UAD-2 PCIe DSP Accelerator Cards
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UAD-2 PCIe Cards
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K. Lindner
Unglaublich warm
Ich bin sehr sehr sehr begeistert und genieße die Möglichkeit auf analoge gerate zugreifen zu können ohne wartungstress...
Es ist ganz toll !!!!!
D. Okune
One Word: Amazing.. however..
Octo Pcie was a great investment. Plugins sound great, even though I always consider them "just" tools, the UA emulations are simply amazing. Extra DSP processing takes off the load from native CPU, even bigger sessions are around 30% native and 40% DSP usage. I'm anticipating AAX windows release however, and it seems to take forever but patience is a virtue. I encountered few minor but annoying bugs with PT10. Overall it's a great piece of technology, I just hope PT10 bugs will be fixed or UA release AAX for windows so i can forget about sluggish version 10.
S. Cooley
Crazy with power
I got two Octo cards and chassied them in at bolt box !
Astounding power and performance
S. Cooley
Crazy with power
I got two October cards and chassied them in at bolt box !
Astounding power and performance
P. Baltaro
UAD-2 Octo Core
Very good product, La2a compressor is very close to the hardware version, I could not live without my UAD anymore. Great pieces of studio gear, I hope some instruments will come one day also.
D. Jones
UAD 2 PCIe OCTO CUSTOM
I'm using the octo card inside of a sonnet echo express thunderbolt chassis and it's running PERFECTLY! There's more than enough DSP on this thing for large sessions!
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A. Davies
If you need DSP, this is great
The plugins are top notch, and the company stands by them. What more could you want when jumping into an audio platform? Only bad would be lack of post specific tools.
J. Hulst
Octo worth its price
To have an octo gives plenty of dsp with some of the finest plugins an audio engineer can find.
The older plugins from its earlier years are not my cup of tea, but the latest series are fenominal.
Love it.
Johnny Hulst
Hulst Audio Engineering
L. Mertner
the real stuff
Now i have the power i need to make my music sound as i want
W. Brooks
It's very said to think, that I thought, I was using real sounding plug-ins
It's very said to think, that I thought, I was using real sounding plug-ins. I was a very happy UAD user since 2004.
Sometime in late 2000, I was introduced to W--e plug-ins where I was convinced to switch. At some point I sold my UAD1 card.
Periodically I would reflect back on the so real quality sounds that I got from the UAD1 card, finally I decided to revisit this company again.
After some research between many great option, I purchased the Octo Custom.
All I can say is that I am so very sorry to myself, for being so delusional about living without this UAD sound.
It's the truth and I am addicted, I will never ever leave again.
I am not getting anything for free by saying these things, I just appreciate quality and UAD is it.
L. Hughes
Satellites are good but this is the boy!
Moved from two satellite quads to this and it was worth it. Better general stability and lower latency. I can mix big mixes without crashes and the DSP mysteriously disappearing! Firewire bandwidth was always a problem for me but not anymore!
M. Watts
Uad 2 octo
Since I already had a UAD 2 duo, I was familiar with the superior sounds of the UAD plugs...Once UAD started upgrading and re writing the code for some my favorite plugs, I needed way more power. The sounds of the upgrades are FANTASTIC!!! I can honestly say on all of my mixes now, I'm using 75% to 90% UAD plugs.
Mike Watts
Producer/mixer/engineer
Vudustudios.com
P. Anderson
Octo costs a lot - And Does a Lot
It's pricey, I know. I waited for a sale and I got the custom version which saved me a few hundred. Also, UA has regular sales on their plug ins, so wait for those too. If you're new to UA like I am, and are thinking of getting a solo or duo, I'd say at least try and get a quad, but preferably the octo. Once you hear the sounds you're getting, you're going to want to use UA plug ins all the time on all of your channels. Some of the best plug ins use up the most processing power. With one octo card you're good to go unless you're a full-on pro producer always at 24-48 tracks or more. Then you might need a couple more of these. Blends right into the Cubase/Windows environment. They really are that good :)
K. A
UAD-2 PCIe DSP Accelerator
This card replace a quad that I was using in my mac pro system. The extra power allow me to concentrate on my project session without during any track freezing.
K. Hill
Great
I have upgraded from 3 DSPs to 8.....
Nuff said!!!!
J. Mirek
Octo Card
Great new piece of my studio.
I've got 1x DUO, 1x OCTO + 2x Apollo Quad.
This is a powerful weapon together.
Excited of all Plug-Ins I've got.
Me as guitarist I very appreciate Engl Bundle + Softtube Guitar +Bass simulation.
These are the Best tube amp simulations I've ever had.
Pls. continue in your effort to develop best Plug-Ins on the Earth
:-)))
I would very very appreciate to get SW for Apollo mixer, to handle it by my AVID Artist controller
Jakub
S. Griffith
UAD-2
The UAD-2 has been great! Ever since I got it, I've used it on every single mix without fail, and the plug ins sound fantastic. I can't wait to acquire more of them!
R. Fiorentino
All the power of UAD and then some.
Card was easy to install and flawless in action. Just had to download the software and do restart. Got my plugins and was on my way to better mixes. I swear, my first 2 sessions that I used the UAD Octo in, the clients booked another session right then and there for another block the same week. Their reason being the remarkable sound I provided them. I mixed a song for a client and they overpaid me for the mix because they thought it was that good. I thought it would take some time to get used to the plugins but they blended right into my workflow and I'm not turning back. The last thing I can say is that the most I've got the Octo to during a mix is 57%. You wont need more power than this baby can provide!
J. Cabrera
Get a Quad or Octo Card.
Installing these cards is akin to performing a computer upgrade, and thus it enables you to do more with your system. I recommend getting at least a Quad Core DSP card, or you will run out of juice pretty quick, especially if you're using several of the newer UAD2 plugins which are a bit processor hungry. If you plan on strapping a Tape or Channel plugin across your mix, then you'll be better off with an Octo Core card, or two. It all depends on your needs, of course.
Best way to get into UAD is by taking advantage of their annual promotions, where they offer a free card with the purchase of one of their preamp units. That way you get both for the price of one. Can't go wrong!