UAD Precision Multiband Plugin

[max cooper]

http://www.uaudio.com/products/softw...lti/index.html

This must the the new Flux Capacitor I've heard so much about....

[AlexLakis]

My heart's at 88 miles per hour...

[max cooper]

Universal Audio's Dr. Berners (right) and Dr. Abel (center) reveal their secret!

[GPl]

Hahaha

Handy assisstant, but man don't let him do the recall....

Apparrently many asked for a multiband, I wasn't one of them.

[Telecastr]

I'm looking forward to hearing it.

[Jorg]

Originally Posted by GPl

Hahaha

Handy assisstant, but man don't let him do the recall....

Apparrently many asked for a multiband, I wasn't one of them.

I surely wasnt asking for one either.
Id rather have another Vintage EQ.

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by Jorg

I surely wasnt asking for one either.
Id rather have another Vintage EQ.

I've been using the heck out of the McDsp MC2000 lately. Anyhow, this'll be a good alternative, hopefully

[cdog]

Well, I guess I'll have to hold off on this purchase:

[GPl]

Originally Posted by cdog

Well, I guess I'll have to hold off on this purchase:

Wow! is that the new G6 mac??

[jbuntz]

For some reason a lot of inexperienced guys think that mulitband compressors are the best thing since sliced bread. If it's a good de-esser, it might be worth it.

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by jbuntz

For some reason a lot of inexperienced guys think that mulitband compressors are the best thing since sliced bread. If it's a good de-esser, it might be worth it.

On the drum bus, I think it's great to have a slow release above 1 or 2K and a fast release below that. And vice versa on the attack. But I'm not very experienced!


But yeah, you can make a REAL mess of things if you don't have some idea what you want to happen. I used to share a space with some guys who had one of those multi-band Tube Tech things and I tried using it a couple of times, but it wasn't my cuppa. They used to make some nasty sounding tracks with it!

[jbuntz]

Originally Posted by max cooper

On the drum bus, I think it's great to have a slow release above 1 or 2K and a fast release below that. And vice versa on the attack. But I'm not very experienced!


But yeah, you can make a REAL mess of things if you don't have some idea what you want to happen. I used to share a space with some guys who had one of those multi-band Tube Tech things and I tried using it a couple of times, but it wasn't my cuppa. They used to make some nasty sounding tracks with it!

My complaint with them is that people tend to use them without really having a "plan" on what they are doing. Do you really need to compress 4 or 5 bands just cuz? They can be good fixers though - like for bassists who think you should slam the string against the fretboard ever note.

[slaves666]

I'm not impressed by their releases lately. The Plate was their last good plugin, and they couldnt even get me to buy it. They are missing good EQ's. The URS ones lead they way, so UA better catch up.

[max cooper]

Pultec-Pro is good; the Precision EQ is fine. The Cambridge, I never use.

Since I run UAD with PTLE, my RTAS plugins run much more efficiently than the UAD's, so I have to consider whether or not it's going to be worth it.

[Berolzheimer]

Originally Posted by jbuntz

For some reason a lot of inexperienced guys think that mulitband compressors are the best thing since sliced bread. If it's a good de-esser, it might be worth it.

Well I like the LMB but you're right, I don't have much experience........









I guess 25 years full-time isn't quite enough.

[Rodney Gene]

I love multi-band options myself...for anything I decide I need it for...I use it as an EQ function mostly.

The 'solo' functions on MBLs make intuitive sense to me. I can focus certain energies...really pull something back or bring it forward in a unique way.

Just a tool. Glad to see UA with it. In my small personal (mixerless) studio I appreciate thier plugins alot.

Respect,

[AlexLakis]

Originally Posted by Rodney Gene

I love multi-band options myself...for anything I decide I need it for...I use it as an EQ function mostly.

The 'solo' functions on MBLs make intuitive sense to me. I can focus certain energies...really pull something back or bring it forward in a unique way.

Just a tool. Glad to see UA with it. In my small personal (mixerless) studio I appreciate thier plugins alot.

Respect,

thumbsup

[THE GEEK]

Originally Posted by Rodney Gene

...really pull something back or bring it forward in a unique way.

...or really fcuk something up!

[Toad]

Originally Posted by THE GEEK

...or really fcuk something up!

thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup

[Rodney Gene]

Originally Posted by THE GEEK

...or really fcuk something up!

Yes...and that of course can be said about all gear...

