UAD Studio Edition
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UAD Studio Edition
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J. Castro
Great sound, terrible software manager (UA Connect)
I love the plugin itself, really awesome sound, unfortunately I had a nightmare with UA Connect, I don't understand why a software manager is require if we're using iLok. UA Connect should be optional
H. BOITON
Fabulous
This machine is an absolute bomb compared to the Arturia I'm using actually
It's , difficult to transcribe the emotion felt under the fingers and between the ears.
tested under Reaper in my dedicated home studio, on PC win Akai MPK 88 -apollo twin->soundId-->Focal alpha 80
the presets are extremely well chosen to feel immediately the palette of the machine.
there is a sublime dynamic which allows the smoothness and the big to very big sound under the pressure of the fingers, and there we feel all powerful
The richness in the details is fabulous
J. Karlén
Adds great warmth
This is my goto tape machine
M. WRIGHT
Water The F!!
This review is not about the sounds , which are excellent.
So, UA build a great B3, with a decent Leslie emulator. Bought that, works great. But you can’t feed it an external source. Then they build a standalone Leslie emulator (that’s probably better than the B3 version) that takes external feeds, but won’t work in Console - so bye bye live latency free tracking or performance with guitar.
Tried midi controlling the rotor speed? I have. It’s DOA. After an electric piano on an instrument track in PT, for example, the midi input feeds the piano, but the mod wheel does nothing. If your midi keyboard is controlling an instrument it can’t also control the rotor. Dumb.
It’s as if UA has gone out of their way to extract as much profit as possible from a single simulation…but not even done that properly.
PLEASE
1. Include the Leslie, with external input, in the B3 which loads of us use all the time.
2. Port it to use through Console
3. Sort out the midi implementation
4. Stop rinsing us.
M. WRIGHT
Velocity?
If the playability had equaled the sounds I’d give it five stars, and buy it.
Despite the deal UAD are offering right now on this instrument I’ll be saving my money.
Very abrupt step between medium and full velocities makes it a twitchy ride. Hard to predict which notes of the chord will voice mellow and which will bark.
The sounds, amps and outboard work well but if you’ve ever played a Rhodes, you’ll be very puzzled indeed.
C. HAYNES
wonderful tone and warmth
wonderful tone, beautiful modern UI, lots of configurability. very easy and fun to use, great addition to the arsenal!
G. Scharmer-Choi
Amazing
The first emulation that, to my understanding, really transports all the feels of the original. Congratulations UA
G. Myers
WOW
Wow sweetened with verb!
L. BRANDAO
Real feel
First Rhodes Mk1 emulation that makes me feel like i'm playing a real MK1
M. Pitts
Beautiful Sound
combine this with https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/compressors-limiters/tube-tech-cl-1b-mkii-compressor.html
tube tech cl1b mkII for best results!
g. parenti
Increíble
Increíble sonido, no he probado nunca un original, pero este plugin, al ponerlo ya mejora todo, super suave y con una calidez excelente, lo uso en cualquier estilo de música, comprimiendo o solo agradando carácter, increíble!
I. Nandha
Avalon is must for any studio owner
Started recording with this the very day I got it and I don’t know why I waited so long to get it. For me it’s a goto plug-in when burning in to the audio direct it sound that good.
G. VENL
M y secret weapon Oxide Tape Recorder
My secret weapon Oxide Tape Recorder
I heard / saw this plugin at Fab in combination with a mix he was working on live...And thought I must have it...Sorry I bought a UAD-2 Satellite Octo for this tape plugin ;-)
D. Groulx
Wonderful EQ
Hard to make anything sound bad with this EQ. Owned other Pultec plugins prior to purchasing this one and I am not disappointed one bit. This one replaces them all. Thank you UA!
I. Radic
A beast
It was love at first sight,i'm using it in every recording session,it adds direction to the instrument wrapped in a subtle saturation.
M. Sergeyev
Nice vocalsound
Just love it best plate for vocals
L. Carlos
Simple but very effective
If you know how to use a tape, it will serve you well.
Controls straight to the point and very simple to use. Whether it's the first in the chain or the last, it sounds very beautiful!
P. Jacques
A Leslie for the Ages!
A truly great Leslie simulator. I just used it on a shaker for a track and the rotary was perfectly timed to the tempo and gave the breakdown a really cool swirly vibe that everyone was freaking out to just how cool it was. Thanks to UA for making me sound better than I am!
A. Lopez
My goto Tape echo Plugin.
Excellent tape echo! My guitar and my ears love it!
J. Lewis
Different flavours, all rather good
I've never had the pleasure to work with a real LA-2A, so my only experience is with plugins and I've been an avid user of other developers LA-2As for many years and have a small collection of them, so although a friend had waxed lyrical about these UAD versions, I was sure I had all I needed and I was very happy with what I had. So why did I bother to take these for a test run? I obviously needed to find out for myself that these variations are well worth using within my work and add a wee sprinkle of magic which is a slightly different kind of magic from the others I already own. Such a simple compressor to use, yet such wonderful results as long as you don't push too hard. Despite now being poorer financially, I'm happy to say these variations are finding their way into my work on a regular basis along with my other favourite compressor the U73. My only bugbear with the LA-2A and U73 is the release times may not suit the track rhythmically, so adding an ability to change the release times would be wonderful, although I'm aware that this would be taking it away from its origins, but we've moved on from horse and carts, so..? Regards these particular LA-2A, I'm not a fan of the gain being turned up as default (I'm not a fan of any plugin having its gain set higher than unity as a default) and, unless I've missed something, being unable to type in figures for the controls, or even see any figures, is disappointing. Yes, I want to use my ears while adjusting, but if I want to make very small adjustments it is a lot easier to adjust by inputting numbers.