UAD Essentials Edition
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UAD Essentials Edition
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D. Walton
It's good not great
I LOVE a good delay and the more words it gets the more I love it. I'm all fairness, in part I am reviewing the unit itself as well as UAD profile of the unit.
As far as the unit itself (software), it's limiting. There aren't as many tonal options as I had hoped for. THIS HAS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH UAD , But I felt important to share that point. I have used a Binson in the past, so I know what it is supposed to sound like and given that I will say that UAD did a great job with emulating it.
I do wish UAD would add functionalities that are not available on the original units. This goes for any plugin. They are great for one-to-one recreations. Maybe the best at doing that! It would be nice to have more options such as longer delays morphing etc.
This is just me, I don't speak for everyone I realize that.
I personally felt it important to point out.
With that said another great creation by UAD!
M. Washington
Mildly Visually Impaired? Not for you!
The synth sounds amazing.
However, I have to reduce the accessibility text scaling on my entire machine down to 100% in order for the full user interface to show. Otherwise only part of the interface is visible with no way to expand it. The "resize plugin" feature does nothing, it only makes the 3/4ths of the interface that is visible larger. The fix was easy enough to find (another plus, I guess), but UAD... did it ever occur to you that people had the text scaling set above 100 for a reason? I have far too many plugins and this is literally the only one that requires me to change an accessibility setting making the text smaller across the entire machine just to show the full interface. As it is, I can only select presets and tweak 3/4ths of the settings. Sad.
I really do wish I could use this plugin, but I'm not making my entire machine harder to use just to do it. I'm glad I got it for free.
.
Amazing Sound Quality
I have so many plugins, mostly bought as collections. I wondered, as always, do I really need more? I already had some LA-2A plugins by other vendors, and they have been my gotos for a long time. So why would I want another one? But because it was Universal Audio, I thought I would take a look at the demo version. Tried it out on a couple of tracks and within minutes, clicked the BUY button. The sound was just so impressive, I knew I had to have it. Awesome work UA :)
M. Diaz Velez
Love it!
Sound impressive and I really getting amazed about the combination of great gear of UA and this instrument.
D. Walton
Plate reverb enthusiast here
For me, my best friend as a guitarist is a quality plate reverb. I love plate because, it gives me all of the reverb I need while Not hindering the attack.
UAD has hit this one out of the park!
Extremely lush without getting lost.
There are performance tests that I do like stabs etc. This past all of them with flying colors!
a. azilazian
Love it!
Great!
O. Kruse
Do you really need more tape echo simulations? Just one more :)
Especially when using with guitars, tape echoes add this special sauce, some kind of magic to your guitar tracks. And as you can hear it while you're playing it, it gives you so much inspiration. Combined with the really smooth sound of this device, it is hard not to love this plug in. It comes in both DSP and Native versions so you can use it in real time while monitoring and also give it some final tweaks in the mixing stage. Highly recommended.
O. Kudin
A great classic of all time.
Absolutely universal EQ suitable for everything and giving a good color to the upper frequencies.
The only thing I don't like is the bass boost.
I recommend this legend. She is worth every dollar!
O. Kudin
Nice reverb
Very simple with good sound.
Great for lo-fi synths from the 70s and 80s.
Good for guitar with extra M/S correction on fx send
O. Kudin
Warm and crisp
Simple yet bright at the top and warm at the low end.
Very easy to use with great sound.
Absolutely on any instruments will be in demand.
I recommend
O. Kudin
I personally did not like(
The preamp is good, everything else is not so good.
I don't understand why this plugin is being praised.
The optical compressor is very bad, ruins the sound a lot and sounds like LMC from SSL.
The equalizer section is the most ordinary and there is no surprising sound there.
D. Di Paola
Great flexibility and good sounding reverb
Reverb easy to tailor to fit the track or bus depending on the source. Great flexibility of intervention due to the parameters. Another bullseye from UA!
C. Mcintosh
Simply the best!
Ive tried many La2a plugins (CLA2A, Softube, Black Rooster, IK Multimedia, Slate etc) & nothing compares this collection. My search for a La2a vst is finally over!
M. VOLPE JUNIOR
AWESOME!!!
The best plate!!!!
W. Rice
My go to
This with the neve is the safest way to create a great sound. I use the silver for almost every song.
D. Das
Best in the Market
Adds warmth even before tweaking the knobs on 1st loading, the supreme additions in tone are supe classic and really isn't found in other rival companies' emulations who claim them to be the closest clone of the actual hardware. Hats off to UAD
D. Das
Best in the Market
Adds warmth even before tweaking the knobs on 1st loading, the supreme additions in tone are supe classic and really isn't found in other rival companies' emulations who claim them to be the closest clone of the actual hardware. Hats off to UAD
D. Das
Best in the Market
Adds warmth even before tweaking the knobs on 1st loading, the supreme additions in tone are supe classic and really isn't found in other rival companies' emulations who claim them to be the closest clone of the actual hardware. Hats off to UAD
D. Roseborough
The acronym UAD should stand for Ultra Audio Design Century Tube Channel strip
I was a little skeptical at first especially trying UAD plugins for the very first time. I was looking for an easy to use very intuitive channel strip and stumbled across this thing and haven't looked back. At the time I couldn't afford any outboard gear to track through then seen a video on how this thing works and I was sold on how this plugin really does great on emulation. Not only is it easy to dial in what you need but it sounds freakin awesome! also I'm a firm believer not to over pay for plugins and then have to deal with buyers remorse. I'm going to say it the plugins are to damn expensive. so I'm playing the waiting game to see if they'll come down in price again. I also like that you can check the plugin out in trial mode without any stupid watermarks and what have you. Anyway thanks UAD for making a great product.
K. Thura
Like EMT140 plate
but is native plugin.very low cpu use.