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Hi all,
Am considering purchasing the UAD-1 Studio Pak. Anyone on this list purchased or used 
this product? Any opinions out there on this?

I'm just a little suspicious of how they  can give these plug-ins  names like LA-2A 
compressor, Pultec EQ's etc. Is this just marketing ; - )

thanks in advance,

tc

On 06/02/2006, at 7:35 AM, tomdcarden wrote:

> Hi all,
> Am considering purchasing the UAD-1 Studio Pak. Anyone on this list  
> purchased or used
> this product? Any opinions out there on this?
>
> I'm just a little suspicious of how they  can give these plug-ins   
> names like LA-2A
> compressor, Pultec EQ's etc. Is this just marketing ; - )

Where have you been Tom? The UAD plugins are one of the biggest, most  
talked about and highly regarded suites of plugins on the market  
period. They are physical models of the original hardware units. UA's  
ability to model well is second to none.

Nuf said.

Regards

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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com



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--- Paul Najar <paulnajar@...> wrote:


Where have you been Tom? The UAD plugins are one of
> the biggest, most  
> talked about and highly regarded suites of plugins
> on the market  
> period. They are physical models of the original
> hardware units. UA's  
> ability to model well is second to none.

A related question: You can also spend an additional
$300 or so and buy the Ultra Pak. Does anyone have
these extra plugs and does it seem to be worth the
extra $?
JP

My most used plugins are Cambridge, Fairchild, 1176, LA2A, Precision  
Limiter. I suspect I would use the Precision EQ a fair bit if I had it.

At least some of these are extra $$$. I guess I'm saying the Ultra is  
worth it. This list is very quiet. You'll get a lot more info &  
opinions over at <http://www.chrismilne.com/uadforums/>

On 07/02/2006, at 4:08 AM, james page wrote:

>
>
> --- Paul Najar <paulnajar@...> wrote:
>
>
> Where have you been Tom? The UAD plugins are one of
>> the biggest, most
>> talked about and highly regarded suites of plugins
>> on the market
>> period. They are physical models of the original
>> hardware units. UA's
>> ability to model well is second to none.
>
> A related question: You can also spend an additional
> $300 or so and buy the Ultra Pak. Does anyone have
> these extra plugs and does it seem to be worth the
> extra $?
> JP
>
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I don't think I would buy the UAudio board if I were to do it again. 
1. The plugs are expensive - $150 - $250 EACH,on top of the price of the 
board
2. Unlike AU plugs which can be used on multiple computers and your 
powerbook, these are staying with the one computer that uses the board
3. Remarkably few instances of the plugs will choke the card.
4. There are a couple of decent compressors, but the channel strip, 
distortion, etc are crap. The plate reverb is superceded by Logic's own convolution 
verb which has plate emulations.

I think if i were to do it again, I would get the Blue Tubes bundle or 
Sonalksys or maybe the Waves gold bundle.

> My most used plugins are Cambridge, Fairchild, 1176, LA2A, Precision 
> Limiter. I suspect I would use the Precision EQ a fair bit if I had it.
> 
> At least some of these are extra $$$. I guess I'm saying the Ultra is 
> worth it. This list is very quiet. You'll get a lot more info & 
> opinions over at <http://www.chrismilne.com/uadforums/>
> 



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On 10.02.2006, at 04:00, TazmnianDv@... wrote:

> I think if i were to do it again, I would get the Blue Tubes bundle or
> Sonalksys or maybe the Waves gold bundle.


Blue Tubes, two questions:

Do they really sell the bundle only, no single plugins?

Do they sound as warm as they claim? I tested a lot of plugins last  
week and I am a bit tired to compare marketing speech to reality :-)


___
Peter Ostry

Actually I hate that every company wants to "sound like" and  
"emulates perfectly" and sells "vintage" or "modern sound" and all  
that stuff. I do not want processors which let sound music old or  
young. I'm old myself and my music is rather young, most of it not  
even born yet. I want something which processes it properly.  
"Outstanding reverb algorithms" is a meaningful statement but  
something like "recreates the famous sound of the 70's" is bloody  
nonsense. We had a lot of terrible sound these days. And today and  
tomorrow. I don't want a washing machine with the perfect (low)  
quality of a 1960 model nor do I want the Nanowave UltraCleaner  
Future3000. I want someting which - washes.

I used Blue Tubes under system 9 but there is a trial version for X too. They 
sounded good, looked good, and were not too heavy on the processor. $400 for 
16 plugs is a good deal compared to $500 for the current special for UA for 
three plugs (the master mind series). I would definitely buy the Blue Tubes had 
I not already sunk   $1000 in the UA


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Peter Ostry wrote:

>Blue Tubes, two questions:
>
>Do they really sell the bundle only, no single plugins?
>
>Do they sound as warm as they claim? I tested a lot of plugins last week and I am a bit tired to compare marketing speech to reality :-)
>  
>
Well, I downloaded the demo, but never got Blue Tubes working.  Very 
frustrating.  To use the demo you have to go through a somewhat 
confusing challenge/response procedure.  After trial and error I figured 
out the procedure, but I couldn't enter the response code.  I tried to 
copy/paste it, but it wouldn't paste.  Then I tried the "Read Response" 
button next to the response code window, but hat locked up my computer 
three times (the spinning multicolored wheel)...requiring multiple reboots.

I could have entered the response code by hand, but it's 245 characters 
long...it's not worth my time.  After a good 30 minutes or so trying to 
get the plugs to work (with no success), I deleted them from my hard 
drive.  Maybe I am overreacting, but absolutely nothing turns me off 
more than a product that chews up my time.  Maybe my experience with BT 
is unique, but it's an experience that has not warmed me up to the product.

Dave


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