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I ended up in this thread while searching for “BST100”, which I’m gonna buy right away.
I thought I’d do a follow up comment about the importance of IRs that you guys recommended.
I was skeptical, I was wrong.
IR’s make a huge difference. They make Nembrini amps sound a lot better. Less muddy, more definition and more like playing a real amp.
It’s a bit intimidating when you see hundreds of IRS, I just picked a few and marked them as “fav” in IMPULSation (I don’t know why everyone uses Thafknar, IMPULSation looks a lot nicer) so I don’t go crazy searchin around. Ownhammer packs come with a sort of “best of” selection that’s probably enough for 99% of us.
So yeah, IRS are not snobby, they actually hugely influence the sound for better.
I don’t like all the param knobs in IMPULSation, it just makes the IR sound altered and more complicated than it needs to be. I like loading an IR completely unaltered and for the loader to just be a vessel for it. Pre-delay, Range, separate Wet/Dry knobs (is it a dual signal then?), decay, it just doesn’t make sense to me to complicate it like that. Thafknar is straightforward and already set to receive IRs without fuss. Temporal reflection, x^t transform, wet, it’s already preset correctly. You can lower the gain to volume match the amp, you can choose the input type (mono, stereo, mix) and the processing (mono, stereo, quad). These are practical params to tweak in Thaf if needed, rather than augmenting them with extra bells and whistles. I also like Thafknar aesthetically, for me it makes more sense and I prefer the file sorting system in it.
Also, IMPULSation was iPad only until very recently, so I have all my IRs in Thaf on my iPad and iPhone, and don’t see the need to start over with another loader (except the internal one in thu).
Lastly, I’m not sure about this, but Thaf might be the only app that can process quad IRs but possibly also the OwnHammer TrueStereo ones as well. @espiegel123 are the OH true stereo IR the same as Quad?
Really what I mean to say is Thafknar sounded amazing to me from the beginning, I loaded IRs and poof, magic. No need to tweak anything. IMPULSation seems less straightforward to me, but certainly not any worse sound quality wise. Just more time consuming.
Dammed!. I though I finally had it right! 😩😜
Btw, now that we’re here. I just purchased BST100 and it’s not working with Zenbeats. It has the same problem as the DC30. It only outputs mono, on the left channel. Seems to be an issue with the latest Nembrini amps in ZB. Cali, soundmaster and the older ones are ok.
Btw, cab IRS are usually intended as mono-to-mono.
@tahiche : it is possible that it is zenbeats issue rather than a Nembrini issue. Have you tried it in other hosts?
IMPULSation sounds great, Don’t get me wrong! But Thaf is simply more straightforward, while also offering more under the hood in a way. I think they both work great, I’m just used to Thaf already.
You are certainly on to something with the Zenbeats Nembrini issue. It started when Nembrini introduced the “audio settings” menu in their new releases. So there’s something lost in translation or in the conversion process when the two apps communicate. Btw, I remember using the older Nembrini apps standalone, and with some interfaces they only put out mono as well.
Nembrini introduced the audio menu so people could choose. So the older apps auto convert to stereo, the newer ones don’t, but the older ones also were mono in some cases. It needs to be addressed.
These amps work fine for me in ZB. Whenever I had the problem you’re having, the Zenbeats audio input was set to channels 1+2 rather than the single channel (1 or 2) where the guitar was plugged into the interface. Have you double checked that?
Ever try the Tonebridge app? It’s free and has an unbelievable number of options.
Good looking out! Hope this works. I’ve never had any problems with Nembrini amps and assumed it was a zenbeats issue since I don’t use it.
I also can only get one channel of audio in Zenbeats with BST100...even when Force Mono is on. It seems like Force Mono is not doing what it should.
How about in standalone, AUM, or another DAW? Also check the Active Input and Output settings in the Nembrini audio settings.
Yes, I’ve tried everything!.
@Schmotown standalone it’s fine.
Tried setting to “force mono”.
Opened up the standalone and made sure both channels are set.
Uninstalled, installed, set standalone to both outputs, scanned again...
There’s a few other plugins that do this in ZB. DC30, Dubstation2... Quinta by Nembrini also but in that case setting the “force mono” fixes it.
