Native UAD Spark VST3 Plugins Out for PC+Mac (UAD Hardware Not Required to Purchase)

[_leras]

The world is truly made up of different people.
I have been using UAD since their mackie days in 2004?...
and the one thing, the one area that they are solidly ahead of everyone else for me is their compressors
rsp

They are pretty much all mojo compressors though. Find the right one for the source and it nearly always adds something.

[_leras]

I just did a shootout b/t the LA2A, Fairchild & 1176 on a bunch of different stuff and tbh the 1176 won most of the time, pretty handily. More depth, clarity, headroom from my brief tests. The LA2A was second, but the fairchild won a couple times too. They're all nice.

I basically just want a UA compressor and I'm thinking the 1176 will be the chosen one.

Very pleased they went native, the only instrument I don't love from the bundle is the piano, Everything else is fantastic. Never was willing to spring for their hardware so the sub impressed me and now that I can ditch that and just keep them I honestly couldn't be happier.

Yes, 1176 is great. Can really slam, or just control nicely. Can't really go wrong with it.

LA2A can be absolutely magic on some Vocals and real instruments like acoustic guitar. I find a bit less use for it on mainly electronic stuff, though it can be a nice gentle limiter and can give a nice 'sheen' to the sound.

[zvenx]

The world is truly made up of different people.
I have been using UAD since their mackie days in 2004?...
and the one thing, the one area that they are solidly ahead of everyone else for me is their compressors
rsp

They are pretty much all mojo compressors though. Find the right one for the source and it nearly always adds something.

Agreed. But this is why i use vintage gear or emulations of same.
rsp

[j wazza]

will check out the fairchild now, although so far i haven't liked the sound of any uad compressors ive tried, but everything else is fantastic
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The world is truly made up of different people.
I have been using UAD since their mackie days in 2004?...
and the one thing, the one area that they are solidly ahead of everyone else for me is their compressors
rsp

I tried the fairchild and it is a great colour box like all UAD plugins, but the compression itself in UAD's compressors tends to make my ears more fatigued than other compressors like softube. I'm not an expert at compression so maybe I'm using them wrong, but I tend to use tiny amounts of GR anyway

I'd say softube make my favourite compressors, prefer them to uad.

generally i don't think uad is ahead of other devs in anything ive tried, although uad are up there with the best, the other great options are all much, much cheaper and sound equally good if not better. hopefully uad realise their prices arent justified. glad i didnt payfor the uad card too

[aMUSEd]

Note sure if it's been mentioned here yet.. if you have a UA account, UA have given all accounts a $/€/£ 50 voucher valid on purchases over 99 until March 31st. It's applied automatically in the shopping cart. (Will show "March 2023 $50 Coupon")

Thanks that's nice - I also have a £25 voucher from buying the Creative collection but apart from what's in that bundle there don't seem to be any more interesting creative effects that are native apart from the Lexicon reverb (which I have well covered by Relab) and a couple of Tape fx (I have several alternatives such as Softube) so I can't really use this.

Looking at the non native ones I would love to get the Moog filter and also the Korg Delay but if I bought them now would I get the native version when it comes out and how much of a gamble is it that it will?

[zvenx]

To be clear, I wasn't saying your taste is wrong.. it is after all your taste .

I am just saying our tastes are very different when it comes to uad compressors.

rsp

will check out the fairchild now, although so far i haven't liked the sound of any uad compressors ive tried, but everything else is fantastic
....

The world is truly made up of different people.
I have been using UAD since their mackie days in 2004?...
and the one thing, the one area that they are solidly ahead of everyone else for me is their compressors
rsp

I tried the fairchild and it is a great colour box like all UAD plugins, but the compression itself in UAD's compressors tends to make my ears more fatigued than other compressors like softube. I'm not an expert at compression so maybe I'm using them wrong, but I tend to use tiny amounts of GR anyway

I'd say softube make my favourite compressors, prefer them to uad.

generally i don't think uad is ahead of other devs in anything ive tried, although uad are up there with the best, the other great options are all much, much cheaper and sound equally good if not better. hopefully uad realise their prices arent justified. glad i didnt payfor the uad card too

[j wazza]

To be clear, I wasn't saying your taste is wrong.. it is after all your taste .

