UAD Signature Edition Version 2
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UAD Signature Edition 2
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E. Nelson
You don’t know it yet - but you really NEED these Capitol Chambers!
As a Nashville studio running two UAD2 cards in our expander, we probably have (and are expected to have) every UAD, WAVES, LEX, TC, Eventide, PSP, FabFilter, Sonox and countless other great reverb plugins in our arsenal. Also a host of outboard reverbs dating back to the eighties.
That said: When Universal Audio recently offered us a fair discount on “Capitol Chambers”, I already had many reverb options …. and I didn’t immediately leap out of my chair with delight.
I had a few spare minutes between sessions and ended up listening to the Capitol promos, because there is a VERY good reason why we do already have, need and make regular use of so many different reverbs over a multitude of projects. No two are alike.
To be honest, it was an impulse-buy, because I know from a long history with UA, that you can’t go wrong with them - and I knew that I would eventually use Capitol Chambers at some stage, once I had time to play with it and find out what best suited this seemingly “ordinary” tool??
Because of our large tracking room, we are regularly mixing acoustic music and instruments. Bluegrass, folk, singer-songwriter etc. Sadly, regular reverbs often change the “feel” of those often “organic” and real projects. So, I thought to myself, “What the hell. Let’s try the new Capitol Chambers today.”
Ummmm, all I can report is - no matter how many OTHER verbs you have - you definitely need these! They don’t so much “add reverb” as they add a warm and musical common space for all the ingredients and parts of your track to melt together beautifully inside of. They can be wide and very stereo (out of the way of voices, or solo instruments), or just natural and unobtrusive. In other words, they won’t invade, or cover your existing natural mix. But you’ll DEFINITELY hear and FEEL the difference when you mute the effect. All space and no "wash”.
What do they “work best” on? EVERYTHING! When mixing, just add a tiny bit more to the elements that you need taken back a step. And then use slightly less on the parts that you want framed by the “glued-together” backing and these dryer parts will magically pop out in front, but always remain part of the mix as tied in with the same Capitol reverb.
Yes. You need these, because they do what all the other room-sims and chamber IR’s once claimed, but never succeeded in doing for us. UA got it right again. Get ‘em!
L. Carlos
Waiting for the true version
This plugin is lacking in sound and features. It is not the native version, it is another simpler version. Still waiting for the true version, but native.
c. tak
Incredibly Good
Sometimes I think to myself, wait a minute, I now have enough plugins to get by with them and I have to put in the time to get to know them well. But now I'm amazed again and how does UA manage to make something like this, so incredibly good.
J. Potter
Go for it..
I had the oxide 1st. I like this on the master bus and the oxide for most tracks.
This thing has all the options and sounds great so far. I'm done after this last plugin... lol
m. ceeney
Cool little machines
Amazing little plugins, so good for saturation and adding some grit to your sounds especially drums and bass. Also got them at a really price..
mark.
G. Spiridion
NICE SOUND
Good plugin, good sound and I like it.
E. Silveira
Sensacional!
Simplesmente o melhor!
Maravilhoso!
C. Livingston
Verve Analog
A+++++ Cool sounds!
w. ec
Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
De las mejores herramientas para master, le agrega mucho color y una agradable saturación, lo recomiendo
E. Schraier
Great tape!
One of the best tapes plugins that i've tried.
T. Glosser
Love it
A guitar players wet dream.
T. Glosser
I love it
Try it, try it.
T. Glosser
Sounds great
Simple and easy to use.
T. Glosser
Great
Just try it.
T. Glosser
Must have
Adding space, to having fun.
T. Glosser
Must have
great movement
T. Glosser
great sounds
Lots of fun
L. de Marco Freitas
It's kinda ok. But there's better options within UAD plugins.
It's a fun little plugin, but I regret buying it. Don't get me wrong, UAD makes some awesome audio plugins, but this one is kinda gimmicky... anyway, you can achieve way better results with other of their offerings, it only will require more work and knowledge. It's my fault I fell for it.
Anyway, I guess you can still use it sometimes to have some fun, or to go outside of the box if you're stuck and ran out of ideas.
R. Brayton
Best sounding plate reverb that I have encountered
I've usually avoided plate reverb emulations in the past, but this one has changed my mind about them. To my ear, the plate reverbs I've experienced sound like electronic and cheap, not like a real space that I'd like to live in. I think it has something to do with the dimensions of the plate, and the quality and placement of the transducers. This one gives a subtle, pleasant plate sound, and seems more three-dimensional than the other ones. Because it uses relatively low DSP, it pretty much lives on my vocal tracks for the headphone mix. I record dry and add IR reverb to taste in post-production.
G. Celano
flexible
You can use them for anything!