the character of an arrangement.

Been enjoying using this plugin a lot! It's a real character machine, easy to use, and the results always seem to sit well in a mix. Sometimes you don't need a lot of tweakable options to be a really useful tool, case in point.....the LA 2A. Not much to play with, it just works....really well!

Personally I love the sounds I am getting out of this. But being an old analogue freak I would have loved a great retro design, and the producer in me would have loved to be able to dial in more, getting more into the nitty of things.

This is made for kids, great fun, easy to use, sounds truly amazing but if it is the avenue for someone like UA to take? I am not so sure, it is retro starwars vs. lego, and I would hate to see things going Disney.

Based on the reviews I've seen on here, it appears Verve is getting alot of bad press and I think it's painting an inaccurate picture of how useful this plugin is.

I've seen that most complaints are to do with lack of a wet/dry mix knob and also a lack of control in general. Both these factors are true and are fair comments. However, lack of a mix knob can be compensated for by placing this plugin on a send/return track in your DAW - or you could even duplicate the instrument track you wish to use it on, place Verve on the duplicate and then blend the two using the faders on your mixer. So this isn't the end of the world.

As far as a lack of tweak-ability goes, I completely agree... but we need to understand what UA were going for when they created this plugin. Clearly, the plugin is designed to be simple and streamlined in terms of usage and interface; each machine in Verve is essentially the same as having a list of presets to flick through until you get the flavor you want. They've gone for speed and convenience over complexity and the ability to customise the sound. So I guess you just have to ask yourself, is that what you want?

Most importantly, don't let the above factors get in the way of the QUALITY of the plugin - i.e. the quality of the sound it creates, or rather how well it affects the sound source you are using it on. Tonally, this machine sounds absolutely fantastic, it is absolute quality and whoever made it at UA did an awesome job... As 'Manipulators of sound' surely that is the most important aspect to us, right?

The quality is as such that, although the interface is simple and streamlined, there is obviously alot going on under the hood of this thing that we can't see.

Bottom line: Verve sounds great and is extremely useful. Additionally, the kind folks at UA are giving the Essentials version of this baby away for free until April 30th - companies rarely do that - and so what have you got to lose? Ignore all the naysayers and try it for yourself, I can pretty much guarantee you will find it useful for something!

Thanks UA for an awesome, free product of top quality. You have my full support!

Nembrini Audio has taken the guitarists most preferred analog and digital effect pedals and has repacked them in new rack style plugins easy to use and extremely powerful at the same time, with the addition of a custom design tube preamp virtual circuit which gives colour to the signal in a very special way.

The Nembrini sound is a famous delight.There is also much to be said for Nembrini silence. For many years I have tried to clean up the sounds from my guitar. Single bar pickups are wonderful but they come with a vast array of hiss and other unfortunate sound. The humbucker pickup was an improvement from the single bar design. Now active pickups are fairly quiet with an amazing improvement over the earlier designs. Power with clarity.

Then for me, Nembrini Audio serves up several methods to clean up your sound.I have never used a Noisegate before but with any amp or effect, the Nembrini Noise Grate produces a very fine solution to the noise problem

. All my guitars sound wonderful after a small tweak From the Noise gate. Another solution to a battle I have fought for years. Now undesirable elements are easily removed from the guitars voice. Another amazing improvement of sound from Nembrini audio.

I have become an obsessive guitarist after discovering the Nembrini software.Every note is a treat for the ear.

HoRNet AnalogStage MK2 is a console emulation plugin that re-creates those sound characteristics usually associated with analog gear (saturation, hiss, non linear frequency response, etc.) and can be used to bring to your mix some analog console flavor if used on every channel or buss.

AnalogStage also provide a stereo VU meter calibrated to -18dBFS to help you gain stage the plugin and to help you even more we added our latest auto gain technology to be able to quickly gainstage your mix.

The demo is fully functional except for the fact that every now and then it will silence out, you cannot save parameter values with your session and the plugin will not respond to automation coming from the host.

AnalogStage = the best parts of Nebula and Sonimus consoles with a ton of useful and convenient features that make HoRNet plugins so invaluable if you are like me who gets better mixes by mixing faster.

This is a perfect plug-in to put at the top of any channel's fx chain. Set the gain to "auto," turn the "hiss" off, add some high-pass filtering to non-bass channels, and pick your pre-amp style. I like setting them all to "tube." I mean, where can you find an all-tube analog mixer? Sounds great and really brings out the character of whatever's on your channel.

One thing I've noticed: the "auto" setting turn itself off now and then. I open up the plug-in and the "auto" setting is off. Not sure if this is how it normally works but I thought I would mention it.

Access Analog gives musicians and recording engineers real time access to professional analog audio hardware over a standard internet connection. Audio streams from the Analog Matrix plugin across the internet, through the analog hardware, and returns to the plugin in real time.*

Access Analog provides the full functionality of the most desired professional audio hardware in the industry while adding the benefits of full recall, presets, automation, and mobility that until now have only been available in software plugins.

The Analog Matrix plugin remotely controls the physical knobs, buttons, and switches on the audio hardware. Robotics are attached to each control and precisely track changes made in the plugin user interface, as well as all control automation created within the host audio application.

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