UBK Fatso - Page 2

Ollie · 10th March 2009

It sounds very nice. Well, when the money train starts to make its way back into the station, I might be looking for some of these. Thanks for the work and the video.

Ollie

tomdarude · 10th March 2009

Awesome Greg !!! you really did a monster job on this thumbsupthumbsup

You gotta come over to show the UBK Fatso @ the HI-END GEAR conference (think TapeOp Con-style show in europe) in Germany in september!!! I´ll talk to Gil about that...I´ll def. get one myself, you got a keeper mate!!!

@ Gil...will you be at Musikmesse this year ?? We gotta talk again soon

thumbsup

Tom

elmolemon · 10th March 2009

Great video! Great sound!

I like the way you present your product! Other manufacturers should learn form you!!!

GilWave · 10th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomdarude

You gotta come over to show the UBK Fatso @ the HI-END GEAR conference (think TapeOp Con-style show in europe) in Germany in september!!! I´ll talk to Gil about that...

@ Gil...will you be at Musikmesse this year ?? We gotta talk again soon - Tom

Hi Tom...

Yes, I will be at Messe at the Sound Service booth in Hall 4.1. Greg and I would like to support the Hi-End Gear Conference with Stefan so let's discuss it at the Messe.

-gil

tomdarude · 10th March 2009

Great !! thumbsup

I´ll be partly helping Stefan at the dangerous-booth anyway!

and we´ll have another "HI-END BEER" free beer action too of course this year,
probably thursday! will let ya all know.....

I´ll come around your/martin´s booth....see ya!

Tom

James Lehmann · 10th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by u b k

toasty has been relabeled 'roast' on the production faceplates

But 'toasty' is hip!

If you gotta change it at least go with 'roasty'?

raal · 10th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Lehmann

But 'toasty' is hip!

If you gotta change it at least go with 'roasty'?

+1 for toasty/roasty.

thechrisl · 10th March 2009

Trafo?

Have to admit "Tranny" always made me think of internet content that should not be...

u b k · 10th March 2009

i'm with ya, i prefer 'toasty' too, it's what i originally came up with. problem is, by pure coincidence dave derr also came up with it for his new mic pre and didn't want anyone to think we copied each other, so he requested i change it.

i do like 'roasty' better than 'roast', i may just implement that change. thanks for the suggestion. thumbsup

and yeah, 'tranny' is just a bit much. 'trafo' is a well-known term to guys who work with transformers, and i'm unaware of any other abbreviated term for them, so that's what i went with.

gregory scott - ubk
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Jules · 10th March 2009

TRW · 11th March 2009

Nice demo Greg!

Do in a 500 series and I'll be all over it! LOL

Really like what it did to the bass and drums at the end there.

-T

Brad McGowan · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by u b k

and yeah, 'tranny' is just a bit much. 'trafo' is a well-known term to guys who work with transformers, and i'm unaware of any other abbreviated term for them, so that's what i went with.
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Iron, dude! Iron.

Brad

Keith Moore · 11th March 2009

Can anyone guide me? Would you say UBK/EL-7 or Distressors?

Thanks,

Keith Moore

u b k · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad McGowan

Iron, dude! Iron.

Brad

<smacks forehead>

fack! i love it!

gregory scott - ubk
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raal · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by u b k

<smacks forehead>

fack! i love it!

thumbsup

~ufo~ · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad McGowan

Iron, dude! Iron.

Brad

that's what they call it on the cranesong flamingo too

thechrisl · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by raal

thumbsup

I was thinking "Robot In Disguise" but that would take up a lot of space.

Even more cryptic... "Fe".

Or just http://www.play-hookey.com/component...ransformer.gif

Brad McGowan · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by thechrisl

Even more cryptic... "Fe".

Yes...clever in a high school chemistry kind of way.

Brad

Brad McGowan · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Moore

Can anyone guide me? Would you say UBK/EL-7 or Distressors?

