UAD Essentials Edition
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UAD Essentials Edition
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I. Inkilä
The best there is
I always track lead vocals through the silver face La-2a on the way in, and it's definitely one of my favourite plugins. Easy to use and smooth, it's just superb on vocals & guitars.
J. Waldman
Impressed
I've owned the atr-102 for a while and love it. This one's a different beast, I'm finding it great for adding liveliness and mojo to tracks without sounding too drastic or saturated. First impressions are great!
A. Clark
Easy Easy
This thing is really great running in parallel with synths. Overdriving the input adds a really great color. Love that the compressor and eq are simple and to the point.
A. Lindelöf
Love
I love this collection of Pultec plugins. Putting the EQP-1A on any track makes it sound better just by passing the sound through, like the tape and summing plugins. And if you really need to change the sound it’s done quickly and easily. It keeps the sound natural and smooth without harshness. Among my favourite and most used plugins. Highly recommended.
R. Cremasco
Nice and Neat
Simple but lacking nothing. I’d love to have a mid control but that’s not common in plates anyways.
E. Buckley
Smoothest Compression Plug I Know
Back in the 90s I was interning at a studio in midtown Manhattan where an La-2A sat at the bottom of the rack. The young in house engineer never touched it but one day an older gentleman was mixing an album there and turned that lonely La-2A on. I had absolutely no idea what it did so I asked him and he just said, "Its butter." LOL
He ran some bass through it, getting 2-3dBs of compression. He told me to sit in the engineers seat and listen while he bypassed the unit on and off. The difference was subtle but noticeable and dearly missed when bypassed. A few days later we recorded vocals and ran all of them through the La-2A. The vocals were being compressed 5-10dB and it sounded magical. Now almost 30 years have passed and I own this plug but plan to purchase the UA re-issue in 2022.
This plug in is really close to the hardware in that it captures the warmth of the hardware but its not as smooth when you start to get into the 5dBs and more of compression range. Don't get me wrong, when I want the smoothest plug compression, this is the one I reach for. It captures that harmonic warmth I remember from that lonely hardware unit that sat at the bottom of the rack back in the day. I use this on vocals for every song. Its the last in the chain and most of the time its a mere 1-2 dBs of compression that I'm going for. Its a gentle hug or "butter" as that visiting engineer explained. The plug falls short once you get into that 5 dB compression territory where you can start to hear it. The hardware is transparent. Thats why I'm giving this 4 out of 5 stars but honestly, for the price, this plug is amazing but I have to be honest, that hardware unit was truly magical and once I do get it in my studio, it will go to the top of the rack where it belongs.
P. Slater
Awesome
I got this free thinking I wouldn’t use it and I like it more than the Neve 73
F. Brocchini
Superb
fantastic product!
P. Slater
Such a difference
I am used to the Waves version and people always told me there was a difference. I was so surprised at how much better it sounds. Waves is very good but this is just perfect
J. Lindberg
Shine and movement
Can be used for practically any instrument and vocals. Gives a warm complex shine and a sence oc movement in the sound.
R. Kirk
Nice Tone, Easy to Use
To my ears this sounds as good, if not better than the EMT plate, and is easier to dial in quickly and nail tone that works.
E. Fritsch
Galaxy
Yes. Buy it.
G. Grinko
Good choice for mixing & live
This product is great and powerfull for any music mixing and live perfomance! Iam using this when I mixing piano and drums sound!
Thanks!
A. Mikheev
Tape delay with no boundaries
Flexible and smooth.
L. Martella
Great sound
Great plug in, it softens the track where you put it, it also works just by inserting it without turning any knobs.
M. O'Brien
This is what I have been looking for.
Excellent little gem. I have been looking for something a little brighter than the amazing Neve 1084. The 1084 is warm and very refined. This is similar with a different brighter sound. It perfectly fills that EQ gap.
P. Räisänen
Warm reverb
Lush reverb sound for every type of genre!
T. TANK
I love it
Simple and powerful. Greetings from Czech Republic
C. Hlavka
Forward sound
you can here the source come forward. I like it. Can dial in the subtleness with input and output controls very simple.
K. Thabthimthong
WoW!!!
Great sound just put it on a track without rotate any knob. Get better sound when choose some preset from UAD.