Acustica Audio presents Nickel: The Legendary FET-style compressor suite has arrived Nickel is a four plug-in suite that emulates some of the most acclaimed and rare units from the late '60s to the present day, paying homage to the genius of Bill Putnam, one of the greatest audio engineers and pioneers in the Pro Audio industry. The fulcrum of this suite is certainly represented by the Nickel compressor plug-in, which faithfully embodies the behavior of two different famed 'Revisions' (H - LN) of the most recognizable compressor of all time is. The staple of all worldwide major recording studios and still today among the most used gear. These flagship units were used to sculpt the sound of countless records from Guns N' Roses to Bruce Springsteen, The Killers to Joe Cocker, and many others. In addition to the Nickel Comp, this suite includes a Stereo Parametric EQ with 4 fully parametric bands plus HP and LP filters per channel, a Dual-Mono EQ derived from the Stereo EQ version, and the emulation of a modern 'out of stock' multi-channel mic preamp with Class-A discrete electronics, switchable transformer and a fixed HP filter from this beast we derived a total of 20 different preamps.
What you get NICKEL COMP. A legendary '60s FET compressor, hands-down one of the most popular compressor designs of all time. More specifically, this plug-in features two switchable emulations (rev H, rev LN). Each one results from sampling two different Revisions; plus, their relative preamp emulations are included. NICKEL STEREO EQ A Stereo 4-band fully-parametric EQ with High and Low-pass Filters derived from historic US-made units from the 60s-70s. NICKEL MONO EQ A Mono 4-band fully-parametric EQ derived from the Stereo EQ. NICKEL PRE Four Line Preamps, four Mic Preamps, four SH1 (Shape mode 1) preamps, four SH2 (Shape mode 2) preamps from a modern Precision Microphone Preamplifier with Class-A discrete electronics, plus four Custom Preamps for a total of twenty preamp emulations. It also includes a fixed High-pass Filter (100Hz, 6dB/octave), a phase reverse button, plus an Oversampling button to change the oversampling rate (8x, 16x) to improve the quality of the processing, increasing the sampling frequency of the preamp. Each plug-in included in the Nickel suite comes in a "Standard" version and an alternative "ZL" version, which operates at zero latency and is thus suitable for use when tracking, at the cost of extra processing resources. For further details, see the Nickel user's manual. Nickel - Demo video Technical information • Plug-in Format(s): VST2, VST3, AU, AAX • System Requirements (PC Windows): Windows 10 • System Requirements (Apple macOS): OSX 10.14 / 10.15 • Available sample rates: 44.1 - 48 - 88.2 - 96 kHz • M1 macOS Monterey Compatible Price and availability Introductory price: 109 | 35% OFF until January 18, 2022 (reg. price 169). The product is at an introductory period for the first four weeks after release or until the first official version is released. This implies that the product may receive improvements, changes, or fixes available through Aquarius Desktop updates during that time. How to install the free 30-day trial Nickel user's manual Nickel web page: https://www.acustica-audio.com/store/products/nickel |