Thanks,

Keith Moore

UBK FATSO all the way. I'd even say stock FATSO over Distressor personally.

Brad

cbjmusic · 11th March 2009

Great video demo, thanks! Great sounds as well.. who knows w the tax man refunding some $$ soon, this would be a good addition. Looks easy and sounds killer! Good job man..

cbj

thearnicasync · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by u b k

<smacks forehead>

fack! i love it!

gregory scott - ubk
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Just make it a '$'. Money.

KBOY · 11th March 2009

Wow...

Now, where to get money.. where to get money.. where to get money.. he says to himself..

Fleaman · 12th March 2009

This is a quote from another poster (different thread) quoting what UBK told him about the warmth control>>

Quote:

Originally Posted by lakeshorephatty

Good morning. I thought i should put a few comments here. I had asked some questions on operation and Greg sent me a great email last night. There will be manual for this box in the next few weeks but in the meantime, Greg gave me a very long and detailed answer with some different tips.

2) Because this is now my go-to drum compressor, I wanted the Warmth work in extremely subtle increments. Even at maximum, you will likely only get 2-4db of reduction at best unless the material is extremely bright. Essentially, each step is now like a 1/4db high shelf atenuator at 12k, to super-fine-tune the top end of cymbals or vocals rather than coarsely crush them.

In the first post of this thread UBK mentioned that the Warmth functions are the same as the original Fatso, so I'm a little confused

>>

Quote:

Originally Posted by u b k

or you can have your Classic Fatso modded to become a 100% UBK Fatso. same warmth, same harmonic saturation and tapey thickness as the original, but with radically different compression styles and aesthetics.

Also, IF the warmth steps have been changed, have you changed the threshold levels for the steps or how much attenuation is assigned to each step (seems to have been said above?), and therefor the total warmth reduction capability? Meaning, would I not be able to 'crush' something on the warmth control like I could with the stock Fatso?

It almost seems that on some or most material you are saying that even with warmth at max (7), you might only get 2-4db reduction (on the warmth meters??)??

u b k · 12th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fleaman

In the first post of this thread UBK mentioned that the Warmth functions are the same as the original Fatso, so I'm a little confused

>>
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It almost seems that on some or most material you are saying that even with warmth at max (7), you might only get 2-4db reduction (on the warmth meters??)??

rest easy, i have not touched the Warmth circuit.

what i *have* done is radically change how one preset, Splat, feeds the Warmth circuit. Splat operates with a very different internal gain structure than all the other comps, because i wanted it to have a totally different range of control. basically, i wanted it to go to extremes and beyond without totally overloading the thd and saturation circuits; this is why splat begins compressing with the input knob around 1-2. you can then go all the way to 10 and do some amazing overcompressive stuff (like i did in the video) without clipping all the circuits that follow.

Smooth has essentially the same Warmth responsiveness as the classic Fatso, at most it differs by one or two db of reduction at the extremes.

Glue actually has increased responsiveness, you can crush the bejeebus out of things with that monster, but again it's close, maybe 2 more db at the extremes.

and with no presets engaged, the Warmth circuit is IDENTICAL to the classic Fatso in every respect, i left the biasing of that circuit completely intact. in an early rev i experimented with having 'no preset' actually do a little compressing, but i realized many people use their Fatso as just a saturation and warming device, and figured i'd leave that functionality as it was.

so no worries, you actually have more options for Warmth shenanigans on the UBK Fatso than on the classic Fatso, but for the most part it is very close to what you've come to expect.

does all of that make sense?

gregory scott - ubk
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Fleaman · 12th March 2009

Yes, thank you thumbsup

World Studios · 12th March 2009

Hi!

I just loved the Video and the sound of the UBK Fatso. I understand you get a lot of new cool features and options, but what functions have been sacrificed from the original, much liked, version? What is the trade-off, if any?

