UAD PolyMAX - This thing is Sick

[Examigan]

Sound is amazing. In my opinion, in the same league as Softube. It's a shame, that iLok hater will never experience it.

I have Ilok but I have never been able to use my UAD Plugins for some strange reason.
The plugins show up as authorized for a split second and then they got unauthorized because of the dual protection system they use (Ilok + The app).

When they offered the new offline option i tried that but this time it shows up as installed in the app but there was no uad Plugins to find in my vst 3 folder.

I have tried everything.
I Even reinstalled windows and have tried newer versions of their app when they have been released but that evil Uad app seems to hate me.

Maybe it’s being installed to a different folder. I’d try to run a search for it to find where it’s actually located and have your DAW scan that directory for plugins.

[D-Fusion]

Sound is amazing. In my opinion, in the same league as Softube. It's a shame, that iLok hater will never experience it.

I have Ilok but I have never been able to use my UAD Plugins for some strange reason.
The plugins show up as authorized for a split second and then they got unauthorized because of the dual protection system they use (Ilok + The app).

When they offered the new offline option i tried that but this time it shows up as installed in the app but there was no uad Plugins to find in my vst 3 folder.

I have tried everything.
I Even reinstalled windows and have tried newer versions of their app when they have been released but that evil Uad app seems to hate me.

Maybe it’s being installed to a different folder. I’d try to run a search for it to find where it’s actually located and have your DAW scan that directory for plugins.

I searched and there was no UAD .Vst3 plugins anywhere the other files for the plugins was installed.

Will give it a try again now and see how it goes since i eventually gave up on their plugins since nothing seemed to work so maybe i get lucky this time.

[Harry_HH]

This one sounds at its best really sweet.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

New users be warned: the MIDI CC assignments are hardwired (as in pre-made and cannot be edited/changed) and there's no Learn functionality.

You may ask yourself: but wait, UA doesn't even make a MIDI Controller keyboard so how did they chose which CC's to hardwire the controls to? Damned if I know! Hardwiring the controls, IMO, is worse than not having any MIDI CC control at all.

If you only use a mouse and DAW automation, you may never even notice. But if you hit a wall trying to "remap" the controls...now you know.

[D-Fusion]

My vst 3 folder is on another drive and i use symlink so when i removed that symlink it Installed correctly into the vst 3 folder.

The issue now is the one i have had from the start with these plugins and that is the Message saying that he plugin is not licensed so still no luck getting it to work here.

[Korg Supporter]

This one sounds at its best really sweet.

The filter sweeps are great for trance!

[Examigan]

New users be warned: the MIDI CC assignments are hardwired (as in pre-made and cannot be edited/changed) and there's no Learn functionality.

You may ask yourself: but wait, UA doesn't even make a MIDI Controller keyboard so how did they chose which CC's to hardwire the controls to? Damned if I know! Hardwiring the controls, IMO, is worse than not having any MIDI CC control at all.

If you only use a mouse and DAW automation, you may never even notice. But if you hit a wall trying to "remap" the controls...now you know.

Their Mini emu is like that too, at least the last time I checked anyway.

[electro]

New users be warned: the MIDI CC assignments are hardwired (as in pre-made and cannot be edited/changed) and there's no Learn functionality.

You may ask yourself: but wait, UA doesn't even make a MIDI Controller keyboard so how did they chose which CC's to hardwire the controls to? Damned if I know! Hardwiring the controls, IMO, is worse than not having any MIDI CC control at all.

If you only use a mouse and DAW automation, you may never even notice. But if you hit a wall trying to "remap" the controls...now you know.

Maybe they should do an open beta on reworking the MIDI side of UAFX pedals and UADx synths

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Their Mini emu is like that too, at least the last time I checked anyway.

Yeah, all their instruments. And then to add insult to injury, they'll have parameters that aren't even exposed to automation.

I really think UA just doesn't "get" MIDI. I'm not calling them stupid in saying that. I just think they don't devote a lot of brainpower to MIDI Control in various areas. Particularly their VST instruments and UAFX pedals. It's just not their thing. But for a virtual instrument, it's pretty insane.

[vitocorleone123]

If you don’t have UAD, don’t get it. Not worth the hassle.

In addition to lacking common midi functionality for software synths, it also lacks even one modulation slot.

I still believe this is a good synth that could’ve been great, had it not been abandoned and forgotten. I deleted it last year, I think it was. Too many great synths to settle for good.

[Morty-C-137]

I will say this; to me, the preset system experience for UAD with it's pop-out browser is horrible.

[Nug Wrangler]

This one sounds at its best really sweet.

The filter sweeps are great for trance!

Agreed. Very nice filter!

[aMUSEd]

New users be warned: the MIDI CC assignments are hardwired (as in pre-made and cannot be edited/changed) and there's no Learn functionality.

You may ask yourself: but wait, UA doesn't even make a MIDI Controller keyboard so how did they chose which CC's to hardwire the controls to? Damned if I know! Hardwiring the controls, IMO, is worse than not having any MIDI CC control at all.

If you only use a mouse and DAW automation, you may never even notice. But if you hit a wall trying to "remap" the controls...now you know.

If anyone uses NI Keyboards I did make NKS versions of them all

[Rastkovic]

If you don’t have UAD, don’t get it. Not worth the hassle.

Maybe a bit too overdramatic? It's just a simple synth, not Zebra. I don't see any problems here.

[Uncle E]

If you don’t have UAD, don’t get it. Not worth the hassle.

Maybe a bit too overdramatic? It's just a simple synth, not Zebra. I don't see any problems here.

He has a lot of synths. I think in that context, what he's saying makes sense. But for someone starting out or who only has freeware, I think we can all agree that Polymax brings a lot to the table. Combine with the Usual Suspects stuff and that's enough synths to do anything.