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[supernova777]

it is indeed a different bundle then the other nomad bundle we have posted
os9 + osx compatible


http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr03/articles/plugin0403.asp

Nomad Factory Liquid Bundle

Formats: PC VST, Mac RTAS, OS 9 & OS X VST

Liquid Bundle is another offering from Bernie Torelli's Nomad Factory stable, makers of the very impressive Blue Tubes Bundle (featured in the November 2002 issue of SOS). This bundle consists of five different effects: a delay, a compressor, a flanger, a chorus and a reverb. These, along with their siblings in the Blue Tubes Bundle, are now available for Windows, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, in both VST and RTAS formats, while Audio Unit ports are also planned for Mac OS X.

Like Blue Tubes Bundle, the plug-ins all benefit from well-designed user interfaces, which are both easy on the eye and simple and straightforward to use. Liquid Chorus is a no-nonsense stereo chorus, with LFO Rate and Depth controls for the main chorus effect, and independent rate and width controls for the Rotation section, which provides panning and rotary-speaker effects. Mix and Main Level controls are the only remaining parameters. I was immediately taken with the sound of Liquid Chorus, which has a distinctly warm and analogue character. It can be set slow and deep, or fast and nervy, but even at its most extreme settings it never becomes tiring or unusable.

Liquid Compressor is a flexible and easy-to-use compressor, with controls for Threshold, Ratio (adjustable independently for each stereo channel), Attack, Release and Main Level. It also has useful illuminated meters, which bounce up and down in response to the input signal, nicely illustrating how and when gain reduction is being applied. At subtler settings, the effect is natural and near-transparent, while extreme settings allow you to squash your signals more noticeably.

Liquid Delay is a stereo delay/echo, with independent delay time, feedback and gain controls for the left and right channels. There are also independent left and right Direct Gain controls, for balancing the wet/dry mix, and independent low-pass filters for both channels, to soften the delayed signal a little. It couldn't be much simpler to use, and it works as advertised.

Liquid Flanger is laid out much like Liquid Chorus, with LFO Rate, Depth and Feedback controls, and the same Rotation effect, plus width control (although the rotation rate is tied to the main LFO in this case, rather than being independent). Mix and Main Level controls make up the remaining parameters. Unsurprisingly, Liquid Flanger has a lot of the same character as Liquid Chorus, although the effect is more pronounced. With the feedback setting at full it can be a little overpowering, but subtler settings produce some excellent whooshing, swirling sounds, which can be fine-tuned via the width control to occupy as much or as little space in your mix as you like.

Finally, Liquidverb is a no-frills reverb, with Mix, Gain, P-Dly (pre-delay), Damp and Size settings, as well as High and Low EQ controls. There are also Stereo Width and Pan controls. Liquidverb seems best suited to large rooms and halls, with long, luxurious decays. The smaller room settings are usable, but sound a little more artificial to my ears. The High and Low EQ controls proved very useful both for brightening up some of the darker rooms, and for taking some low end off the larger hall sounds to help them sit in a mix more comfortably.

To sum up, if you're looking for jaw-dropping, mind-bending special effects, you're likely to be disappointed by Liquid Bundle. These plug-ins all seem to have been carefully designed not to make startling noises when you turn everything up to 10. While this may not sound like much fun, the net effect is that Liquid Bundle is extremely easy to use in the context of a mix. In other words, its very easy to dial up sounds that sit comfortably alongside other sounds — and very difficult to make outlandish, jarring noises that stick out like a sore thumb.

My only complaint is that the Chorus, Flanger and Delay plug-ins would all benefit from the option to sync their time parameters with the tempo of the host sequencer. Many plug-ins offer this option nowadays, and it seems an unfortunate omission from a bundle which, at $199, is not inexpensive. However, Nomad Factory tell me that they plan to incorporate this feature in a forthcoming, free update for registered users. Paul Sellars

[MacTron]

I've uploaded this one to my FTP folder. But seems that don't work...

[redstudio]

I confirm..they don't work..they sent me the Cubase block.

[smilesdavis]

weren't they ilok from the getgo?

[redstudio]

probably badly cracked demos.. installed initially they work but then after a certain period they don't work anymore.. does anyone have these working versions?

[smilesdavis]

wayback is empty

BlueTubesVSTBundleDEMO.sit
LiquidVSTBundleDEMO.sit

were the files

Liquid VST Bundle (Jul 18 2002)
Blue Tubes VST Bundle (Jul 19 2002)

was the start of NF

FREE Bundle was added in 2003 and Blue Tubes VST Bundle was renamed to Blue Tubes Bundle since it was RTAS now as well.... it went on and on

[IIO]

what´s so interesting with an 11 year old nonworking link?

[smilesdavis]

what´s so interesting with an 11 year old nonworking link?

its the file name that might pop up elsewhere