I am just saying our tastes are very different when it comes to uad compressors.

rsp

yep i know, each to their own!

i do love the fairchild's mojo, the other uad comps like la and 76 all have many, many alternatives so would only consider getting fairchild, but its too expensive for 1 compressor for me to buy it atm though but at some point i'd like to.

[sacer]

will check out the fairchild now, although so far i haven't liked the sound of any uad compressors ive tried, but everything else is fantastic
....

The world is truly made up of different people.
I have been using UAD since their mackie days in 2004?...
and the one thing, the one area that they are solidly ahead of everyone else for me is their compressors
rsp

I tried the fairchild and it is a great colour box like all UAD plugins, but the compression itself in UAD's compressors tends to make my ears more fatigued than other compressors like softube. I'm not an expert at compression so maybe I'm using them wrong, but I tend to use tiny amounts of GR anyway

I'd say softube make my favourite compressors, prefer them to uad.

generally i don't think uad is ahead of other devs in anything ive tried, although uad are up there with the best, the other great options are all much, much cheaper and sound equally good if not better. hopefully uad realise their prices arent justified. glad i didnt payfor the uad card too

I like softube more, they sound better than UAD. The only advance of UAD are the presets, but I was able to redo all UAD presets with softube. Only for Fairshild I used the softube zener bender, which sounds different in some few presets. Also UAD has no sidechain, which I ofte use to duck basses by he kick.

[Tronam]

Thanks that's nice - I also have a £25 voucher from buying the Creative collection but apart from what's in that bundle there don't seem to be any more interesting creative effects that are native apart from the Lexicon reverb (which I have well covered by Relab) and a couple of Tape fx (I have several alternatives such as Softube) so I can't really use this.

Does Relab cover the 224? I know they have the 480, but those two reverbs sound very different to me. UAD LX224 is one of my favorites and it works beautifully for orchestral instruments, particularly Lg Hall B.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

There’s no Relab 224. Sonsig-A has a 224 output mode but isn’t a 224.

[nusound mind]

Really a tale of two companies recently w/ the current Waves debacle. I looked through the 16 or so Waves vresion 9 plugins I still have installed and considered what I'd really miss of them and the several uninstalled waves I have.

Renbass, maybe? Pie, Renvox? And when was the last time I used a waves plugin in a new project? 4-6 months ago?

UA otoh go sub and *then* native. Man I wish I had all the money I blew on gas over the years and roll just w/ UAD, Fabfilter, Voxengo, Sonnox & a few one off's from other companies and wouldn't need another plugin in my life w/ zero subs.

And UA sound meaningfully/noticeably better than 92% of Waves plugins imo. Although I go the PA route for some of them like the Elysia compressors, etc.

[_leras]

but the compression itself in UAD's compressors tends to make my ears more fatigued than other compressors like softube.

this has got to be just plain wrong...

for a start UAD has quite a few different types of compressot, and they all react differently.

[_leras]

yep i know, each to their own!

i do love the fairchild's mojo, the other uad comps like la and 76 all have many, many alternatives so would only consider getting fairchild, but its too expensive for 1 compressor for me to buy it atm though but at some point i'd like to.

I think the 1176 and LA2A are best from UAD.

UAD also has:
Manley Vari Mu
API 2500
Neve 33069, and the new 2254 (which is incredible!)
Distressor

[j wazza]

but the compression itself in UAD's compressors tends to make my ears more fatigued than other compressors like softube.

this has got to be just plain wrong...

for a start UAD has quite a few different types of compressot, and they all react differently.

it cant be wrong as they are my ears and its subjective.

yes they are all different compressors, and i havent tried them all, but from the ones I have, they generally tend to make my ears get fatigued quicker than with softube's compressors. i like softube's comps because they fatigue my ears less than most other compressors including UAD.

[Tronam]

Could it be that Softube's comps feature more lookahead allowing them to clamp down on sharp peaks more quickly?