UAD test results Part II

[wildstar]

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Definatly demo it also wildstar let us know what you can do on your system

thanks for the info on the limiter.

i'm going away for the long weekend, leaving today, so i will run a UAD test and post results sometime next week.

[mersisblue]

no one ?

[wildstar]

no one ?

don't worry dude! i'll get back to you on this one. i'm hauling my kids around to visit family for the holiday, but will do some kind of extremely non-scientific test later this week. promise. don't hold your breath for stunning results, though. i ain't no stephen hawking!

[mersisblue]

[wildstar]

ok merisblue, here ya go. these are my very non-scientific test results for the new UAD plugin update (v 3.6).

before i get into details, the main thing i noticed was no difference in performance at all from version 3.5.2 to version 3.6! really!

my system: Mac 733 G4, 1012 RAM, 80 gig Glyph audio drive, OS 10.3.4, 002R, PT 6.4cs7, VST-RTAS 1.7, UAD 3.5.2 & 3.6. some tracks had only one plugin, while others had 2 or more in series. my system froze up at this point:

3 RealVerbs Mono-Stereo
1 Pultec Pro stereo
1 1176 SE
1 Trem/Mod/Echo Nigel module stereo
3 cambridge
2 LA2A

PT CPU meter averaged out at about 30-35%. UAD meter read 77% CPU & 54% Memory.

adding any more plugin's caused either an error message or an ouright freeze & crash. also interesting: everything was fine with the UAD CPU reading all the way up to 77%, but if at any point the memory use exceeded 54%, the system crashed, even if the CPU use was lower than 77%. at maximum, the mouse was a little sluggish and the screen redraws a little slow.

and just to repeat: this was the exact same performance i got out of v 3.5.2! i was really hoping for an improvement... oh well.

anyone else finding differences in performance after updating to UAD v3.6? or no differences at all?

guess i need to keep saving my pennies for both a new G5 and a good native plugin bundle.

[mersisblue]

wild star how many cards ? sample rate and any delay comps ?

also buffer settings really make a difference

[wildstar]

wild star how many cards ? sample rate and any delay comps ?

also buffer settings really make a difference

duh, sorry. stupid of me to forget that info. here it is:

1 card, 44.1k 24bit, and no delay comps. buffer is 1024.

what correlation have you found between buffer setting and UAD performance? i always keep my buffer high because i never monitor through PT and my computer is ancient.

[mersisblue]

ok I lowered my buffer to 128 as It let me run the session when It wouldnt run at 1024

[wildstar]

merisblue:

i'll try that and see what happens.

i'm having some funny stuff happen with nudging audio tracks to account for UAD latency. can i contact you outside of the DUC about this? i don't get the sense that many folks here are interested in this topic.

you can email me - check my profile.