The very best (flexible) gear (EQ in general) often afford you the ability to dial-in really shitty tones if you want.

[THE GEEK]

Originally Posted by Rodney Gene

Yes...and that of course can be said about all gear...

True! But i think it's especially the multiband compressors/limiters that are the weapons of mass destruction.
I think it was also Bob Katz who said that Multiband Processors should be handle with extreme care.
Sometimes you dont even notice the mess you create until a couple of days later when you listen back with fresh ears.

However, I think using 2 bands of MB Processors can be very powerful and useful.

[Mike Lapchick]

Originally Posted by jbuntz

For some reason a lot of inexperienced guys think that mulitband compressors are the best thing since sliced bread. If it's a good de-esser, it might be worth it.

yeah, man. like that guy.. clearmountain. what's he know!

[sleepwalker]

I totally agree. I love using MB compressors as an EQ. The ability to solo a band then attenuate/boost is great. 1/2 the time I don't even use the compression.

Originally Posted by Rodney Gene

I love multi-band options myself...for anything I decide I need it for...I use it as an EQ function mostly.

The 'solo' functions on MBLs make intuitive sense to me. I can focus certain energies...really pull something back or bring it forward in a unique way.

Just a tool. Glad to see UA with it. In my small personal (mixerless) studio I appreciate thier plugins alot.

Respect,

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by THE GEEK

True! But i think it's especially the multiband compressors/limiters that are the weapons of mass destruction.
I think it was also Bob Katz who said that Multiband Processors should be handle with extreme care.
Sometimes you dont even notice the mess you create until a couple of days later when you listen back with fresh ears.

However, I think using 2 bands of MB Processors can be very powerful and useful.

I totally agree with you. I read somewhere that some mix guru mentioned moving the crossover points around to move things up and back in a mix, something that I've done as well, but I think that when less experienced users read that, they don't sometimes understand the implications of what that's doing.

I think that before anyone can use a multi-band compressor, they ought to put it on the mixbuss and get a good balance with no reference (like zero points, etc.) because when you vary the thresholds, ratios, etc., that's exactly what's happening.

But there's rarely a mix that I do without that ol' MC2000. My only complaint about it (especially with drums) is that depending on the setting, it can clip before you can get any GR out of it. Of course, that's true of any compressor, depending on headroom, etc. and more so with a very slow attack and a very slow release, but a little more headroom could be good.

I worry about McDsp dropping support for that plugin. I've never seen it in anyone else's plugin menu.

Another reason I'm hopeful about the UAD multiband.

(ya like how I swerved that back on topic at the very end?)

[AlexLakis]

Just got my email from UAD that the Precision Limiter is now available for demo. Dunno if it's been out for a while or not, but it's news to me.

[crypticglobe]

Personally I only like MB cmpression for certain things... and it is one of my secret weapons... so I hate to give it away... but ok.... here goes.

MB compression DA BOMB for kick drum. You can put it RIGHT where you want it every time.... and I am running the UA as we speak and it is STUNNING for that!!! Absolutely stunning!!

I tried it on a few other things... drum groups... 2 bus... etc.... Absolutely stunning! Nobody's plug-in models sound as good as UA's... well except URS.... They are in the same league for sure.

At any rate... you guys that are dissing UA for the plug-in choices of late.. simply don't know what you are talking about. You didn't like the Roland plugs??? The Dimension D is a legitimatly KILLER choice!! Precesion Limited and EQ are awesome.

Oh well... to each their own. I say another BIG Kudo to UA for this plug-in!!

[DaveC]

For some reason a lot of inexperienced guys think that mulitband compressors are the best thing since sliced bread. If it's a good de-esser, it might be worth it.

I've tried some multiband compressor plugins throughout the years like the C4, the LinMB, and the MC2000, but I just find no use for them.
Maybe the magic is in the actual hardware-versions of multiband compressors...
For the inexperienced part; I used to rave about the Waves C4 back in '99, maybe I should give it another shot since 4 years....funny how you sometimes rediscover your own plugins again.

[GPl]

I got a $147.xx coupon towards the purchase of this from UA. Hmm...maybe I'll bite now.

[~ufo~]

Originally Posted by jbuntz

For some reason a lot of inexperienced guys think that mulitband compressors are the best thing since sliced bread. If it's a good de-esser, it might be worth it.

¿who ever said sliced bread is a good thing?

surely not I

[Tetness]

Originally Posted by cdog

Well, I guess I'll have to hold off on this purchase:

LOL!!!!