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So I've decided to finally go with uad and have 45 days to pick what plugins to purchase. Anyway I don't get it until tomorrow but I'd like some ppls take on what plugins are really worth buying. Most likely getting the shadow hills and fatso but there is too many options lol. I've been researching and besides that avb uad stuff there isnt much useful info that I've found about uad and dance music.
The Lexicon 224 is very nice.
And you could also pretend to be Trevor Horn
most used for me
Ampex ATR-102
Pultec Collection
EMT140
4K Compressor
just bought the Culture Vulture so getting into that as well
So I was under the impression the 224 would make me sound like every producer from the 80s,really?
Good old ta responses haha.
Thanks evo I'm interested in those as well but will prob wait to pick up the pultec collection when it's on sale. I'm considering the ampex but also the studer. Have u tried both or just the ampex? The emt looks interesting but I'm looking at the ams. The emt should be apart of the upcoming top 10 sale next year so will prob pick it up then also. I want to culture vulture but looking at the instance chart it will have to prob be printed often and removed. I believe I read
4/8 on instance chart. Have you tried out the Manley passive?
Anyone else want to chime in?
Rann? Richie?
I have a uad 2 octo with nearly every plug available....
are you buying a custom bundle where you pick any three for free? in that case you want to pick the expensive plug-ins because there's no limit. I'd grab the Manley Vari-Mu and VSM3 for sure and then another plug that is expensive that you'd like.
The AMS16 provides the 80's sound much more so than the Lex 224 IMO though I know thats when it was popular. The Mk2 collections are all incredible (Fairchild, La2A, 1176, and Pultec).....
i'm personally not impressed with the new api channel strip and neve 88rs channel strip but i don't have ua unison pre's to fully utilize the plugs so consider that. Are you getting a pci/firewire/thunderbolt setup or going with an apollo?
Keep in mind you get to demo every plug for 2 weeks for free so my advice is demo everything and decide from there
I've actually purchased the Apollo twin with the 10 bundle most I could get besides purchasing everything. I was thinking of going with the satellite custom but figured thunderbolt would be better I was thinking of getting the most expensive ones but not sure if that's the route to go hence the thread. Not many uad users on here it seems haha. I was actually joking about sounding like every producer with the ams. Was in responce to pretending to sound like Trevor horn lol. I don't think I want to purchase something on uad that is also native. The shitty part that no one mentioned until after I made the purchase is that you have 45 days to pick or apparently uad picks for u lol.
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| Originally posted by AdeptAddict I've actually purchased the Apollo twin with the 10 bundle most I could get besides purchasing everything. I was thinking of going with the satellite custom but figured thunderbolt would be better I was thinking of getting the most expensive ones but not sure if that's the route to go hence the thread. Not many uad users on here it seems haha. I was actually joking about sounding like every producer with the ams. Was in responce to pretending to sound like Trevor horn lol. I don't think I want to purchase something on uad that is also native. The shitty part that no one mentioned until after I made the purchase is that you have 45 days to pick or apparently uad picks for u lol. |
Sorry meant the vsm3, that list is close to what I'm thinking minus a few. What's your take on shadow hills.
no.1 rule on buying UAD plugs - never buy anything at full price.
I hear that. I was kind of upset I didn't buy sooner because I missed the semi annual sale in June lol. Playing a bit with some demos and wow this really is musical hardware crack. I may be pretty broke come this Dec and sale next summer haha.
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| Originally posted by AdeptAddict Sorry meant the vsm3, that list is close to what I'm thinking minus a few. What's your take on shadow hills. |
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| Originally posted by DjStephenWiley Shadow Hills is one of the few I actually have not purchased because I refuse to pay a premium for it. If I can ever get it for $50 I might buy it, but I feel like it offers nothing that I can't already achieve with other UA plugs. I strongly suspect UA pulled their code from the 33609 to model a big part of the Shadow Hills comp. |
Wow uad is gonna make me broke lol.
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| Originally posted by AdeptAddict Wow uad is gonna make me broke lol. |
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| Originally posted by evo8 youre gonna need a lot of discount to see that for $50, its a fairly new plugin |
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| Originally posted by DjStephenWiley yeah...it'll be a while....I just don't feel the plug is worth much more than that to me personally. i've demo'd the shadow hills many times and I always end up preferring a mixture of other comps before it. My 2bus is pretty "spoken for" at this time anyway so I've really no need for the shadow hills at this time (I much prefer the sound of my serpent audio SSL clone and UA's Manley on the 2bus) |
i wish i could afford UAD products but they're too expensive, so a little over a year ago i dove head-first into Acustica Nebula. i did a lot of reading, watching a couple video tutorial series and got a decent number of libraries for it. it's a CPU hog but it's really impressive IMO, the best software emulations i've ever used.
since i don't have UAD hardware i've never had the pleasure of using any UAD plugins. based on what i read, it's pretty comparable to Nebula which is saying a lot. but you have the added bonuses of the UAD hardware doing the processing so it's not CPU intensive to your computer like Nebula. then the most important benefit to UAD over Nebula IMO is that UAD looks like it has a much better user interface than Nebula. that's based on YouTube videos and screenshots since i've never used UAD before.
is there anyone here that's a UAD user that has used Nebula too? i mean somebody that really spent the time to learn Nebula and try multiple libraries... because Nebula requires dedication to reading each library's documentation so you know how to use it properly and also each library sounds different. i really like the AlexB and CDSoundMaster libraries for Nebula.
UAD really isn't as expensive as you think if you know how to shop for it. They have a lot of sales which allow you to grab plug-ins at 30-40% of list price and sometimes even around 20%.....especially their bi-annual sale...
As far as buying the hardware, you can find great second hand deals on eBay. I'd never suggest buying any new UA's equipment unless they're running a crazy promotion (like they just were) offering thousands in free plugs. Even then, you can still find new, never registered hardware on eBay at a discount.
But yeah, UA is pricey....it's no more expensive than other plugs though if you know how to shop for it and are patient. I grabbed a UAD 2 Ultimate 1 package (MSRP $4999) for $1800 in January on eBay of this year (nobody else even bid on it....)....brand new, still sealed. I guess everyone was tapped out after Christmas?
You've just gotta keep a good eye out and know a good buy when you see it.
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