Cheers,

u b k · 12th March 2009

the Buss, GP, and Tracking compressors have been replaced with Splat, Smooth, and Glue.

everything else is the same (except the faceplate).

gregory scott - ubk
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World Studios · 12th March 2009

Great! Thanks. I have not used the original, so I guess I won't be missing them... :-)

Fishy1500 · 12th March 2009

This is really cool... makes me want one really bad

The demo video is great too, really good to hear it in action like that

lakeshorephatty · 12th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by World Studios

Great! Thanks. I have not used the original, so I guess I won't be missing them... :-)

even if you had, its debatable whether you would be missing them.

For me, the original fatso was great at many things, compressing well wasn't one of them, but thats a matter of taste.

Russell

10th March 2009	#31
Ollie Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,002	Greg - Nice Job It sounds very nice. Well, when the money train starts to make its way back into the station, I might be looking for some of these. Thanks for the work and the video. Ollie

10th March 2009	#32
tomdarude Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: germany Posts: 1,554	Awesome Greg !!! you really did a monster job on this thumbsupthumbsup You gotta come over to show the UBK Fatso @ the HI-END GEAR conference (think TapeOp Con-style show in europe) in Germany in september!!! I´ll talk to Gil about that...I´ll def. get one myself, you got a keeper mate!!! @ Gil...will you be at Musikmesse this year ?? We gotta talk again soon thumbsup Tom __________________ "You'd be surprised that "f*ck it!" can be a profound philosophy." picksail; 28th August 2008, 08:55 AM "The best sounding sluttiest gear of all time... is a great song" --Greg Wells http://www.hi-endgear.com http://www.audio-import.de

10th March 2009	#39
u b k Gear Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Land of Sunshine Posts: 11,038 Thread Starter	i'm with ya, i prefer 'toasty' too, it's what i originally came up with. problem is, by pure coincidence dave derr also came up with it for his new mic pre and didn't want anyone to think we copied each other, so he requested i change it. i do like 'roasty' better than 'roast', i may just implement that change. thanks for the suggestion. thumbsup and yeah, 'tranny' is just a bit much. 'trafo' is a well-known term to guys who work with transformers, and i'm unaware of any other abbreviated term for them, so that's what i went with. gregory scott - ubk . __________________ • Introducing UBK-1: Motion Generating Character Compressor • • Finally... Plugin Compression with Vibe, Color, and Authority • ____________________

11th March 2009	#50
cbjmusic Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 26	Great video demo, thanks! Great sounds as well.. who knows w the tax man refunding some $$ soon, this would be a good addition. Looks easy and sounds killer! Good job man.. cbj __________________ Food, clothes, medicine..... ........cause hungry, naked, sick sucks. -AR

12th March 2009	#56
World Studios Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 849	Hi! I just loved the Video and the sound of the UBK Fatso. I understand you get a lot of new cool features and options, but what functions have been sacrificed from the original, much liked, version? What is the trade-off, if any? Cheers, __________________ Johan Bejerholm World Studios Malmö, Sweden www.worldstudios.se

10th March 2009	#33
elmolemon Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 669	Great video! Great sound! I like the way you present your product! Other manufacturers should learn form you!!!

10th March 2009	#38
thechrisl Gear nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 94	Trafo? Have to admit "Tranny" always made me think of internet content that should not be...

10th March 2009	#40
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11th March 2009	#41
TRW Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,142	Nice demo Greg! Do in a 500 series and I'll be all over it! LOL Really like what it did to the bass and drums at the end there. -T

11th March 2009	#43
Keith Moore Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 839	Can anyone guide me? Would you say UBK/EL-7 or Distressors? Thanks, Keith Moore

11th March 2009	#52
KBOY Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: philadelphia Posts: 929	Wow... Now, where to get money.. where to get money.. where to get money.. he says to himself..

12th March 2009	#55
Fleaman Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Los Angeles, Silverlake Posts: 3,967	Yes, thank you thumbsup

12th March 2009	#59
Fishy1500 Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 276	This is really cool... makes me want one really bad The demo video is great too, really good to hear it in action like that

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