UAD-1 Card performance?

[edIT]

Can anyone tell me about howe much power one card has? comparable to like maybe a PT Mix card or a TC Powercore firewire? i had a Powercore Firewire and i could run about 20 eqs on the thing or 8 Master X's. i assume the UAD is not as powerful. Can anyone tell me how many plugs you can get running? Like If I get the Ultra Pak could i run once instance of each all at once on one card?

[tony666]

http://www.uaudio.com/products/softw...dge/specs.html

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[pounce]

i think it does pretty well, but i'm gonna add a second one to my system this year as i simply want to use more and more of thier plugs in my mixes. truly some nice plug ins the uad1 has.

[Sirocco]

in planning to purchase a magma 4 slot chasis and 1 ultra pak and 3 project packs.

there plugins are too brilliant i demoed them. uad-1 chasis ono!

--also, is there a similiar chart for the powercore?

[Shan]

A UAD-1 card can get 8 instances of the UA 1176LN.

An Accel card can get 9 instances of the UA 1176LN.

A PT Mix card can get 1 instance of the UA 1176LN per chip. I dont know how many chips are on the PT Mix card though.

Here is some more info.

A great 'how to guide' for using the UAD-1 in Protools HD.

Other UA plugins very quite differently..

As far as the PoCo card goes, one could probably do a fair comparison with the Sony EQ or a similar plugin that runs on both PoCo and PT Mix card.

Shane

[Sirocco]

looking at it vs tdm, the uad-1 is a uncanny value indeed!

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Sirocco

looking at it vs tdm, the uad-1 is a uncanny value indeed!

I agree. It makes ya scratch your head over that one. Especially considering one Accel card is $4,995.00 USD.

Shane

[Sirocco]

Originally Posted by Shan

I agree. It makes ya scratch your head over that one. Especially considering one Accel card is $4,995.00 USD.

Shane

maybe its the superior sound? i dont think there can be that much difference to justify such a price differentiation tho

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Sirocco

are you sure you didnt read 1 accel CHIP? it just doenst make sense ;p

An Accel card can get 9 instances of the UA 1176LN. (One instance per chip of which there are 9 in totall)

Unless you ment $4,995.00 USD per chip.

I cant speak for myself but I know a few others who use the UAD-1 with thier HD rigs over the UAD TDM plugins. The cost of two UAD TDM plugins can get you a UAD-1 card with all of them including the ones that are not released on TDM.

Shane

[Sirocco]

Originally Posted by Shan

An Accel card can get 9 instances of the UA 1176LN. (One instance per chip of which there are 9 in totall)

Unless you ment $4,995.00 USD per chip.

I cant speak for myself but I know a few others who use the UAD-1 with thier HD rigs over the UAD TDM plugins. The cost of two UAD TDM plugins can get you a UAD-1 card with all of them including the ones that are not released on TDM.

Shane

ahah i edited my post while u were typing ur quote ;p i forgot to check the link ;p

[Sirocco]

i have a connection at guitar center that can get me a ultra pak and 3 project packs for 1600, i think im gonna jump on it. i need to update this damn 1.2ghz p4 next :(

[Magnus]

maybe its the superior sound? i dont think there can be that much difference to justify such a price differentiation tho

The sound of your system depends on your converters, how good your wordclock is and of course your outboard.

Also, the resolution of your mixbus is a factor (e.g Nuendo has a 32Bit mixbus). Both UAD-1 and Pro Tools supports 192KHz samplerate so that's not something that would make a difference either.

Pro Tools does not have a superior sound in itself.

/Magnus

[Sirocco]

yeah thats what i was thinking mainly, just try to come up with a reason for the price difference. well, good for me.