Custom Tremolo
Custom-made tremolos. For Nebula.
Product Description
These weren’t sampled from actual tremolo hardware effects. Instead they were created from 10 different hardware chains using various pieces hardware. The basic tremolo effect is volume level modulated by an LFO. So to make these, something in each chain was sampled with a gain control set to various positions. Then the LFO in Nebula is used to modulate between those positions. That’s just the basic foundation of these effects. There is a lot more going on…
These start with the basic idea of a tremolo, then carry it further. All of these tremolos were sampled/created with some kind of extra element, usually some kind of filtering that is modulated along with the volume level, enhancing the tremolo effect. This set has a lot of variety because of the wide range of hardware used, and because of the variety in the extra modulated elements, across the different programs. Examples include: HP/LP filters sweeping inward as the tremolo volume goes down, 2 comb filters in a psuedo-stereo setup (from flanger pedals with their sweep LFO disabled) with increasing resonance as the level goes up, and a tilt-EQ that shifts from an upwards to a downwards slant as tremolo goes down.
Dynamics were sampled as well, which means that for any sampled spot on the volume control that was used to make the tremolo, an entire set of dynamic steps was sampled. This ensures that the analog sound is recreated but also comes into play more directly in some cases. For example, one tremolo was taken from a stereo pair of compressors, and when the tremolo level goes down the dynamics get more compressed. There is an auto-pan, then there is another (named Helios) that sounds similar to a rotating speaker effect, with a very smooth sounding transition from one side to the other.
I’ve gone to great lengths to provide as much control with these as possible while still maintaining focus. I’m pretty sure that this is the first Nebula set by a 3rd party developer to even use the LFO system (and it’s a little tricky!). I’ve included duplicate presets of every effect, using various LFO shapes. Even when you use a shape like random or square, where the level jumps instantly to another position, the smooth analog quality is maintained. There is also a set of manual programs, where the LFO is disabled and you can use your host’s own mod sources to control the tremolo (if your host can do this).
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You can look at the manual here. It is kind of wordy, but honestly you barely need it. You can just load these things up the moment you get them, and figure them out just by playing around with them. If you are thinking about buying, you can look at it to see the kind of depth that is behind this set, and what kinds of extra things are modulated with each effect.
This one uses tremolos from all 10 sampled sources. Each was used several times with different LFO shapes, speeds, input levels (this can produce noticeably different results), and some effects have extra controls that were also sampled which were used in different positions to get different sounds. There is never any automation, all you hear is the tremolos running with settings in fixed positions. First you hear the clip dry (no tremolo), then a short static burst, and from there it switches between around 40 different setups across the 10 sampled units. There is no static between each change, but you can usually easily tell when it has happened. This clip pretty well covers the range of sounds you can get, but it usually leans more towards a more obvious tremolo. You may use these in much more subtle ways (a depth knob allows you to go from no tremolo to full).
This one is a mix, and only the guitar is ever processed. First you hear it dry, then there are static bursts between each program change. There is automation here- mostly for the tremolo depth, but sometimes the rate and other controls are adjusted.
$16.00
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