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Unofficial Acustica Master List by Doom64
Updated: 31st Oct 2025 (Cadet & INK) - OUT NOW!!!
Recommended:
Go to's & must have AA Classics: Gold4, Sand3 & Pink3.
Tier 2 go to's & must have AA Classics: Green5 Ultra.
Go to's & must have Consoles: Amethyst, Honey, Lime, Navy & Snow.
Tier 2 go to's & must have Consoles: Cardinal, Olive & Secret.
Swiss Army Knife "desert island EQ": Salt.
Desert island Compressor: Tiger/Tiger Mix Ultra.
Dynamic Harmonics Suppressor/De-harsher: Dove.
Indispensable: Lava, Lemon, Sienna, Taupe & Wine.
Voted as one of AA best Compressor plug-in: El Rey.
Voted as one of AA best all rounder Console: Lime.
Voted as AA best Delay plug-in: Lemon.
Voted as AA best Preamp plug-in: Gold & Brown.
API-ish Vibe: Pink.
Neve-ish Vibe: Amethyst, Cerise, Gold3, Lime, Navy & Snow.
SSL-ish Vibe: Celestial, Frost & Sand/Sand Ultra.
Hybrid (API, Neve & SSL) Vibe: Salt.
1176-ish Vibe: Nickel.
dbx-ish Vibe: Grey Pro/Ultra.
2500-ish Vibe: Pink Comp & Tiger - Pink presets.
33609-ish Vibe: Amethyst Comp, GOLD 8254, Navy Comp2 and Tiger - GOLD 8254.
Favourites "most talked about" plugin and tips:
Amber Ultra > High Shelf known as an excellent "sparkle and air".
Amethyst > 9098, 2500 Mix & Buss Pre on Master
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Blond > Premixer.
Brown > 444 EQ
, Pre Custom 8, 9 & Comp.
Camel > EQ B & Preamp B.
Cardinal > Pre's & EQ.
Coffee > Pre's.
Cola > 228 EQ & Pre's.
Coral > Compressor.
Cream > Magic Knob
& Tube 2 Pre (Greg Wells: Things sound better simply running through Cream in factory default setting)
Daisy > Great on everything.
Diamond Color EQ > Pre's.
Diamond Transient > Dyn F.
Dove > Dove + Green Ultra on Master & "Dual Dove" with different settings.
El Rey > Great on everything.
Erin > Ultra Comp & Brickwall 2.
Fire the Clip > ACU2 (Pop) & ECO (EDM).
Fire the Pan > 3D Analog (059) with left slider between 3 - 5 notches (those white line markers) to start.
Gainstation & VSM > Genre from Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Trap, EDM and 808, bass synths, synths etc.
Gold > Great on everything.
Indigo > EQ1.
Ivory > IAE -3 EQ with pre off.
Jam > Great on everything. (Tip: Jam + Wine/Fire the Blend).
Lace > Use 'simple - low aliasing', Ash into Lace.
Lemon > Blends so effortlessly into any mix, at any settings.
Lime > EQ B, Lime Pre's & Comp C.
Navy > Eq B.
Ocean > Francesco Donadel Campbell Mastering HQ preset.
Olive > Pre's & Expander (Aggressive settings and blend with Dry/WET knob).
Pearl > High Shelf.
Pensado EQ > Pre 1, Jaysen Joshua uses Pre 2 with 50 or 80 Hz boost on drumbuss.
Pink > Great on everything.
Purple > Pultec "Low End" Trick.
Salt > Great on everything.
Sand3 > Great on everything.
Scarlet > Scarlet Classic.
Sienna > Vol B: Spitfire SIRIO800 (Sub).
Silver > Vol A.
Smoke > EQ “Pultec Low End Trick” with HPF (Was said better than Pultec hardware).
Snow > Pre's & MB.
Sunray > EQ (sweet top end).
Taupe > A0, A1, C1, C2, A8 A9 & C5 presets.
Tulip > Comp & Custom 8122 Pre.
Ultramarine > A-27 EQ.
Water > Pre's & EQ (Tip: HPF 30Hz on kicks, subs, 808 etc).
Wine > Euphonic (tweak to taste) & Fire the Blend.
Endorsed Plug-ins:
Malcolm Toft's: Aubergine.
