Choose the drum you wish to process. Maximum compression amount for each program is set for a max. peak of -1dB. The quieter the track, the less compression.

The attack and release time of the programs are contained in the program description. Disregard the fader label “attack/Release” labels.

Each drum category contains separate sub-categories for each type of compression reproduced.

All programs are designated by a name that describes its character, or specific timing element, along with program notes that specify Attack, Release, and other details.

Snares are labeled for their specific attack and release.

All programs have been edited for the specific sonic character the program represents. These have been tested extensively with a range of different drums over many weeks, so that you can load them until you choose the sound desired. But, if you wish to change parameters, you can edit whatever you wish for any program! Every program has a targeted attack and release, but allows for changes to be made to threshold depth, ratio, make-up gain, and harmonic distortion drive. You may find that only small changes to presets are best.

We highly recommend you experiment with placing a snare program on your snare track, a kick program on your kick track, overheads, room, etc., and send these to a bus group to blend together with a Drum bus program on the group bus.

Over the past couple of years, Acustica Audio has developed a more robust sound engine to support more comprehensive technology for compression. We have been honored to be a part of initial and ongoing beta testing of the program dependent character of the engine, along with the envelope follower, and other processes that exist under the hood. The result of today’s VVKT Nebula Pro engine is an excellent sounding program for compression, still with some limitations, but with a wonderful feature-set.

The Nebula Pro Plug-In is one of the most significant audio technologies of our time. Nebula Pro’s strong points easily outperform some of the most impressive audio software available. It emulates the natural big sound of analog eq, tape machines, tubes, consoles, and other complex analog hardware with amazing accuracy. It also has been capable of producing excellent results with compression for many years. There have been some limitations, though.

After many months of additional rigorous testing, we found that there are specific strengths of the engine to focus on and others to avoid. Since Nebula Pro is capable of such an absolute, accurate emulation of high end complex analog eq’s and other devices, our goal with any new release, especially one of a new format, is to ensure that it is held to the same high standard.

For this reason, we have decided not to release compressor program libraries for Nebula Pro that focus on a specific, individual hardware device. This has been challenging to avoid, as there has been a very strong call for specific devices that we have available to us.