N4 Player is a free multi fx VST, VST3, Audio Unit, AAX plugin developed by Acustica Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.
Acustica Audio is pleased to announce the free N4 Player. N4 Player supersedes the previously available N4 free which is now obsolete and no longer available. N4 Player is here to offer to all customers important new features and improvements. N4 Player is a multi-effect plug-in able to emulate a wide range of audio equipment and other electrical, digital or acoustic audio systems, providing a true sonic alternative to costly and bulky hardware and opening new paths to creative uses and highly realistic sounds. N4 Player loads libraries or entire plug-ins, all created by using a sophisticated state-of-the-art dynamic sampling approach and an engine based on Volterra series nonlinear convolution.
N4 Player is our new free tool to introduce you to a new sound experience.
Why a new tool for N4 product line?
Acustica Audio made a technological leap forward and it is time to provide our customers with a new tool able to meet our latest standards, developments and accommodate for the new 3rd party products line. While N4 free could load only free emulation presets and free libraries, N4 Player can also run full N4 libraries, Aqua libraries for N4 and standalone Aqua Effect plug-ins. Moreover, N4 Player offers a seamless crossgrade path to the paid full version of N4. Once crossgraded, DAW sessions created with N4 Player will automatically be updated to the full N4 version.
Main N4 Player features:
• Complete integration with Aquarius and an online marketplace accessible to the official 3rd party developers.*
• Support for the latest CORE 12 technology.
• Redesigned user interface for a better user experience with new simple mode.
• Available in VST2, VST3, AAX and AU plug-in formats in macOS and Windows.
• Support for 64-bits architecture.
• Support for the latest operating systems including macOS High Sierra and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
• N4 Player is a completely free product, no authorization is required.N4 Player is able to load both commercial and trial versions of the following products:
• Nebula libraries for N4.
• Acqua libraries for N4.
• Acqua Effect plug-ins.
• Acustica Audio cross-platform commercial library version (CPCL v5).N4 Player is free product. Upon checkout its price will be displayed as zero euros.
Nomenclature
Nebula libraries for N4. A Nebula library is a collection of emulation presets created with the proprietary sampling application NAT. A Nebula library for N4 can include a custom skin or use factory generic skin (see pictures provided).
Acqua libraries for N4. An Acqua library is similar to a Nebula library but it is built by merging several emulation presets into a single one, resulting in a more complex simulation with a custom user interface (see pictures provided).
Acqua Effect plug-ins. Acqua Effect plug-ins are standard standalone plug-ins in VST2, AAX and AU format. However, they can also be loaded in N4 and N4 Player to take advantage of some additional functions (see pictures provided).
Aquarius. Aquarius is a stand-alone assistant application from Acustica Audio created to help and assist users to download, install, update, and authorize all marketplace featured products.
Marketplace. Acustica Audio’s marketplace is our fully integrated with Aquarius on-line shop, which allows ‘official 3rd party developers’ (1) to sell Nebula libraries and Acqua libraries for N4 in the same way as Acqua Effect plug-ins are being sold at the moment. Such products can be downloaded and authorized using Aquarius immediately after their purchase.
About N4 update & crossgrade option to N4
N4 Player offers a seamless crossgrade path to the paid full version of N4. Once crossgraded your created with N4 Player DAW sessions will automatically be updated to the full N4 version.
A new version of N4 is available coinciding with the launch of N4 Player including new features and bug fixes.
• Complete integration with Aquarius and official 3rd party developers (1) in marketplace.
• Support for the latest Core 12 technology.
• Integrated Presets Editor.
• Integrated Setups Editor.
• Redesigned user interface for a better user experience with new simple mode.
• Available in VST2, VST3, AAX and AU plug-in formats in MacOS and Windows.
• Support for 64-bits architecture.
• Support for the latest operating systems including macOS High Sierra and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
• Support for Nebula Server version 4 (currently in development)Limitations not applicable to N4 (as opposed to N4 Player)
• N4 can load Nebula2 and Nebula3 commercial and free emulation presets.
• N4 can edit Acqua Effect plug-ins
• N4 can connect to a Nebula Server version 4 (currently in development).N4 is able to load both commercial and trial versions of the following products:
• Nebula libraries for N4.
• Acqua libraries for N4.
• Acqua Effect plug-ins.
• Acustica Audio cross-platform commercial library version 5 (CPCL v5).
• Nebula libraries for Nebula3.Cross-Platform Commercial Library (CPCL) version 5 features:
• Complete integration with Aquarius and marketplace.
• Updated version of Rose Acqua library for N4 and Rose Acqua Effect plug-in.
• Updated version of Violet Acqua library for N4 and Violet Acqua Effect plug-in.
• 12 skinned Nebula libraries for N4.
• CPCL version 5 is bundled in N4, but alternatively it may be purchased as an add-on for N4 player for the price of 69 euros.N4 list price is 299 euros.
Details: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/products/neb4serverFollowing N4 player and N4 update releases, marketplace will be inaugurated including new products from our official 3rd party developers.*
* With the term official 3rd party developers we refer to all developers listed at the following link of our website: https://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/developers and for now we define as unofficial all 3rd party developers not included in this link, consequently it will not be possible for load their libraries in N4 Player. Paid N4 license is necessary to be able to load all old Nebula 3 libraries.
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