Cinderella Sound Studio: Cardinal.
Dave Pensado: Pensado EQ.
D.W. Fearn: Ruby.
GRBass: Graphite.
Greg Wells: El Rey.
Hardwell: Space Control.
Howie Weinberg: HWMC.
George Goodwin: Magic Flow.
Hardwell: Space Control.
Luca Martegani aka Xelius: Cobalt.
Luca Pretolesi: Diamond Color EQ, Diamond Dynamic Saturator, Diamond Lift & Diamond Transient.
MarkBass: Maize.
Mike Dean: Gainstation.
Mick Guzauski: MickE-Q.
Professor Malcolm Toft: Aubergine.
Memphis Magnetic Recording Co: Straw.
Mike Dean: Gainstation, Boost & VSM.
Oram Sonics: Opal & Opal Comp.
Oxygen Recording Studio: Mint.
Salvatore Addeo: Druma, Sonic, Sounda & Voxa.
White Sound Mastering: White.
Zino Mikorey: Azure.
Zarma Studio: Desert.
Category:
AD/DA Converters: Daisy.
Bass Amp/Cabinet: Graphite.
Brickwall Limiters: Ash/Ash Ultra, Cola, Erin, Frost, HWMC, Lace & Tulip.
Chorus: Corn.
Clippers: Ash/Ash Ultra & Fire the Clip.
Compressors: Aquamarine, El Rey, Fire the Bus+, Grey Pro/Ultra, Midnight, Nickel, Opal Comp, Tan, Tiger/Tiger Mix Ultra, Titanium & Ultramarine.
Consoles: Amethyst, Blond, Brown, Camel, Cardinal, Coffee, Cola, Cream, Desert, Gold, Honey, Lime, Mint, Navy, Olive, Pink, Sand/Sand Ultra, Snow, Straw & Tulip.
Continuous Freq EQ: Amethyst, Green Ultra, Honey, Lime, Sand PE/PG & Sand Ultra.
De-esser: Fire The Dees & Magic Flow (great on vocals, instruments, drums, mix buss etc).
Dynamic Harmonics Compressor/Suppressor & a De-Harsher: Dove.
Delay: Lemon [It just blends so effortlessly into any mix, at any settings. This is probably one of the finest delay plugins ever created. If this was within a hardware box at zero latency, it would probably be considered one of the best delay hardware ever created] & Fire The Delay.
Dither: Fire the Dither.
Distortions: Aero, Crimson, Fire the Pump & Gainstation.
Dynamic EQ's: Cobalt, Frost, Ivory & Jet.
DAC Emulator: Azero (80's).
Enhancers: Diamond Transient, Druma, Fire The Bus, Fire Filters, Fire the Gold, Fire the Pan, Fire the Tilt, Gainstation & VSM, Jet, Lava, Magic Flow, Mystic, Sounda, Space Control & Voxa.
Expanders: Fire the Exp & Olive Expander.
Filters: Ebony, Ivory, Fire Filters, Fire the LP8 & Mahogany.
Mastering (useful for mixing as well): Aquamarine, Ash/Ash Ultra, Azure, Cherry, Coral, Daisy, HWMC, Indigo, Ivory, Lace, Magenta, Pearl, Scarlet, Erin, Erin Studio, Ultramarine, Wine & White.
Tier 2: Baxter, Celestial, Cobalt, Diamond Color EQ, Diamond Dynamic Saturator, Diamond Lift, Diamond Transient, El Rey, Fire the Clip, Green/Green Ultra, Latte, Ocean, Pink, Purple, Ruby, Rust, Snow, Space Control, Taupe & Water.
Microphone Modeler: Lava.
Mid/Side: Amber Ultra, Coblat2, Coral2, Erin, Green5, Ivory5, Indigo, Maize, Magenta 5, Opal, Scarlet 5 & White 3.
Multiband Compressor: INK, Ivory, Pink, OAK, Ocean & Titanium.
Reverbs: Cadet, Ebony, Rice, Silver & Ultramarine.
Saturators: Diamond Dynamic Saturator, Jam, Fire The Jam, Pumpkin Pro & Teal.
Stereo Field Enhancement: Space Control 1 & 2 and Wine.
Stompbox + Amps: Aero.
Tape: Taupe, Taupe Studio & Taipei.
