Henry Olonga 670 Mojo 192 Khz

Team MAGNETRiXX | 06 February 2014 | 1.23 GB
Dry files used thanks to Roundbadge from the GS Audio forum

Sampled with ‘Prismsound Orpheus’ precision you will not be disappointed. Provided in 192 khz, 96 khz and 44.1 khz. 40 presets. Library size is 1.3 GB. 10 distortion kernels. Please note that these require a fully licensed Nebula Pro license to enjoy.

This is an independent mono sampling of the famous compressor ubiquitous on so many 60s and later albums. 14 transformers and 20 tubes make this a beast of a compressor. It is almost impossible to buy nowadays – unless you have a cool $ 50 000 lying around. Stories abound of old studios literally dumping them in skips when solid state became popular. Many replicas exist but this is a sampling of the real deal. Mostly very subtle samplings of one of the few remaining original and well maintained versions of this piece of audio recording history. Own it now and possess that sound in the box. N.B – I have not sampled this as a compressor but a PRE for it’s sonic signature. It is is designed to work with plugin emulations such as T-racks Vintage compressor or UA offering and is made to be placed before it in your chain. Tested and confirmed to work brilliantly with the Vintage 670 Compressor in conjunction with
DDMF Metaplugin for stereo operation .

All the time constants were sampled with only about 2 dbs gain reduction. The deep, deeper and deepest presets were done using constant 1 if my memory serves me right. I went for about 5 dbs gain reduction for deeper and finally about 10 dbs on deepest. The ‘Low Drive’ preset was with a much higher input to really drive the valves- bit of a gem that one – may be the best if you want a more coloured sound with full lows and stunning high end.
So what I do is open up DDMF Metaplugin and route the left output to an instance of Nebula. I opened up another instance of Nebula and routed the right input to that one. They then are routed to the main Metaplugin ouput. You can use the mono instances quite happily with just Nebula of course but using Metaplugin you can rebuild the hardware. With two separate mono instances you can level match independantly within Metaplugin. You can also do this in Reaper easily.

( WHAT IS A MOJO SET? A common complaint facing Nebula users is the GUI and the workflow which may require a number of steps that an algorithmic plugin simply avoids. For example, to get more than one band of equalisation in most cases you need multiple instances of the plugin and the bands don’t always interact like the hardware would. But the sound is stellar. You also have a limited level of dynamic levels with eqs in a lot of cases.

A common complaint of accurate algorithmic plugin emulations is that they possess the correct curves of an eq but lack the warmth, depth and 3 D qualities that the hardware does. In other words the mojo. They have fully interacting bands and often an accurate GUI that people are familiar with.

The Mojo series are samplings to give you the tone of the hardware that allows for a hybrid approach . Simply put, with Eqs and compressors you can use your favourite emulation plugin to control the action and curves and just use my presets to add the much needed clarity, 3D quality, dynamics, warmth etc. It is my attempt to allow you to use your favourite plugin but to add the mojo that plugins lack.

So the Mojo series does not compress or eq but give you the tone of the compressor or eq hence the need for the plugin. Mind you any plugin will do but the emulations are more accurate at getting you closer to the hardware.)

This is a cutting edge library guaranteed to make your mixes sound less digital. You will be amazed at how someone had placed a sock over your digital files. Sampled at the highest sampling rate available to date in Nebula Libraries and delivered at that rate. Native 192 khz sampling and also 96 khz available. Designed to work best at 96 khz. This means you need to be patient as the libraries load and resample internally. Don’t worry, the quality will speak for itself. You will be amazed at the improved transient response.

This does make for large files – trust me I have tried to make them smaller and felt a small compromise in quality. So the kind of person who buys my libraries must be clear about one thing. This is superb quality that comes at a price – larger than usual files. HDD space is fairly affordable now so I hope I don’t punish your discs – it’s not intentional, really it isn’t. It’s just that I am in pursuit of the highest standards of quality. You will require lots of RAM, a very fast cpu and oodles of HDD space. Apart from that you should be good to go. If you have a slow PC then you may have to bounce down your files.