Anyone tried the UAD-2 Solo D card and Studer 800 plug-in with Sonar X1 (or earlier) yet ?

Has anybody tried the UAD-2 Solo D card and Studer 800 plug ins yet in SONAR ?

jkleban

thanks for responding

I am unclear from the UA website how the Studer A800 is to be used .

Is is added to the Channels Effects Bin to impart the tape sound to a recorded track

OR

It is used as an Insert to color the sound from the input while recording ?

How is it used exactly ?

Seems a bit different than a normal plug -in

Yes, running it here.

mikespitzer


Question on using it

I am unclear from the UA website how the Studer A800 is to be used .

Is is added to the Channels Effects Bin to impart the tape sound to a recorded track

OR

It is used as an Insert to color the sound from the input while recording ?

How is it used exactly ?

Seems a bit different than a normal plug -in

They sent out an email on how best to audition it in your own projects a couple of newsletters ago.

Basically yes use it in your individual track fx bin for a cumulative saturation effects.  Basically identical to how you'd use any saturation effect I'd suggest on a Solo card where instance counts are at a premium use it on a bus.

This is a Software forum question rather than an X1 one though, no?

Can you put the Studer A800 before the Pro Channel?

Cheers,

jayson

So, I have about 6 instances running in my project, mostly on summed busses (drums, guitars, vocals, keys, percussion, etc and then the MASTER buss).

You don't use it while recording, rather during playback and it adds that analog warmth and saturation that only tape (and now this SIM) can do. To me, the effect is very subtle but magical.  It just takes that digital harshness edge off the mix and creates a nice smooth warmness.

Don't expect anything drastic to the sound but like I said, it is magic.  The one really cool thing UAD did was allow a SYNC mode so that if you want to adjust some of the parameters of the plug, it will adjust them the same over your entire project... turn the input gain up on one instance, it moves up on all instances.  This "ganging" feature can be turned off and on at will.

I think you can get 10 mono instances or 5 stereo instances on one UAD2 SOLO.  It isn't as DSP intensive as some of the other UAD2 plugs (think FATSO, MASSIVE).

It's great... butI told myself I wasn't going to buy it until it went on sale. The price ($349) is steep for a UAD2 plug-in but when the DEMO period went away, my mixes lost the magic and the rest was history.. I was so ashamed of myself for my lack of self-control.

Jim

You can get up to (10) mono or (6) stereo instances of the UAD Studer A800 @ 44.1k. In this screen capture of a recent project, I had (5) mono & (2) stereo instances along with (5) other UAD plug-ins with DSP to spare on a SOLO. No issues at all working in SONAR X1a.

Tape sim is grittier. It's better for getting a tape sound as an effect and sometimes I like it more on Kick, Snare, Toms, etc.

The UAD Studer is like using real tape. It's transparent or ballsy depending on how you use it. I'd never put the Cakewalk Tape Sim on strings that I wanted to be transparent and clean, for instance. The Studer with 30 IPS is beautiful for this kind of work.

I recently did a mix of a live performance for someone that had submitted numerous mixes to a mastering engineer over the years, and the ME told them my mix was the best sounding one they'd received from this client. Knowing the ME's history I know he grew up editing 2" tape. I used the Studer on every track and on the master buss for that mix, and I know that was a big part of the difference.

BTW the first thing I did with the Studer was editing all the presets to turn off the Hiss. I figure if I want it I can turn it on for effect, I'd rather not forget to turn it off.

The next thing I did was insert it on every track, choose my settings, and use the Apply FX function. There were enough tracks I had to do this in groups, but once done I didn't have to think about it anymore.

Peace,

Tunes