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T-bone, good to see you on the DUC.
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I'm just joining the UAD party, for compatibility reasons with a colleague (need to use the same plugs on shared projects) so I'm brand new to it all. The above is a bit concerning - do all UAD plugins massively slow all offline bounces? Hoping at least its only the case if the plugs are actually used in the bounce, not just in the session.
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Great Advice, since I have been thinking of doing this for a while now. I am pretty happy with what I am running now, but will wait and see how the UAD stuff in the future all shakes out. I feel like there might be a shift to some better options for people like us. I do think there stuff is really good though. I use a lot of Brainworks and Waves stuff, but mostly I just have a great room of recording and mixing which is key. G
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As for whether UAD is still worth it these days.. yes.. if you want something that's NOT nebula and doesn't use your native CPU, that DOES sound like the hardware it emulates, 90% of UAD plugins are 95% there and sound great. Trust me i wouldn't continue to buy plugins for the platform if i thought it was bad, and i doubt UAD would keep investing in it if the users weren't happy.. Even if i sell my apollos, i will keep 2 octo satellites and might even get a third, just to have access to a good amount of the plugins to mix with :) And i'll never stop buying UAD plugins. What particularly did you want it for besides SSL? I can make some recommendations also depending on the music you do. Cheers
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I think UA plug ins are well worth it...in my case because I use the Apollo 8 for an audio interface. I have purchased quite a few plugs at an average of about $90 each. So they are not expensive compared to most.
I can sell the plugs with the hardware so for me that makes sense cause if I was bailing on the plugs I would be bailing on the interface. To my ears they are the best sounding plugs and I think I own and/or have tried almost all options. The interaction between the hardware and software in Unison is really better than anything out there...actually it is the only thing like this available and it really sounds good. Yep, I think they are worth it.
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The most recent SSL Channel Strip is literally amazing sounding.
I have always disliked the SSL EQ...everyone’s UAD’s prior offering Waves’s Even the Duende SSL’s own Strip (i have it for sale BTW) But this new one from UAD is awesome and I’m not even using unison - I’m just using it as an insert in a mix
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the latest uad definitely the best. I know some people just want to believe anything waves is great (see above) but their ssl are very old and very poor emulations by today's standards. The bus compressor does NOT behave like an ssl compressor..likewise the terrible chattery channel gate.. Just like their CLA are nothing like an 1176 and LA2A. Waves compressors are their weak spot in their entire line up. There's only 3 out of all their products that i think are usable for dynamics - DPR402, C6, Pie comp, and sort of the API 2500 (but uad has destroyed that also with their API 2500.. there's just no comparison). Out of the native ssl bus comps i like the glue and the NI ones, but prefer the latest uad revision to both of them.
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