Modern White Console PRO - Manual

AlexB – Modern White Console PRO

Library for Nebula3 audio plugin

Library Creator: Alessandro Boschi

Release Date: 08.2010
Copyright 2010 Alessandro Boschi. All Rights Reserved.

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1. Introduction

Welcome and thank you for purchasing the Modern White Console PRO library programs for Nebula.
Now you have one of the best professional high quality audio software. I have spent countless hours to develop
these no-compromise programs to give you only the best analog sound and the feel as close as possible to the
real deal. I hope that my programs will help you to make better and professional mixes enjoying yourself...
Because: Sound First !

If you have any trouble with my software please do not hesitate to contact me:

[email protected]

2. System Requirements

- Intel or AMD CPU based PC or MAC computer

- 800MB free disk space
- Nebula2 or Nebula3 with installed commercial license

For the best results and low CPU load it's recommended to use the Nebula3CoreII "reverb" instance.

3. End User License Agreement

The purchaser of this library is free to use these Nebula Preset Programs for mixing, remixing, mastering,
premastering, editing, and whatever it takes to make their recordings as great as the presets can help them to
be. Only the actual purchaser of the library may use this library. That means no sharing. The cost is minimal, and
goes to help me to continue creating the next release(s) :

I'm not a big company but a single person, so every sale is important !

If you purchase this library, do not share it: recommend it ! With each release there will be free release presets.
This program-library is for registered Nebula Commercial users only!
Do Giancarlo and Team at Acustica Audio the same respect of purchasing a legitimate copy of Nebula. The cost
is the best deal on the planet, and they work tirelessly on this project.
Users are not permitted to re-release, copy, upload, mirror links to this library, and it may not under any
circumstances be repackaged or included in other release collections without express consent by it's owner:
Alessandro Boschi.
The user is free to edit and save new presets for their own use, and not to distribute to others. If you make an
alteration to a preset that you like and find it useful, please save it as a new preset for your own use.

Thank you

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4. Installation

> Please install the last release of Nebula Plugin <

For PC Users:
Use the included installer to select your \nebulatemprepository folder to install the collection there. Or, you can
simply copy all "n2p" files to your Nebula "Programs" folder and copy all "n2v" files to your "Vectors" folder.

For Mac Users:

Copy all "n2p" files to your Nebula "Programs" folder and copy all "n2v" files to your "Vectors" folder.

With the Nebula browser you'll find the "MWC" folder with the programs. With double click you can
navigate into the "full" (basic) and "se" (special edition) subfolders. Every subfolder contains "IN" (input channel),
"BG" (buss group), "MB" (mix buss) and "FX" (send-return) folders. As bonus you'll find the exclusive "Precision
Analog Panner" ( -3dB pan law) into the "PAN" folder.

- In the Nebula’s MAST page it’s better to set the RATE CNV at 3200ms or more to load correctly the library.

5. About the original hardware

This excellent console has the most sweet, modern and musical sound. The circuit topology is unprecedented:
custom transformers, high voltage, discrete op-amp cards that have been developed to offer extended
headroom, dynamic range, and frequency response.

6. The sampling process

Carefully sampled with all natural imperfection and nuance by myself - I'm over 15 years experienced in
electronics and audio engineering - in professional recording studio with high quality audio and digital cables,
master grade top notch converters with audio levels perfectly matched and calibrated at 96kHz sample rate.
Precisely programmed without normalizing or other destructive digital processing.

7. The programs

The basic programs have "full" harmonic and dynamic contents as the original hardware, the "se" programs are
CPU friendly with less and different harmonic contents but with full dynamic as the basic version. Nobody with
“golden ears” will say they sound exactly like the basic version, but they still sound great and are very usable.

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8. Audio characteristics

Elegant, warm and dynamic are the mains characteristics of the sound, ideally perfect for modern pop and rock
mix, here sampled with the whole natural imperfection and nuance, thanks to a properly 96kHz sampling
process.

In the following diagrams you can see the differences between the input channels of the console, the buss
groups and the mix busses. This can help you to choose the right one for your music.

IL1: Input line clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IL2: Input line clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IL3: Input line Clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IL4: Input line clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IL5: Input line clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IL6: Input line clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IM1: Input mic clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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IM2: Input mic clean silk

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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BGC: buss group clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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BDR: buss drums group

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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BGT: buss electric guitars group

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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BBV: buss backing vocals group

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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BPR: buss percussions group

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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BSP: buss synth pad group

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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SNR: send return buss

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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MBC: mix buss clean

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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MBM: mix buss Modern - slightly saturated

Frequency response at flat controls

Harmonic contents at flat controls 1Khz -3dBfs test tone

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PAN -3: precision analog panner

Frequency response at flat controls

Phase response at 0 (center pan)

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9. Preset list:

The MWC PRO library includes 35 different programs:

Console Input Channel

Full programs 10k – se programs 5k

MWC IL1 : Input Line Clean - by stock line channel

MWC IL2 : Input Line Clean - by stock line channel
MWC IL3 : Input Line Clean - by stock line channel
MWC IL4 : Input Line Clean - by stock line channel
MWC IL5 : Input Line Clean - by stock line channel
MWC IL6 : Input Line Clean - by stock line channel
MWC IM1 : Input Microphone Clean
MWC IM2 : Input Microphone Clean with “Silk” engaged

Console Buss Group

Full programs 5k – se programs 3k

MWC BGC : Buss Clean - stock buss group clean

MWC BDR : as Buss Clean with little color by EQ, suitable for drums group
MWC BGT : as Buss Clean with little color by EQ, suitable for electric guitars group
MWC BBV : as Buss Clean with little color by EQ, suitable for backing vocals and vocals group
MWC BPR : as Buss Clean with little color by EQ, suitable for percussions group
MWC BSP : as Buss Clean with little color by EQ, suitable for synth pad group

Console FX Buss
Full program 5k – se program 3k

MWC SRN : Send-Return Buss - send-return insert suitable for reverb, echo and FX

Console Buss Out

Full programs 10k – se programs 5k

MWC MBC : Stock MixBuss Clean Sound

MWC MBM : MixBuss Modern - stock stereo buss slightly saturated with top class EQ patched

Precision Analog Panner

program 1k

PAN -3 : Precision Analog Panner with pan law -3dB

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10. Console emulation:

Just insert one instance of Nebula as first plugin in your tracks choosing the “Console Input Channel” that you
prefer. Insert in every buss-group one "Console Buss Group" to your taste and insert one "Console Buss Out" on
the mixbuss. Use the precision analog panner or set the DAW pan-law to -3dB.
Now start to mix your song.

The programs are unity gain. You can “drive” the console's stages using the main “input fader” of Nebula instead
to use the "Drive fader" which affects the harmonic contents in an unnatural way, but suitable if you look for an
effect.
Please leave untouched the ATTCK and RELS controls.

Take care with gain staging since the programs are close to the hardware, then: 0dBVU = -18dBfs.

You can use this free vintage VU meter by PSP:

http://www.pspaudioware.com/plugins/tools_and_meters/psp_vintagemeter/

If your DAW is not so powerful you can render or freeze the tracks.

If you want rendering your tracks with Nebula's presets, I strong recommend the NRGUI PRO by Zabukowski
from Nebula/Tools forum:
http://www.acustica-audio.com/forum/index.php?f=23&t=166&rb_v=viewtopic

Thank you, all the best !

www.alessandroboschi.eu

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