Add real Film grain to your projects for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a Five second long free Full HD AVI film grain overlay that I made the other day using some real film scans that I am using in my projects.

FILM GRAIN AVI DOWNLOAD

It is in the Cineform Codec and you need to download the codec for Mac or PC from their website.

Simply drop it into your NLE and use the OVERLAY transfer mode on your track and Voila. Instant film grain.

I will have some 4K versions up soon as well. I have just had a baby daughter so life gets a little busy. Enjoy and let me know if you like them!!!!!

New Free reverbs for Acustica Nebula Pro 3

Hey Everyone. This is a drums reverb for Nebula and it absolutely kicks some serious you know what when it comes to giving your drums a space. It has depth, 3D quality, power and life. Sampled at 96 khz this is a serious CPU hog but there are no compromises here. Sorry – if you have a slow computer – good luck. It also weighs in at 270 MBs so make sure you have plenty of RAM and a cutting edge computer.

Give your tracks dimension and depth that other reverbs cannot give. Distortion is also recorded so this will give your track power like nothing else. I hope you like it.

I really need to fix the preset as it was one of the first attempts at sampling but alas it is in the wild already. I must apologise to one and all who had the shock of their lives on loading it so after downloading and please apply this fix.

First turn the FX slider down to taste. From the nebula front page Click edit – top right corner. Click glob – third from left on the bottom. Click on the Pad out setting so it is highlighted. Adjust to -40 db using the second fader on the right ( or decide what the sweet spot is for you). Make sure that the Pad in setting is 0. That should buy you about 12 or so dbs.
If it is still too hot adjust the PAD in setting as well. Turn it down as much as needed.
Click exit. Click save – top right hand corner. Job done. . This works on a per preset basis of course and you can use it to adjsut other troublesome presets like some more of my ahem earlier presets attempts.

Best wishes.

Henry

Enjoy…………………

GET THE DRUMS REVERB HERE

Get my second free preset DRUMS INTIMATE HERE

I am now on twitter

Still don’t see the point of it all but maybe I will fall in love with the tech.

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Songs from film

Now I was going through the archives and found these two songs I did a while back. There are from a film called the sky kingdom and I reckon I was in my early twenties when I sung these two songs.

Only believe by Henry Olonga

I’ll still believe
Duet was sung by Prudence Katomeni

Free Nebula Power distortion effect

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PLEASE NOTE THAT I NOW HAVE A NEW SHOP FOR ALL MY Nebula PRESETS AND ANY OLD POSTS REFERRING TO MY OLD SHOP ARE NOW DEFUNCTAll my Nebula presets are now here

All my Q-clone presets are now here

Get it here

Mega distortion is a distortion type effect that adds power and warmth to any instrument or mix. I made it using a unique signal chain. There is a slight levelling that happens as well allowing details buried deeper in the mix to come to the front. This effect is also useful in beefing up thin recordings. Try it on lame drums or a weak piano.
Sampled at 96 khz using Prismsound Orpheus convertors this is a no nonsense – no compromise effect. Ten distortion kernels means that this is a CPU hog so if you don’t have a fast machine – God bless you.
EQ first, perhaps with my free Q-clone libraries then place this baby into the mix and hear your mix come alive with power and analog warmth.
Use the input fader and drive knob together to increase the effect. The louder the signal is the more distortion you hear. On a loud mix you can really hear the effect. The effect adds gain so turn the output down a tad to avoid clipping your output and do avoid extreme gain settings – Nebula has its limits.
Hope you like it.
Best wishes and God bless
Henry Olonga
Get more free and exciting sampling products on my blog in the coming months.
Bookmark my blog as I will be releasing more free stuff in the near future.

Smooth Eq Q-clone expansion pack by Henry Olonga

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All my presets are now here

‘Smooth eq – expansion pack for Waves Q-clone’. The smooth mix….

