UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier
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UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amp
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P. Mata
Sounds as good as the pedal
Congratulations. Best Deluxe Reverb emulation in the market.
A. Levine
Almost
Beautiful interface. But the gain staging is a mess. No dB value indicator on the in/out faders. The amp itself goes straight from thin (1-3 on the volume knob) to dirty on anything above that. You can get it cleaner by turning down the input volume but then the Out volume at max is still too low (this is all following the UAD recommended settings of no gain on the Apollo input channel, and plugin Input set to Hi-Z). Overall the sound is good but thin and brittle if you're using single coil (audible in the demo video). Does not have the warmth and bass definition of the real thing. Hopefully updates will address some of this.
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best amp simulation i've ever heard
Works very nice in combination with my Volt 476 and Luna.
Can't hear any lag or delay with my signal chain, very natural sounding.
U. Sabiniewicz
Question of taste
I cannot compare with the original Fender, however, the sound is not my taste.
One star minus because all these plugins dont have noise gate.
C. Huber
plays and sounds fantastic, but
it really plays and sounds fantastic, well done UA, however, only released as native UADx and not on UAD-2 is such a huge missed opportunity for UA to have the best modelling amp sims available at zero latency on our appollos. i dont get it why UA didnt take this chance and strengthen and underlining the importance and power of dsp interfaces in 2024!
Also its missing some basics like a tuner and a noise gate which should be included in any amp sim product nowadays.
I´m also missing a loyality price offering for users who own the hardware UAFX pedal and registered to the account.
D. North
Not as good as the pedal
I was really excited when this was announced, but it was an immediate let down in-use. I have the Dream pedal, and I really like it. Side-by-side with my Twin/Pro Reverb/Deluxe, the Dream pedal holds its own, I'd say it gets me 85-90% to my fender amp + OX sound. The plugin, however, gets maybe 50% there. The dynamics are bad, the way the volume and tone knobs work doesn't mimic reality (to get a clean sound the volume has to be at 1, that's super weird). There is no stereo room sound available, which is a huge bummer. No DSP is a bummer. I can find use cases for my UA amp pedals, but I don't think I will find any use case for this plugin. I so wanted to use it in UAD Console too; I guess it doesn't matter though, I will probably never use the plugin again.
Overall, the sound is dull, very narrow, fizzy, and has a bad digital character. Why doesn't it sound or behave like the pedal? I wish i knew.
D. Montoya
Nailed it.
Just need the Apollo version with Unison. Por favor!
j. serum
It's ok but could be better.
I really wanted to love this plug in. While some of the presets are really good, the plug in is very basic . It's also missing things like a noise gate, mic blending , mic placement and being able to switch mics on different cabinets. Also, switching between mono and stereo. Is it usable ? YES. Can you get good tones from it ? YES . Are there other plugin versions of this amp with great tones and all the other things mention above already in the plugin that are more budget friendly ? YES. Hopefully, UAD will update the dream 65 with more features.
T. Benoist
Needs to run on an Apollo with Unison capability
As a native-only plugin, I did the free trial and am glad I did. I am used to using amp models in the Unison tab. I am using the native plugin on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra with ARM disabled. This just doesn't fit my workflow. Hopefully, the software will be modified to host on an Apollo.