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Universal Audio UAD-2 Quad

DSP Board from Universal Audio belonging to the UAD-2 PCIe series

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Published on 09/22/10 at 17:53
I have a good PC with a Core 2 Quad trial, 4 GB of RAM running XP Pro 64 and despite all j arrives at the limits of processor because many synths and effects plug-in very greedy. I needed more of high quality treatment and give some color to my sound, something a little warmer to deal with the lack of analog ...

S my choice is focused on the UAD 2 Duo Flexi, after acquiring a DSU 1st the year before (this one being very limited resource, I have needed more quickly). Duo for 5 times more powerful that a UAD1 and flexible for the right to purchase $ 500 when you register the card on the site.

The UAD plug are known to possess some of the best vintage machine emulator renowned as Neve Teletronix, SSL, Pultec ... Color, strength and quality of these plugs are simply hallucinating.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable. Updates on the site are that every time they propose a new plug. I mainly use Ableton Live 8. J with my 2 cards to come work on a project of 25 tracks and I use the UAD plug on almost all tracks, including a small dixaine times more greedy.

GETTING STARTED

The installation is no problem. No I have not encountered any avatar accounting accounting. The manual is only 2 pages and no English is that there s nothing but a sorcerer: Install the software, then the card on its motherboard, register the product on the site to buy permits for other plugs .. . and rolling!

OVERALL OPINION

So it's almost 2 years that I used the UAD plugs and it is clear that I can no longer m pass. Each compressor has its own identity and characteristics, each EQ brings something different. By contrast the best EQ and compressor map is not done too much for work in the precision SURGICAL.
But at the same time, most being of the machine emulator vintage, they are exact duplicates a lot of compressors without adjustment of release, attack ... EQ with 3 large buttons, no factor Q. The brand more clearly plays on the reputation and the exact reproduction of the hardware and the amount of adjustments thinkers.

The only downside is that jy is the fact that even when they have neither allowed only 5 plugs (not the top) at the time of purchase of the card (unless you take the Omni UAD2 EUR 4000 inculant 35 plugs). One might say that it is a bit expensive for 5 plugs. But the site makes each month on a promo or a range of brands, and given the price of those latter day saw much more expensive plug quality.

So what choice I will ever be without problem. I do not put 10 because no person is perfect and this is still a budjet. But if the material was given pro will know ca ...