Demo of samples

Get the DEMO here

I am very excited to offer the second expansion pack of this nature available anywhere to my knowledge.

This package is modelled on an EQ that has true NEVE pedigree. The man himself made this one in other words. It can be described as well – smooth and sweet perhaps – never harsh and never really shrill it has a pillowy sound that works well when you do not want a hard sound. This release works well in tandem with my first release Superlative EQ . Superlative Eq is a slightly harder sound, glassy perhaps or diamond topped as they say.
This package took me five days to put together so I hope you will appreciate the time and effort put into making this a tool for your super fast mixing.

This set of presets is sampled to the highest specifications such that the difference between the sampled hardware and the sample you use is in the magnitude of negligible. This is truly analog sound in the box with no compromises. This set is sampled using Orpheus by Prismsound and is considered by some to be among some of the best convertors in the world. I have used short DIY gold tipped cables to connect the hardware to the box so there is virtually no loss in quality.
Don’t settle for emulations costing far more and sounding inferior. Get great quality presets from my blog in the coming months.
Welcome to a new way of mixing. Basically I have taken the hard work out of your hands by spending hours studying recordings to find settings on my hardware that are generic enough to be used by a wide range of people on a wide range of instruments. But you might say – what if I don’t like your mixing decisions……don’t worry – I have given you plenty of wiggle room as each folder has numerous presets with subtle and also vast differences.
Next unzip the package and place the folder anywhere but in the Q-clone folder as it slows down the loading and the menu system is not that intuitive. I suggest you place them anywhere and use the load dialogue. On windows set the open dialogue explorer window to ‘list’ so that all the presets are visible without the need to scroll. The way to do this is to right click – go to view – and choose list. Not sure of a Mac.
The package contains 862 presets. They are grouped by instrument but please note that some instruments
from the same family differ so much in timbre that no preset is perfect every time. However because there are so many you will find that some presets overlap in their usability. A preset made for a piano may well suit electric guitars and those made for kick drum may well work on bass. There are no effective rules so please just go ahead and experiment with what sounds work for you.
At this point perhaps you may want to download my other free offering that compliments this library perfectly from my blog http://www.henryolonga.net/Blog/?p=266 . This package you want to unzip- and place in your q-clone presets folder which is in the Waves folder in program files. This is because you want to have this available to you in the preset menu. This will come in handy when you like a preset but wished it had an adjustment somewhere such as less bass : in that case you could use the high end tracking eqs low shelf to remedy this or use the other eqs in Q-clone. Simply use the add feature in q-clone to add the adjustment using this high end tracking eq. And it also allows you to mix just with that particular eq and avoid my decisions altogether – but what’s the fun in that hey…..
You may also want my other presets library ‘colour mix’ which adds even more flexibility to mixing.
http://www.henryolonga.net/Blog/?p=478 . Some eye opening stuff there. Again – probably best not to place it in your q-clone presets as it is a vast library.
Once you have unzipped the ‘Superlative eq expansion pack for Waves Q-clone’ and placed it in a convenient location such as the audio drive you use, you will want to take this package for a test run………..q-clone is so simple that even a novice could mix with it………just click load, chose a preset and off you go.If you like it ….great – if you don’t, try another until you smile……..
I suggest you use these first in your chain on a track. Obviously the buss stuff is exempt but I find that with the tight kits for example – if I compress after the Q-clone preset with a good compressor like CL 1B or Sonnox dynamics, it sounds crazy good. The full mix and drum folders may help lift your mixes to give them a more polished sound. You may want to use these sparingly as the polished sound of the eq may begin to build up and you can go way OTT quickly and it becomes a harsh brittle mix quickly. So use if you have material that is dull or flat. But on the right material these can be incredible. Once in a while there is a bizarre bug in the plugin that may either make the volume 12 Dbs or – 48 Dbs. So if you get your head blown off or hear nothing – check the level meter. All of the presets were sampled at unity gain so simply get things back to zero and re-save the preset.
Also because of this please make sure you trim your track input by maybe 15 – 20 Dbs. In Cakewalk Sonar I just go all the way to minus 18.This is good audio gain staging anyway. There are also some really loud presets so please take care when loading them. Never run the plugin into the RED – it does not saturate so clipping is hard digital clipping that is very unpleasant. Please leave a comment on my blog if you enjoy the use of these samples and if you really dig them it will be of great encouragement to me to sample more stuff.

