UAD Signature Edition
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UAD Signature Edition
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A. Fusini
Come l'analogico
Stupendo, nessun altro aggettivo possibile.
T. Brooks
If you don't have the real one, you need the UAD
All five stars for me. The few times I've had the pleasure to work with the hardware unit, I've absolutely fallen in love with the Distressor's tightness and unique balance of saturation and transparency. It's the richest mortar for drum buss material, whether acoustic, electronic, or combination. Its side-chaining options are also powerfully simple, especially at the initial stages of your mix where you may still be trying to key in on "sound"; between the L+R linking options and the side-chain options for handling BOTH signal-hogging lows and piercing upper-mid transients -- I feel like I can access and cycle through dozens of flavors, and intuitively. It also has the scary ability to shapeshift between Opto, FET, and VCA-like performance based on your Attack, Release and Ratio settings. Without a doubt, a powerful magic box of a compressor. And I think UAD has emulated all of this with incredible care and accuracy. Super excited to keep exploring.
Just to think of some specific applications: if you're playing with anything in the cinematic hip-hop/jazz, power-soul, or arena-pop veins, give the Distressor a go. I'm thinking Kendrick Lamar's "Institutionalized," Robert Glasper's "Black Radio" with yasiin bey / Mos Def, Emily King's "Good Friend," Adele's "Rolling In The Deep," Imagine Dragon's "Believer." With some character preamps or tape saturation early in the chain (i.e. V76, 1073), you could get flavors even more retro (yet still clean). I'm thinking Vinyl Williams, Jack White, and Danger Mouse.
a. burulcich
Phat!!
Slap this Tape machine on anything you want PHATTER!!
J. Bergeron
Can't live without.
& that's true. a wonderful reminder of why the 70's were & 80's were so magical. Much of my work was on the A800.
And as usual UAD nails it. JB
A. Balen
Clean, yet bold.
This is my new baseline for reductive EQ on vocals
S. Bakas
Best Eq collection!
Great eqs, really add character and quality!
S. Bakas
My favourite tape plugin!
I have all the tape machines from UAD and Oxide adds something different and seriously amazing to every sound!
S. Bakas
Amazing Compression!
Truly classic and amazing compression sound!!!
M. Ptak
Got enough reverbs already...
Don't really need another reverb. You guys wanna work on something really awesome? Give us a plug-in of the classic Mu-Tron Bi-Phase. A thousand Rhodes & Clav players alone will thank you.
P. Edwards
Nice and simple
This is a great simple option for adding tape like sounds. It's not an extreme tool with a wide variety of tones, but it does take a lot of the guesswork out. With few controls you get a good range of useable tones and the reduction in time spent faffing to get that makes it worthwhile IMO. I didn't check to see if it's light on DSP but I'd hope so.
P. Edwards
Decent little plate verb emulation
What's great about this is how simple and easy it is to use and the sound is smooth and authentic. It's a great thing to put on a send bus to create cohesive sounds in a mix. What's not so great is the limited range of the pre-hi and lo-pass and that in the end it's very expensive for what seems to be quite a limited and primitive reverb plugin in all other respects.
M. Leys
Woah!!!
I love that punch, each time i use this on my kick and i feel so so good every single time :-p
If you send the right signal level to it then those presets amazingly could work.
i would like to say it "i love that punch and color <3"
N. Tyrväinen
Superb!
One of the best reverb i have ever tried!
D. Scheffler
Oxide tape on everything!
After discovering this gem, I started putting Oxide tape on all my tracks and this gives each instrument a virtual "hug" like no other. Very impressed and I use it both on tracks and the master for print. Good stuff!
J. Marshall
Straight forward tape emulation.
Oxide is a straight forward tape emulation for adding that classic warmth and harmonic saturation associated with analog tape, without any of the cost of hassle of having to actually record to analog tape. A solid addition to your UAD plugin collection.
J. Davies
Favorite Compressor
The Distressor is my go-to compressor for everything! The Opto present is particularly nice on vocals. I also use the LA2A for vocals and acoustic and the Fairchild for bass.
A. Schwartz
The only reverb I’ll ever need...
I love the EMT140, but this idoes it ALL! Short, long, everything...Total control
C. Reinel
Colourful, fast and easy
Set the gain / drive, if you want give some more colour with the EQ and dynamics and adjust the recordinglevel. You're done.
Sounds great anyway.
H. Fisher
Extremely useful
This plugin is so easy to use! Boosts your sound with amazing quality to give you a true analog sound. I use it as the first effect in my vocal chain and it’s a great addition. Check out the other analog tape plugins because the features are a bonus from what you get here. All of them are wonderful to have.
P. Calabria
Impressive!
I own 3 Rack API 3124 and using this plugin really shocked me! I find it a great alternative to the SSL Channel Strip, this adds even more punch and "sound in the face" of SSL! Really special on Drums !!!