AudioThing Mantis – Vintage BBD Echo Plugin – Page 2 – Effects Forum

Which values of “DARK FACTOR”, “NOISE” and “ALIASING” would be the most similar to the modeled hardware unit?

I thought they could be their default (double-click) values, respectively 50%, -70dB and 50%…

…but the detected level of NOISE on an spectrum analyzer is also much lower than what the plugin says.
The default -70dB on the plugin is actually detected peaking at around -160dB on an analyzer.
A value of -10dB on the plugin peaks at around -40dB.
This with all 4 taps active, input/output set to 0dB.

I mean, I don’t really care if the plugin value for NOISE matches a meter, but I’d be interested in knowing what the actual self noise of the modelled hardware unit is. Similarly for the behavior of ALIASING and DARK FACTOR, compared to the actual hardware.