http://www.henryolonga.net/Blog/?tag=q-clone-impulses

The other thing you could consider is sampling your own gear and sharing that too…..
Good luck mixing with this, it is my first Preset packaged eq for Q-clone and I hope it gives you absolutely first class results.
Best wishes.
Henry

Cineform VS AVCHD first generation files

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I did a few Cineform vs AVCHD comparisons a while back ( here and here ).I have also done an HDMI capture tutorial to help build a rig and highlight the benefits of bypassing in-camera compression to get a clean image from cheap camcorders.Now I have been asked again to do some kind of torture test.I have no time for that so I will just place some first generation files for all to see what the big fuss is all about.HDMI capture surpasses AVCHD in the areas of colour,sharpness and freedom from codec artifacts bla bla bla.Don’t believe – download my sample files below and try them – you will need the Cineform Codec which you can get here.

The proof is in the pudding so I have made available some first generation files for your perusal.Three of them are a comparison of the same scene shot simultaneously.One long AVCHD file and the two Cineform files – sorry – it was snowing here.The rest are well – hopefully a nice selection of different subjects that I hope will put this argument to bed.If you think AVCHD can look this good then sample these.As for me – I think the quality speaks for itself.These are large files so be patient when downloading.

Hope this helps some of you to ascertain the quality.I suggest that for the ones with cinemode (The flat/low contrast Canon in-camera setting) you take them into Cineform’s first light and play with them.Especially the horses in the field.Not the snow field….he he.You will be amazed at the leeway you have with a 10 bit file.It colour grades beautifully.Oh and yes – I know the HFS10 has aliasing and yes the start of each file has some wierd interlacing lines (because Cineform has to guess the cadence and it takes a second or two).A better camera would give better results………but come on – this is turning a relatively cheap consumer camera into an expensive one without forking out the thousands right………………………it’s still a consumer cam…..remember it’s only just on a grand now for an HFS10.

Horses in snow

Horses in a field

AVCHD comparison file

Cineform comparison file 1

Cineform comparison file 2

Vivid car wide

Vivid car tight

Peacock

Sheep in snow

Trees and snow

Superlative EQ Q-clone expansion pack by Henry Olonga

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All my presets are now here

MIX in minutes with exceptional quality.Try the DEMO to determine if you like it.The demo has 86 of the 1055 presets in the package.

Demo of samples

Also check out my second library that compliments this well Smooth eq. If you use these two eqs with my FREE Nebula distortion patch – you will get very nice results.

So perhaps you’ve never considered mixing with presets before.But you know when the client list is too long to handle and you have a tight deadline to meet – or the workstation has run out of DSP?Or your workstation cannot run that nice and juicy sounding cutting edge plugin made for computers due in 2015.Or you invested in one of those Waves APA systems but hardly use it.Or perhaps it’s one of those weeks where the holiday season hasn’t left you yet and you would rather be at home rather than mixing.Well I may just have a tool to add to your arsenal that may help on those days………..

‘Superlative eq expansion pack for Waves Q-clone’.The polished mix….

I am very excited to offer the first expansion pack of this nature available anywhere to my knowledge.
This package is modelled on a very clinical clear EQ that is revered in most studios for its reference transparency. The wide bands make for a very musical boost that doesn’t overly colour the sound although it does make it sound better somewhat .The cuts are almost invisible. So because of this the package should be useful for a wide genre of music but it’s clear focussed and maybe ‘hard sound’ makes it suited more for some genres that don’t mind a clear polished sound. No fuzziness here – it is an honest zero distortion package that treats your material with respect. The better the source the better it sounds.Of course if you want distrotion you can use other plugins for that and I personally recommend Nebula by acustica audio.Have the best of both worlds.

