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Description

Transform your mixing experience with the Nomad Factory AS Rack, a versatile and powerful channel strip plugin offering a modular approach to sound shaping. This virtual effects rack bundles seven expertly crafted modules that draw inspiration from renowned British console designs and mid-20th-century EQ innovations. Whether you're looking to add warmth, clarity, or punch, the AS Rack provides a comprehensive suite of tools to elevate your audio productions to new heights.

The AS Rack's intuitive drag-and-drop interface allows for seamless reordering of modules, offering endless creative possibilities. Start with a gentle tube-driven preamp to infuse your tracks with analog warmth, then move through a classic gate/expander to control dynamics. Shape your sound further with the Pulse EQ, an emulation of a legendary 1950s design, and refine it using the State EQ, which offers a choice between E and G series characteristics.

For those moments when your mix needs a lift, the AS Exciter can breathe new life into dull recordings, while the AS Bus Comp and AS Comp Limit modules provide the ultimate in compression control, ensuring that your mixes are both cohesive and impactful. With a variety of presets tailored to different instruments, the AS Rack is ready to inspire your next musical masterpiece right out of the box.

Key Features:

  • Modular rack design with drag-and-drop functionality
  • Seven modules including Preamp, Gate Expander, Exciter, Bus Compressor, Comp Limiter, Pulse EQ, and State EQ
  • Inspired by classic British console and mid-1950s EQ designs
  • Presets available for quick and effective sound shaping
  • Compatible with AAX Native, AU, RTAS, VST2 formats
  • Authorize up to 3 computers, supporting both MacOS and Windows systems

Product specs

Available since October 2016
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Delay No
Dynamics Yes
Effect Filter No
Encoder/Decoder No
Equalizer Yes
Guitar amps/-effects No
Channel Strip Yes
Metering / Analysis / Correction No
Modulation Effects No
Multieffect / Plugin-Host No
Overdrive/Distortion No
Preamp / Saturation Yes
Psychoacoustic tool / Enhancer / Exciter Yes
Restauration No
Reverb No
Special FX No
Summer / Mixing Consoles No
Tape Simulation No
Pitch Shifter / Harmonizer / Timestretching No
Transient Processing No
Vocoder / Vocal effect No
Mastering Tools No
Hardware Controller No
Download Yes

FAQs

What key features does the Nomad Factory AS Rack offer for audio processing?

The Nomad Factory AS Rack includes dynamics processing, equalization, preamp/saturation, and psychoacoustic enhancement, making it a versatile channel strip plugin for shaping sound in your mixes.

Is the Nomad Factory AS Rack suitable for mastering?

The Nomad Factory AS Rack is primarily designed for mixing with its channel strip features. It does not include specific mastering tools, so it may not be ideal for final mastering tasks.

Does the Nomad Factory AS Rack plugin include any reverb or delay effects?

No, the Nomad Factory AS Rack does not include reverb or delay effects. It focuses on dynamics, equalization, preamp/saturation, and psychoacoustic enhancement.

Can the Nomad Factory AS Rack be used for guitar amp simulations?

No, the Nomad Factory AS Rack does not include guitar amp or effects simulations. It is tailored for channel strip processing with dynamics and equalization.

Is the Nomad Factory AS Rack compatible with most DAWs?

Yes, the Nomad Factory AS Rack is designed to be compatible with most DAWs that support VST, AU, or AAX plugin formats, ensuring wide usability across different audio production environments.

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Reviews

PROS

  • Intuitive and user-friendly interface enhances ease of use and workflow

  • Provides a warm, analog sound with satisfying sizzle due to tube emulation

  • Enhances both bass and treble frequencies with a pleasant warmth

  • Offers flexibility with seven modules to sculpt and enhance sound

  • Effective bus compressor that adds cohesion to mixes

  • Sidechain function in the low-pass region works effectively

  • Reliable stability with no noticeable issues during normal use

  • Affordable alternative to more expensive channel strip plugins

  • Retro visual design adds to the overall user experience

CONS

  • CPU consumption can be high, requiring powerful hardware for optimal performance

  • Default presets may cause distortion, requiring manual adjustments

  • Exciter may not meet expectations; can make sound excessively broad

  • Sidechain functions on compressors produce minimal audible differences

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carbinax

Velvet Bacon

velvet bacon....not very appetizing, but it's an accurate description of what Nomads analogue rack sounds like. It has a nice warmth and a very satisfying sizzle / bite due to the emulation of tubes being overdriven. It would add a great edge to the bite of a lead guitar around 2 - 4k range. Also great for a wide variety of tasks, but it brings the magic sauce to any beat, and just beefs it up in a very satisfying way, but also, crucially, a very musical way.

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