Some HD2-3 / UAD advice please....

[Sixstringer7]

I recently took advantage of the Universal Audio 4-710d promotion. When you bought the 4-710d preamp you got a free UA quad pcie card or sattellite.

I opted for the card for performance issues. I have a PT HD3 system and the tower LOOKED like it had room for a fourth card. When I went to install the UA Card, there was a cover for a fourth card but no input slot on the mother board. Stupid on my part, I know.

So, I am wondering what you would do. Should I regress to an HD2 and replace one accell card with the UA Quad? Or would you stick with the HD3 and try to replace the UA card with the sattellite? I believe the sattellite does not perform as well as the pcie card and I would be loosing HD3 for HD2. That said, The UA card would be handling most of the plug ins at that point so maybe I only need an HD2 with it?

Help!

[crizdee]

Originally Posted by Sixstringer7

I recently took advantage of the Universal Audio 4-710d promotion. When you bought the 4-710d preamp you got a free UA quad pcie card or sattellite.

I opted for the card for performance issues. I have a PT HD3 system and the tower LOOKED like it had room for a fourth card. When I went to install the UA Card, there was a cover for a fourth card but no input slot on the mother board. Stupid on my part, I know.

So, I am wondering what you would do. Should I regress to an HD2 and replace one accell card with the UA Quad? Or would you stick with the HD3 and try to replace the UA card with the sattellite? I believe the sattellite does not perform as well as the pcie card and I would be loosing HD3 for HD2. That said, The UA card would be handling most of the plug ins at that point so maybe I only need an HD2 with it?

Help!

Hi,

Loosing an accel card might lose you track count and DSP's per voices as well as the plugin DSP. i would try for the satellite or look for a second hand Mage PE6R4 chassis which is what i have the chassis has HD6 accel and the quad is in the computer and all is sweet.


Chris