This package took me five days to put together so I hope you will appreciate the time and effort put into making this a tool for your super fast mixing.
This set of presets is sampled to the highest specifications such that the difference between the sampled hardware and the sample you use is in the magnitude of negligible. This is truly analog sound in the box with no compromises. This set is sampled using Orpheus by Prismsound and is considered by some to be among some of the best convertors in the world. I have used short DIY gold tipped cables to connect the hardware to the box so there is virtually no loss in quality.Don’t settle for emulations costing far more and sounding inferior. Get great quality presets from my blog in the coming months.

Welcome to a new way of mixing. Basically I have taken the hard work out of your hands by spending hours studying recordings to find settings on my hardware that are generic enough to be used by a wide range of people on a wide range of instruments. But you might say – what if I don’t like your mixing decisions……don’t worry – I have given you plenty of wiggle room as each folder has numerous presets with subtle and also vast differences.
Next unzip the package and place the folder anywhere but in the Q-clone folder as it slows down the loading and the menu system is not that intuitive.I suggest you place them anywhere and use the load dialogue.On windows set the open dialogue explorer window to ‘list’ so that all the presets are visible without the need to scroll.The way to do this is to right click – go to view – and choose list.Not sure of a mac.

The package contains 1055 presets.They are grouped by instrument but please note that some instruments from the same family differ so much in timbre that no preset is perfect every time.However because there are so many you will find that some presets overlap in their usability.A preset made for a piano may well suit electric guitars and those made for kick drum may well work on bass.There are no effective rules so please just go ahead and experiment with what sounds work for you.
At this point perhaps you may want to download my other offering that compliments this library perfectly from my blog http://www.henryolonga.net/Blog/?p=266 . This package you want to unzip- and place in your q-clone presets folder which is in the Waves folder in program files.This is because you want to have this available to you in the preset menu.This will come in handy when you like a preset but wished it had an adjustment somewhere such as less bass : in that case you could use the high end tracking eqs low shelf to remedy this.Simply use the add feature in q-clone to add the adjustment using this high end tracking eq.And it also allows you to mix just with that particualr eq and avoid my decisions altogether – but what’s the fun in that hey…..
You may also want my other presets library ‘colour mix’ which adds even more flexibility to mixing.

http://www.henryolonga.net/Blog/?p=478 .Some eye opening stuff there.Again – probably best not to place it in your q-clone presets as it is a vast library.
Once you have unzipped the ‘Superlative eq expansion pack for Waves Q-clone’ and placed it in a convenient location such as the audio drive you use, you will want to take this package for a test run………..q-clone is so simple that even a novice could mix with it………just click load,chose a preset and off you go.If you like it ….great – if you don’t,try another until you smile……..
I suggest you use these first in your chain on a track.Obviously the buss stuff is exempt but I find that with the tight kits for example – if I compress after the Q-clone preset with a good compressor like CL 1B or Sonnox dynamics,it sounds crazy good.The full mix and drum folders may help lift your mixes to give them a polished sound.You may want to use these sparingly but on the right material these can be incredible.

Once in a while there is a bizarre bug in the plugin that may either make the volume 12 Dbs or – 48 Dbs.So if you get your head blown off or hear nothing – check the level meter.All of the presets were sampled at unity gain so simply get things back to zero and re-save the preset.
Also becasue of this please make sure you trim your track input by maybe 15 – 20 Dbs.In Cakewalk Sonar I just go all the way to minus 18.This is good audio gain staging anyway.There are also some really loud presets so please take care when loading them.Never run the plugin into the RED – it does not saturate so clipping is hard digital clipping that is very unpleasant.

