UAD releases version 7...new Ocean Way studios plug

yoropal
Thanks for the heads up - as you say pricey!
I had some stability issues with one of the software version releases,  so went back to the working version I had been using  - I'm not near my Computer at the moment so can't remember what version I am using at the moment.
Have you been updating regularly and if so, have they overcome the stability problems? - I do love my UAD stuff but a bit like yourself, due to the releases of plug ins that were not really of interest to me coupled with some software buggets, I have not been using my UAD stuff as much of late.
Would be really good if the platform was stable once more - however I'm still not sure I'm going to spend $300 on one plug in - does seem expensive.
Cheers
Nigel

If Sweetwater could sell you the plugins I'd probably already have it...my Sweetwater card is near zero right now.  Good thing they don't;-)

I see Sweetwater has 24 month financing on UAD stuff and I can buy the OCTO (8 processors) custom for 1899 that is SUPPOSED to include three free plug ins of your choice???

 
Wow, that is a slamming good deal! Get three of UA's premium $349 plug-ins and it is like getting the UAD-2 OCTO for about $852 bucks (less the cost of the bonus plug-ins). I remember getting a UAD-1e card back in 2006 and it cost $525 from jrrshop. If you extrapulate that in dollar to DSP to what you get today with the current OCTO promo, the processing increase is phenomenal. For a few hundred more than I paid in 2006, you get 24 times the processing power. I would jump on it, but I already have a UAD-2 QUAD, SOLO, Apollo QUAD (total of 9 SHARC DSP's) and most of the UAD plug-ins already. In fact, I actually have more DSP than I know what to do with!
 
UAD-2 OCTO = 24 UAD-1 cards
 
Cheers,
 
Billy Buck

Just curious but has anyone else tried to listen to the soundcloud demos of Ocean Way.  The only thing they'll play on for me is my iPad.  None of my desktops or laptop will play them.  In fact that don't do a thing when I click on them.

I'm using 6.5.2 64-bit on Windows 7 x64 and have no issues.  I'm a little bit afraid to upgrade to 7.0 because some are having problems on the UAD forum, but I haven't done enough research to decide for sure.  Can't really afford any new plugins anyway so I'll probably stick with what's working for me at this point.

Have people who have upgraded to latest version of the software had any problems, or have UAD got over the stability issues now?? Thanks Nigel

No problems here with V7.0. As far as stability issues, I have to admit I have installed over (50) UAD updates over the last 10+ years (I have installed every single update since 2002, within days of a release), I can only recall one occasion where I had an issue after installing a UAD update. I believe it was v5.0 where the UAD-2 Plate 140 would crash my computer hard (BSOD) when trying to open the plug-in, at a specific buffer size (64 samples). It was fixed less then four weeks later in v5.1. Not saying some users are not having issues, but stability (other then v5.0 and only in a specific instance), has never been an issue in my experience. I don't even think twice, new UAD update.......download....install.....done. Using v7.0 on both my PC & Mac Mini with no problems (other than what UA has stated as known issues in their release notes). If anyone would be having issues I think it would be me, using multiple computers (PC & Mac) and on my PC using (3) UAD devices together (UAD-2 QUAD PCIe, SOLO PCIe and an Apollo QUAD using FW800).
 I would say go for it. If you are planning on using the x64 UAD versions, just make sure that SONAR is only seeing and scanning the x64 UAD plugin folder. The default is C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins\Powered Plugins . You cannot have both (x86) and x64 versions being picked up and scanned by SONAR x64 or you will have performance issues. SONAR can only use one or the other.

Cheers,

Billy Buck

The Oceanway plug is interesting. A world class studio in a plug in with mic location capability but, there is only one challenge i.e.  the original sound, if captured in an undesirable space, it is going to sound like an undesirable sound put into a world class studio. That said, I am sure it can offer some unique treatment which could be applied to a mix, but at $349 I don't find it so compelling and niche filling, that I would want to buy it.