Tools: Sienna (Mix and Master Translation) & Sienna Sphere (Immersive Audio 5.1 - 9.1.6).
Tube: Amber/Amber Ultra, Azure, Coffee, El Rey, Erin, Indigo, Magenta, Mystic, Purple, Ruby, Smoke, Ultramarine, Teal & Titanium.
Variable Mu: Magenta (C1, C2) & Midnight.
Vibes: Taupe (Tape) & Black (Preamps).
"Vintage" Colors: Blond, Brown (most colored/vintage feel), Camel, Cardinal, Coffee, Cola, Cream, Desert, Ebony, Gold, Olive, Pearl, Rust (Motown), Smoke, Straw, Tulip, Viridian & Water.
Characteristics:
Aggressive: Mint & Navy.
Clean: Ash/Ash Ultra, Azure, Cherry, Green/Green Ultra, Ivory & White.
Clean with Vibe: Amber/Amber Ultra, Amethyst, Lime, Mint, Navy, Sand/Sand Ultra, Snow & Wine.
Forward: Blond, Green/Green Ultra & Pink.
Great Top End (5K-12K+): Amber/Amber Ultra, Aquamarine, Azure, Cream, Diamond Color EQ, Ebony, Emerald, Green/Green Ultra, HWMC, Indigo, Jade, Lime (EQ-B), Opal, Pensado EQ, Pearl, Ruby, Rust, Snow, Sunray, Tulip, Ultramarine (A-27) & Viridian.
Great Midrange: Diamond Color EQ, Gold, Honey, Indigo, Tulip, Water
Great Low-Midrange: Aquamarine, Brown & Magenta.
Great Low-End: Aquamarine, Cream (Tube 2 pre and boost the input up a few db), El Rey, Fire the Bass, Maize, Pink (Cust 5 Preamp), Purple, Ruby, Scarlet, Smoke, Snow, Tulip, Ultramarine (A-27), Viridian, Water (High Pass at 30Hz).
Insane Top End: Azure (27K), Pensado EQ (34K), Jade (40K) & Diamond Color EQ (50K).
Most Colored: Brown.
Most Stealthy: Maize (surgical cuts).
Most Unique: Pearl (Limited Edition) - no longer available!!!
Most Warmth: Cream & Olive.
Silky: Purple.
Smoothest: Amber Ultra (EQ), Azure & Ruby.
Tier 2: Cherry, Scarlet & Snow.
Solid: Pink.
Soft: Azure, Cherry, Cobalt & Ruby.
Transparent: Ivory & Green/Green Ultra.
Versatility: Lime (You could mix a whole record just with it).
Tier 2: Tiger/Tiger Mix Ultra (Huge collection of compressors) & Salt (Mix and Match EQ).
MAREA
Acustica's virtual instrument series
Alice-9 - an instrument with a deeply organic and varied sound palette — evocative of iconic synthesizers from the 1990s and early 2000's.
Expanse5 (XP-5) - faithfully captures the soul of a legendary, five-voice polysynth of the late analog era—celebrated for its rich tone, musical flexibility, and iconic presence in countless recordings.
Thing - a synthesizer suite, offering polysynth power and analog-inspired sound modeling. Inspired by and faithfully recreates the essence of one of the most iconic synthesizers of the 1980s.
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Links
Acustica Audio Manuals!!!
Sienna Sphere Collaborative Tool
Acustica Cloud Processing [LAVA]
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Acustica Audio Merchandise
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Non-Official Nebula 3rd Party Libraries
AITB > https://www.analoginthebox.com/
AlexB > https://www.alexb.eu/
CDSM > https://cdsoundmaster.com/nebula-pro-libraries/
Cupwise > https://cupwise.com/?v=0a10a0b3e53b
Henry Olonga > http://www.nebulapresets.com/?post_type=product
Nevermore > https://payhip.com/nevermoremagnetics
STN > https://signaltonoize.com/?page_id=4016
Tim Petherick > https://www.timpetherick.co.uk/
V.Doan > https://store.sendowl.com/s/54a3daee-8ec3-4bb4-b773-746e1b22b9a0
VNXT > https://vnxtsound.blogspot.com/p/nebulaprograms.html
Azzimov > (Custom UI (skins) for Acustica Audio NEBULA)