UAD Survey

I should receive the UAD-2 system in the morrow (all of it). 

IIRC, the 64-bit drivers are supported (per tech support), but, since UAD has its own PCIe processor(s) with DSP(?), 32-64-bit-bridges would be about as effective.

I'd 'envision' vst palettes for 
1) better vox processing (comps EQs tapes);
2) better mastering tools (tapes EQs maximizers);
3) increased phat for kick, bass, and/or snare.

I'll try to chime in a few days or so and report on which ones inspire the most.

I said, forget 64bit. Be rebels I told them. 

63.989874874...bits is good enough for The Bapu.

The Satellite is mac only.

It is possible to use a PCIe-box-to Firewire converter, but you'd have to call Scott (ADK) or someone, besides Dell and HP, ... who still make firewire PCs.

Myself, I've had bad luck with firewire laptops ... the firewire keeps popping off with laptop connectors ... and rebooting with the firewire gets old.

bapu


28. Other than 64-bit support -- which is currently in development -- which UAD system features are most important to you? 

The ability to regularly remove all the repulsive barf build-up from my workspace...

I'm am such a slob...

musicman100

Philip


The Satellite is mac only.

It is possible to use a PCIe-box-to Firewire converter, but you'd have to call Scott (ADK) or someone, besides Dell and HP, ... who still make firewire PCs.

Myself, I've had bad luck with firewire laptops ... the firewire keeps popping off with laptop connectors ... and rebooting with the firewire gets old.

This I dont understand.I have FW cards in my desktop that my focusrite and tascam use, so its not an I/O issue. I can see no reason why its MAC only, and can find no information why its narrowed to that.I guess its really apples to apples since if I wanted a DUO or Quad Satellite I still need a PCIx slot for the FW card, so I might as well buy the PCIx UAD 2 card, depending on the buss speed of the PCI slot I can use I guess.

Yes MM100; Sonar users must use PCIe, quad, preferably.  No Satellite or Solo option will work with todays PCs.  And the Solo is weak, IMHO.
 
I'm using half the DSPs up with my quad PCIe.
 
IMHO, there are numerous UAD pluggins that Sonar users can forget ... as our natives are better for most tasks:
 
Unnecessary bundles: Neve, Mastering, EQ
 
Unnecessary reverbs: Dreamverb (native Sonar Lexicon is more lush and less phasy to my ears)
 
Unnecessary delays: UAD tape delays
Unnecessary equalizers: TBH my ears aren't credible; all 10 UAD equalizers have peculiar niches that I'm still learning; so I won't pass judgement.  But 10 equalizers seems a bit over-kill.  I gravitate to the Massive-Passive ... as it is more of a glue-tool than an equalizer (for the master or buss)
 
Unnecessary: Most Mastering tools per se. 
 
 
 
 
 

Yes, inquiring minds want to know!
Which of the UAD Plugs are "essential"?

Cecelius did you buy the mkII deal? If so how long does it take for the Duo to show up?

Thanks

The best of UAD, IMHO ... in my humble 1 week of experimentation:

Comp: Fairchild (comp) is on all my vox tracks: turns cr&p vox into lush meaty vox -- haha!
-- Somehow UAD has perfected a better compressor than Voxformer and Nector, IMHO.

Delay: Roland Space Echo, Time Cube, and Moog (yes the Moog is weird ... but great for 'stretching' a good bass guitar sample/performance)

Tape: A800 Tape, Ampex ATR-102 Tape, Fatso tape

Reverb: Lexicon 224 Digital reverb (you can google this to hear its excellence)

EQ: Manley Massive Passive (so many sweet settings: who ever heard of an EQ that renders sweetness on multiple extreme EQ settings?)

These are my current 'must-haves' due to idiot proof pre-sets and multiple sweet settings, IMHO.

While there are tube emulators (i.e., Precision Maximizer), I worry they conflict with the Ampex and A800 tape emulators.  So, I won't rant on their excellence and believe Ozone may achieve warm/tube emulations faster. 

Also, I realize some of you prefer to use tube enhancers on some tracks and tape enhancers on others; but UAD tape enhancers accomplish more 'bold-clarity'-beauty IMHO ... since they color and level the mid-upper harmonics. 

Tube harmonics and tape harmonics probably don't mix too well, based on your discussions in the past (techniques forum) ... on saturations.  So you probably don't want to mix tube and tape saturations ... as a rule.  (Please correct me if I be wrong)

So UAD shines with tape emulators, IMHO.

If you are a vintage king, there are other EQ, comp, and buss thingies.  But this will take time for me to figure.

I wish they'd come out with and Eventide Harmonizer or 3000 emulation.  Not just another one trick pony.