When the track output is set to “master” or “out 1 & 2” only channel 1 (left) is output, if I select channel 2, only right.
¿So you’ve tried both BST100 and DC30 in Zenbeats and they work?. What iOS version?. I’m on the latest.
@espiegel123 im glad I’m not the only one!. I wrote to Nembrini and Zenbeats support, they both seem aware about these issues.
Definitely the BST but I’m not 100% sure about the DC30 because I recently left Zenbeats for BeatMaker 3. Sorry, I uninstalled ZB so I can’t test it right now.
Thanks. Yeah. I couldn’t get it to and was trying to figure out how to report the problem.
I reported it too. Got a response but no indication of if/when it'll be fixed. The more people who report it the more likely it'll get attention.
I’ve reported it to both Zenbeats and Nembrini, too.
If people are experiencing any of the Nembrini amp sims playing in only one side in zenbeats, please let both Zenbeats and Nembrini know. I had a response from Nembrini that gave me the impression that they haven’t had other reports.
@espiegel123 I retract my earlier comment and apologize for the misinformation. To test this for you, I reinstalled Zenbeats and tested every paid Nembrini amp as well as both of their Sansamp emulations, TH-U, and Gain Stage Vintage Clean. Five of the seven Nembrini amps played out of the left channel only: BST100, CaliDual, CaliReverb, MRH810, and DC30.
I also tested all seven amps in BeatMaker 3 and in standalone mode and they performed perfectly. I had no issues with Nembrini and Zenbeats before I switched to BM3 so I’ll hazard a guess that a recent update to Zenbeats introduced this issue.
I have not reported to Nembrini. I figure if it works in all my other hosts then it's not their problem. I feel like it should be Roland/Zenbeats that does the reaching out.
Reporting more places is better, I'm sure, but that's just the way I'm wired.
It could be a zenbeats thing — on the other hand some of the Nembrini plugins don’t exhibit the behavior and I haven’t found plugins from other developers that behave this way.
@espiegel123 @wim @JoyceRoadStudios
Just saw a response in Nembrini Facebook page...
👍🤟
Cool! I had a note from their support folks with the same message. Hurray!
Supposed fix is out now. I haven’t tried it yet.
Yep!. Tried DC30 and it works fine in Zenbeats. They’ve also updated Quinta, BST100, and a few others.
I don't use Zenbeats, so I've never encountered the issue, but it's a joy to see devs that take care of their apps and keep them usable for their customers.
If only Wavemachine Labs could act the same way...🤞🏻
Is there a Nembrini amp that emulate a Mesa Boogie Rectifier? I'm looking for a really heavy distortion. All amps are on sale BTW.
I think this is what the Cali Reverb is supposed to do
From what I've read, the Nembrini Audio Cali Reverb is based on the Mesa Boogie Recto-Verb 50 watt head (Series 2).
The Nembrini Cali Dual Three Channel is based on a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier.
Here are a couple reviews:
https://honestampsimreviews.com/2020/06/06/nembrini-audio-cali-reverb/
https://honestampsimreviews.com/2020/10/24/nembrini-audio-cali-dual/
5 stars answer. I bought the Cali Dual. I will test it this week. Thanks!
The pitch shifter worth it? I usually use Drambo, but if the PS is better, I will buy the Nembrini one.
I've been configuring a clean guitar tone for an ongoing project at the moment and I'm pretty much completely happy with PSA1000 into Thafknar.
The question with that one for me is that I heard a few times "It's more of a preamp" and contemplated the consequence of that. Unless I'm just missing out on a whole world of amp modelling insight though, it just looks like there's extra functionality in the models (noise gate/EQ/reverb/IRloader/cab decisions etc.) which can be added on in a modular basis with the Nembrini Rack AUs (I'm using noise gate and guitar EQ). The PSA1000 only has one channel of course, so I've put the Nembrini tube screamer clone before it with drive at a very low setting -- I love how it interacts with the PSA1000 when toggled off and on.
Many guitarists or studio musicians go direct using a preamp and apply processing later. It’s more of a studio thing, since for a live gig you still want the power amp and the speaker cabinet. But using a preamp like PSA to go direct in a studio setting is no less viable, and it’s highly successful and common.