UAD PolyMAX - This thing is Sick

[Gam456]

UAD's preset browser is rather terrible. Expanding a GUI to the left (or right) is not a good idea. Softube's is only marginally better, but thay also do that less than ideal GUI expanding for other things. Who likes their GUIs jumping around? Not me, anyway.

Softube is one of the worst on 4k monitor

[slackhead]

I was meaning tonally, but you're right it's specd pretty much like a Jupiter 8.

The sounds perhaps a bit more modern/precise which is why I said like an Arp Odyssey, but it's not quite like that either.

Agreed

[Morty-C-137]

I like the sound of it. The 'bite'. But that's me; a non-lover of the Moog sound (unlike many who love that). I also love the clarity and simplicity of the original GUI. I just in general have some issues with UAD plugins (even though I use some) that I would like them to address as quality of life improvements:

- no double click to reset parameter to default (that should, imo be the default in any plugin)
- no integrated browser for presets (no a separate panel expanding out of the plugin to the left does not count.. haha)
- slow loading times.. I mean SLOW.. especially compared to other plugins (my M1 system is fine).. and when the GUI does finally open it shows a blurred out GUI first as it tries to call home

[Rastkovic]

- no double click to reset parameter to default (that should, imo be the default in any plugin)

Alt+mouse click (on Mac) does the job.

[Vortifex]

I just in general have some issues with UAD plugins (even though I use some) that I would like them to address as quality of life improvements:

- no double click to reset parameter to default (that should, imo be the default in any plugin)

UAD haven't bothered implementing this on any of their plugins AFAIK. For some reason they think using two hands to perform a simple function like resetting a parameter is better than using one.

[mi-os]

UAD's preset browser is rather terrible. Expanding a GUI to the left (or right) is not a good idea. Softube's is only marginally better, but thay also do that less than ideal GUI expanding for other things. Who likes their GUIs jumping around? Not me, anyway.

I actually quite like it, as you can see and skip through the full list while having the synth open.

I can flick through things and tweak a bit and carry on quite seamlessly.

For some of the FX where I have made my own starting presets it's very helpful.

(And it's way better than it was before going native...)

The problem is (to me) that the GUI is too wide to have the browser open all the time. I either look for a preset or fiddle around with the synth itself. So i continuously open/close the preset browser which gets tiresome because the GUI jumps around all the time.

Also, as another poster already said, the blurry fade-in when you open an UAD plugin is very irritating. It feels like waiting for nothing, just useless. It doesn't look good either, more like there is something wrong with the plugin. They should remove that ASAP for better UX.

[Cuauhtli]

The blurry intro I assume is a holdover from when the plugins were phoning home to check on the license. If you're new to UAD, be prepared for spam on a weekly basis (often times multiple times per week).

[mi-os]

Right, it looks like a login/lock screen. This is so easy to fix. Just do the license check in the background and show a lock screen only when the license can't be found. There is a reason no one else does it this way.

[Aloysius]

- no double click to reset parameter to default (that should, imo be the default in any plugin)

Alt+mouse click (on Mac) does the job.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete for Windows

[nanostream]

If you're new to UAD, be prepared for spam on a weekly basis (often times multiple times per week).

I’m pretty sure that’s an opt-in/out thing. They’ve sent me less than a handful of mails in the last 2 years, none of that was spam (I just checked).

[mi-os]

No spam problem here either, but they added an ugly banner ad slot to their manager app some time ago. Fortunately, i don't have to open that thing very often.

[Morty-C-137]

- no double click to reset parameter to default (that should, imo be the default in any plugin)

Alt+mouse click (on Mac) does the job.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete for Windows

No matter what keyboard shortcut/modifier, a quick double-click on your mouse is easier and faster.

[Examigan]

- no double click to reset parameter to default (that should, imo be the default in any plugin)

Alt+mouse click (on Mac) does the job.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete for Windows

It’s usually Ctrl + mouse-click.

[Uncle E]

Turn on sarcasm filters, please.

[pekbro]

Pretty cool synth, I was going to buy this a while back, good thing I didn't...
*OT: I tried Luna as well, not bad so far...