Please leave a comment on my blog if you enjoy the use of these samples and if you really dig them it will be of great encouragement to me to sample more stuff.

http://www.henryolonga.net/Blog/?tag=q-clone-impulses

The other thing you could consider is sampling your own gear and sharing that too…..

Good luck mixing with this, it is my first preset packaged eq for Q-clone and I hope it gives you absolutely first class results.If you win a grammy – mention my name he he he
Best wishes.
Henry

Q-clone and Nebula – a match made in heaven

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All my presets are now here

nebula

2000 free q-clone impulses

For all the Acustica audio’s nebula and Waves audio’s Q-clone users out there – you will already know that these are hands down the best software eq’s money can buy – period.They both have pros and cons to using them.

Nebula – wonderful as it is has some real issues.CPU,RAM usage and also the time required to sample hardware.It is highly tweakable based on how the emulations are sampled.Some of the best libraries out there from cdsoundmaster,Analog in the box and Alexb allow one to sweep through the eq just like the real hardware.

Q-clone – wonderful as it sounds you cannot tweak the settings.It is however light on CPU,RAM and samples in seconds.

So the best of both worlds is to use both in your sessions.Load up q-clone capture on a channel that has a digital out and return ( form a digital loop ) and after the q-capture plugin, load an instance of Nebula.Load up whatever you want to sample and using the q-clone plugin to get the snapshot of the eq settings.Done move on to the next track etc – soon enough you can eq your whole mix – capturing the sound of nebula and not suffering the ram or CPU hit.

Simples – good luck and hope this helps people with weak machines mix with nebula.You heard it here first…………

Best wishes
Henry

Some more interesting Q-clone colours

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PLEASE NOTE THAT I NOW HAVE A NEW SHOP FOR ALL MY PRESETS AND ANY OLD POSTS REFERRING TO MY OLD SHOP ARE NOW DEFUNCTAll my presets are now here

This here is a release that I have made from presets I have used and will use in my upcoming albums.
These are colour presets with the ability to really radically change the tone of your mixes so although some are subtle the colours are more on the side of tone shaping.

Demo of samples

If you haven’t already got my first preset pack go here to get a very nice high end eq indeed.

Q-clone IMHO is the best EQ in the world……oh and Nebula is even better………Anyway – I hope that you will enjoy this small library of mine.I have been saddened by the lack of q-clone libraries around the net and have decided to do something about it.I have been transferring some of the presets I have used in projects to presets I can share.

I have here assembled a set of presets that allow you to sculpt a mix easily and quickly to add colour.This in most cases is not your run of the mill set but one that can radically altar the tone of your instrument in many cases.It really is an adjunct to the tools you already own so you can shape the tone with q-clone and do any other surgical cuts and boosts as desired with a more precise tool.

Simply place the folder anywhere on your HDD and use the open function within q-clone.Personally,I wouldn’t add them to the waves folder as once the folder contains a lot of presets the drop down list becomes a pain.Trust me – I personally have more than 100 presets per folder!!!

I would advise that you add q-clone first in your effects bin and then add the rest of your signal path – but it’s up to you to go where the sound you desire leads.

This selection of presets is just a small sampling of over 2000 presets ( and growing ) of my passion for sampling analog gear.

I have access to great analog eq’s such as a Portico 5033,GML 2032,Mackie Onyx 1220 (Perkins EQ ),Millenia eqs,Pultec,High end digital eqs, and many other exotic eq’s at a nearby studio that allow me to build these presets.

More coming after Christmas 2009

Enjoy,God bless and have a good one.

Oh and do leave a comment on the blog if you like the stuff.

I may make the whole set available for purchase if I have the time to do so but that depends on demand – so if there is a demand for this then I will make the 2000 preset Library available as is but only if there is a demand.The library is about 350 MB right now and it may grow to a gig with all my additions to come.So let me know if it is feasible.