Seems like lots of software companies are getting wise to both the constant desire of us gear heads to have accurate models of vintage gear and the pieces most desired.  Trouble is there are already a bunch of them already out there in a VERY mature market. Seems to me just continuing to turn out slightly different supposedly "accurate" models of the exact same gear over and over is not "where it's at".  Unless and until UAD comes up with some stuff I can't get from the original or several other competing companies I'm done with them.  And I bet I'm not alone.  The same could be said for NI or IK...they seem to be wandering aimlessly down the same garden path.  YMMV.

yorolpal


I'm not alone.  

No, you're not (WRT UAD). I likes what I have but it seems most items in the last two years can be had by competitors at a lesser price.


I don't have, Lexicon 224, Precision K-Stereo, Oxford EQ, Shadow Hills Mastering Comp, MXR-Flanger, ATR-102, bx_digital V2 and the SPL Vitalizer.


Myolpal, any those a must have from UAD?

I've had so much trouble with NI plugs in Sonar. They keep losing their settings when I open the project. I'll open it and all the dials are turned hard left. Don't know what it is about NI and Sonar but these are not problems I had with the same plugs in Pro Tools. I think I'll be giving NI a miss until it's sorted out. 

I heard from a nother forum K9 "may" be out in April..it is not like NI to skip a whole year...
BUT not a lot of xciting things to make a K9 Ultimate  package, yet

seems like some are retooling their products --Cakewalk with the compressor as a stand alone VST, NI with their plugs that dont need GR to function,on the other hand new stuff, Waves with their Signature PRESET series, UAD with high end exoteric simulations,,
maybe for the new up and coming users, but for usold hands, I see we are weeding out out VST library..I think we have reached a ceiling AFA cost effective plugs .

I have K6&7 and skipped K8.  I had hope that K9 would be out by now and had planned on getting it by now, but was not going to get k8 if k9 was soon to be released.  Alas, soon has come and gone.  However, I will be one who will consider and possibly, well likely probably get K9Ultimate if it is priced similarly to the K8ultimate upgrade (under $500).  But, I will wait till Xmas holiday for sales and see if it's contents warrant the purchase.  It will come down to what is actually included in the "complete" package.  My luck will be that NI introduces a new three tier system, Komplete9, Komplete9 ultimate (same instruments as in K8 ultimate) and the new Komplete 9 EXTREME edition (which has the really new instruments like the Rick and the Giant and the new Reverbs...you know the features and components we actually want).