By Nomad Factory
Designed to enhance the quality and character of any digital tracks, these plug-ins recreate the warm and idiomatic sound qualities of legendary analog passive equalizers used for decades by Motown engineers. The plug-ins provide a simple and functional “Vintage-Retro-Style” interface, as well as low CPU consumption for lightning-fast processing. This bundle is essential for anyone looking for that timeless, soulful sound.
Bundle contains:
Retro Music-Tone Retro Film-Tone
Retro Music-Tone
Bundle only
The Retro Music-Tone is a 7-band passive equalizer plug-in emulation of the hardware version used exclusively by Motown engineers. Like in the original hardware units, we have recreated the proportional Q which means that there is no adjustable Q bandwidth : small boost/cuts have a very broad Q and greater boost/cuts have a narrower one. You just have to adjust the gain of each fixed frequencies (from -8dB to +8dB) according to taste and the resulting tonal color
Features:
7-band equalizer with, Gain and Proportional Q
50 Hz, 130 Hz, 320 Hz, 800 Hz, 2 kHz, 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz
Boost / Cut up to 8dB per band
Phase reverse switch
Vintage VU Meter
Full Automation for all parameters PC and Mac OS X
Easy-to-use vintage interface
Retro Film-Tone
Bundle only
Like his brother above, the Retro Film-Tone is a 7-band passive equalizer with fixed frequencies and Proportional Q emulation of the hardware version used exclusively by Motown engineers. As you can see, the overlaping frequencies make it possible to use both plugins together on the same track / bus so that it gives you a total of 14 bands.
Features:
7-band equalizer with, Gain and Proportional Q
80 Hz, 200 Hz, 500 Hz, 1.2 kHz, 3.2 kHz, 8 kHz and 16 kHz
Boost / Cut up to 8dB per band
Phase reverse switch
Vintage VU Meter
Full Automation for all parameters PC and Mac OS X
Easy-to-use vintage interface
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Apple Minimum Requirements:
Macintosh® Intel Core Solo® 1.5GHz with 1Gb of RAM.
Apple Compatibility:
Windows Minimum Requirements:
Pentium® iV 2GHz / Athlon™XP 2GHz with 1Gb of RAM.
Windows Compatibility:
VST and RTAS (Pro Tools) plug-ins.
Supported Formats : AU, VST, RTAS (32/64-bit Mac/Win)
VIDEO
Nomad Factory Motown Retro Bundle: Quick Overview
This trailer quickly shows off the Nomad Factory Retrology Series "Motown Bundle". The bundles features 2 retro analog EQ's designed to improve the quality of digital sound recordings. This plug-ins recreates the warm sound qualities of legendary analog hardware passive equalizers used by Motown engineers. The plug-ins provide a simple and functional "Vintage/Retro-Style" interface, as well as low CPU consumption for lightening-fast processing.
VIDEO
Nomad Factory Motown Retro Bundle: Full Demonstration
This video explores using the Nomad Factory Motown Retro Bundle. Designed to improve the quality of digital sound recordings. This plug-ins recreates the warm sound qualities of legendary analog hardware passive equalizers used by Motown engineers. The plug-ins provide a simple and functional "Vintage/Retro-Style" interface, as well as low CPU consumption for lightening-fast processing.
Here is what the press has to say about Nomad Factory products.
Musicplayer.com WIHO Award
Motown Retro Bundle
"With the resurrection of the Motown sound in modern music through artists like Amy Winehouse and Raphael Saadiq we wanted to try to use these for what they are intended — put a little old-school feeling into our mixes... The sonic qualities of the plug-ins were top notch, but they especially shined in the higher frequencies. This was very apparent when working with drums. When we applied the Retrology Music-Tone to our overheads we heard a new life and brightness from cymbals that were previously flat and dull simply by running through the preset options. With a few final adjustments and the addition of the Retrology Film-Tone 's overlapping frequency bands to hone in on exactly what we wanted, we had a beautiful marriage of modern recording and classic sound."
Computer Music
Magnetic
"We were particularly impressed by the way tape colour could create pumping overheads on a drum kit and popping compression on synth bass... as a tasty analogue thickening agent, Magnetic really shines."
Sounds and Gear
Echoes
"I give Echoes 5 out of 5 subs, it’s really the best echo plug-in I’ve used in my personal opinion, fun, simple to use, and sounds great."
Computer Music
Pulse-Tec EQs
"Pulse-Tec EQs can certainly add warmth to a broad range of instruments, and those famous overlapping boost/attenuate controls can really bring the bass to life. If you're finding it hard to make an instrument gel in the mix, a few small adjustments with Pulse-Tec EQs can work wonders, and the clipper section, while not vital, is handy if you crave yet more warmth, or even a little dirt. The presets aren't too shabby either."
