UAD Studio Edition
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UAD Studio Edition
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T. Hartman
One of UA's Best
UA continues to hit home runs, I recently got the AMPEX and thought I'd heard it all until I spent some time with their new reworking of the Fairchild.
I would buy this compressor if ONLY for drums, but it works on almost anything really well. The "mix" knob sure makes life easy not having to set up a parallel compression buss, and the overall sound is wonderful....from subtle to extreme things sound richer and warmer and in the case of drums, wonderfully punchy.
Best Fairchild emulation I've heard, period. Next best thing to the real thing, which I used on Abbey Road in the Sixties.
TH
B. Dunn
Upgrading from Pultech Legacy
So when I bought my Apollo twin duo it came with the Pultech legacy plug-in. I've been very impressed with that on the last year and use it all the time. Then came an opportunity to upgrade to the full Pultech package for reasonable price and I debated on whether or not to do it. Could that really be that much difference? I bit the bullet and purchased the upgrade more so on the fact that I haven't really been let down by Universal audio yet. I decided to put it over a full drum kit just to get a taste. Sure enough my purchase was validated...there was just more depth, and I haven't even EQ'd anything yet. It was like the drum kit expanded slightly backwards giving me more of a three-dimensional richness. I hadn't expected that. Thx UA!
J. Lee
The Best Fairchild emulation ever.
I have personally compared the competitor's plugins to the UAD before purchase and I was fascinated by the way it sounds.
I loved it on drum buses, mix buses, and 660s on any mono tracks. The parallel compression mix knob is a big thumbs up, since it is used everywhere in today's productions, it just makes my life easier.
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One of the classics
This by no doubt the closest to the real thing as far as i heard any other plugins. However the big minus with a lot of UAD plugins is they are not scalable and especially the dbx160 plugin is a tiny little thing on a 30 screen of Apple for. I hope that more users are mentioning this point to make the company to move ahead within issue. Very annoying. So 5 stars for sound . and 1 for this poor gui.
C. LAURENT
Good, but
Good plugin, but nothing to do with the ATR 102, which remains my favorite.
One could compare it with the Studer A800, the settings are simple, the presets are not all to my taste !!!
The price is very interested, but I prefer to choose other quoted above.
thank you uad
R. Garcia
Suave
He comparado esta nueva version con la legasy , y me ha resultado gratamente mas suave y mas puntual en cuanto a los seteos en sus respectivas freuencias...., no he probado el hardware, pero este es un gran Equalizador... lo uso para el buss de la mezcla y el buss de la Bateria, el filtro es un gran hayazgo, decearia la posibilidad de usar los tres juntos en rack... con un solo click... !!!
A. Maxwell
Oxide works!!
i've always been a bit dubious about these tape style plug ins. Often I have difficulty hearing the difference. Not this time! Having tried it out on a real job i was mixing fro a corporate film I was thrilled with the results, It's in my must have UAD list. Yours too probably!
S. Kuziw
Exactly the sound I was after!
When compared to other emulations of the classic Plutec sound, this is the only one that could give me what I wanted (and expected)
H. Engstrom
Great plug!
A very competent unit that excel on a multitude of various tasks. I tend to use it (670) on guitar bus and sometimes master bus, but 660 is great on snare, bass etc as well. 670 on Acoustic guitar is a killer, will add character to any vocal (play around with the headroom!) and is almost as good on strings and orchestral as it's hardware dad. I've worked with the hardware in various studios, and although I can't honestly say it's equally comparable, these plugs are certainly up there and will require quite a bit of ear and knowledge to dismiss as simply emulations. Should belong in your go-to setup.
H. Engstrom
A new favourite
Great plugs! I personally likes the grey, which has to do with how much it sounds like an old favourite hardware LA I worked with on a daily basis for years. It's scarily simliar in tone, behaviour and result. Only difference with the plugin enabling me to use multiple instances. Probably my favourite UAD plug and can't recommend it enough.
T. Kahl
GREAT!!!
As I wrote in Analog Bundle, this is great simulation with some analog feel within. Great too for widening only when you just put it on some track with zero settings. Thanks UA for this EQ!!!
T. Kahl
GREAT!!!
As I wrote in Analog Classics bundle, these plugs are damn close to analog. Using it very often, Thanks for it, UA!
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Amazing plug in
Easy to use and you get amazing results once you dive deeper.
A. Eriksmoen
nice colors
The three different Fairchilds have quite different colors. Very useful.
T. Kahl
UAD MUST HAVE!
When using it properly, it can unbelievably enhance your mixes and give them the analog feel of the LA-2As. Thanks for it, UA!!!
M. Ryder
Smooth subtle cosy? Very effective
I was told to get this from some one I respect in engineering circles. We were mixing down some tracks and there was harshness on some channels so this was the go to recommendation. It has a smoothing out type of feel a bit like the brainwork refiner (thats just my opinion) but it was better in that when pushed it has some nice subtle compression also which is hard to describe in words as there was not really any distortion more a warm together feeling of a sound
I suppose you could simply say it does exactly what people have been saying for years what putting to tape does to a sound so yes another perfect emulation for the UAD boys.
M. Penn
Just The Touch of Warmth Needed!!
Wow, Warm, Punchy.. Love it, Easy to use .. Just slap it on Dial a little or grab a easy Preset. Instant Love is what I Hear. Simple Results!
Great Job UA!!
A. Zaporojan
cool
super slov net klassnyi pribor
T. Birchman
Awesome! Period.
Breathes life into any instance. The options are great. Like most reverbs it uses quite a bit resources, however this is so much more than any reverb. Definately a MUST HAVE plugin.
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UA does it again.
More tape goodness from UAD!