Uad 1 Plug Ins

[phillysoulman]

I have been using all of the UAD 1 plug ins for several years now,and I personally love all of them.

So do any of you UAD 1 users have any favorite plug ins therein, and please explain your use and application of them in your projects why you like them or dont like them.

[smoke]

Instead of stating the usuals, I'll go with Nigel, which I use A LOT.

It has everything. Compressor and Gate. Delay. Echo. Amp with VERY flexible input and output shaping control. Cabinet. A deep and unique modulation box that can be used to trigger tremolo for some sweet old school type FX.

Usually run guitar through it for some atmo effects in the background for depth and movement.

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workhorse is Neve 1073 usually the "sheen" knob and/or the lowcut filter.

[cynic]

i love em all...but i'll go with a relative unknown too.

my favorite at the moment is dimension d. it can pop stuff right out of the mix when used right.

[idlabs]

I've been using the LA-3A on lead vocals alot lately. Maybe 3-4 db of GR. Sometimes into a LA-2A with about the same GR. This would be for any vocal I want to have a nice mid range bite to it without sounding overly aggressive.

I've also been using the Fairchild quite a bit (starting with the "over the top" setting) on a parallel drum bus. And occasionally very lightly on the 2-buss.

[idlabs]

Originally Posted by cynic

i love em all...but i'll go with a relative unknown too.

my favorite at the moment is dimension d. it can pop stuff right out of the mix when used right.

Hmm. I've been thinking of getting the D. I just can't remember what it sounded like when I had the demo. What do you find yourself using it on? On highlight instruments used sparingly or something else?

[cynic]

Originally Posted by idlabs

Hmm. I've been thinking of getting the D. I just can't remember what it sounded like when I had the demo. What do you find yourself using it on? On highlight instruments used sparingly or something else?

leads, shit i want to stand out. i don't use it on everything...maybe once in a track. really separates the mids&highs. i like it on basslines after a little bitcrushing :)

[phillysoulman]

Its a glorified chorus unit.

[azwun25]

I use all the comps on all sorts of stuff. But I love RE201 on an FX bus. Sending different elements to it in various amounts is a beautiful thing. It has a "mojo" that other delays don't seem to have.

[larrygates]

Neve 88RS gets all the burn from me, since I have only 1 card. And I can use about 12 of them, and they just sound good with all the channel strip functions they do, esp the low end.

Then comes SE versions of any of the plugs, since they're light on CPU and they work great as long as not driven hard.

Space Echo gets lots of burn.

Dimension D gets probably the most burn, since there isn't anything else I know of in VST land that does what Dimension D does. I use about 2 or 3 per mix.

All of this I get on just 1 card. Oh and the LA2A on group busses, usually vocals.

Damn I love UAD.

Oh, Transient Designer gets it's share of heavy use too.

But since I've gotten Nebula 3, I use the Neve EQ's from there, and when the compressors come to par I'm moving to those. So that frees up more UAD goodness.

[Led]

+1 for the Dim D, it's no glorified chorus unit. It's also a lot quieter than the hardware version we used to have. On stuff that want's a bit of sparkle I mult, high pass the mult at 8-10Khz and put the D over the mult in mono and mix back with the original. Puts some nice swirly on the top without messing with the main body of the sound.
I'm also a fan of the Delay machine. With short times and a bit of filtering you can create some nice ambience on dead dry sounds.

[O'Ryan]

Need to go out and get me one . Sounds great but has anyone ever ra out of DSP power and it starts to lock up.

[blayz2002]

Originally Posted by japspecvr6

Need to go out and get me one . Sounds great but has anyone ever ra out of DSP power and it starts to lock up.

This happens all the time. Your audio will just start sering, or you'll get overload messages. You just have to start printing the effect or back one or two off.

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by japspecvr6

Need to go out and get me one . Sounds great but has anyone ever ra out of DSP power and it starts to lock up.

Its best to have two or three UAD cards so you can get more instances of your plugs.

[larrygates]

Originally Posted by Led

+1 for the Dim D, it's no glorified chorus unit. It's also a lot quieter than the hardware version we used to have. On stuff that want's a bit of sparkle I mult, high pass the mult at 8-10Khz and put the D over the mult in mono and mix back with the original. Puts some nice swirly on the top without messing with the main body of the sound.
I'm also a fan of the Delay machine. With short times and a bit of filtering you can create some nice ambience on dead dry sounds.

How are you multing? Are you doing this software wise, or are you talking about real world patch bay going into your HW Dimension D. If you're talking inside the DAW only, I presume you're using Pro-Tools, since there are a few VST's that split the sound into freq through fft allowing you to process any band with any effect. If you mean patch bay, could you tell me how you're doing this, since I can't remember at all, so everything is straight out of the DAW into the effect back into the DAW.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by japspecvr6

Need to go out and get me one . Sounds great but has anyone ever ra out of DSP power and it starts to lock up.

Yes you do run out, you start to learn the limit of your card as you go, and it's actually not that bad when you mix in something like Nebula and other great VSTs. I would use the comps of UAD if you don't have HW comps, the EQ's of Neve 88RS (UAD), and use lots of bussing to save DSP. If you have 2 cards you can be a lot more free with your use. 3 is outright un Godly, since you'll be able to put a Neve comp live on one of your busses and go to town with 2 more cards.

[Keyflo]

Ive been trying to get my hands on the UAD-1 plugins man cant wait till i get it

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by Keyflo

Ive been trying to get my hands on the UAD-1 plugins man cant wait till i get it

You'll love em..just buy two or better yet three cards so ttaht you can get more instances of your cpu hogging plugs like the 33069

[rickrock305]

for those who are familiar with the SPL Transient Designer UAD version...


how does it compare to the Sony Oxford Transient Modulator? better, worse?


and am I the only one who think the Waves TransX is garbage?

[Keyflo]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

You'll love em..just buy two or better yet three cards so ttaht you can get more instances of your cpu hogging plugs like the 33069

Wow i can barely afford one right now lol, but i will keep that in mind, thanx for the suggestion

[larrygates]

Originally Posted by rickrock305

for those who are familiar with the SPL Transient Designer UAD version...


how does it compare to the Sony Oxford Transient Modulator? better, worse?


and am I the only one who think the Waves TransX is garbage?

SPL is much much faster to work with. You simply dial in the amount of attack, then the amount of sustain, use the output knob to stop overs and you're pretty much done.

The Sony one is a little more tricky with all the options it has. The Spl has a nice smooth character, even though it's adding massive transient info to your sound. I used the sony just once, and it comes after Stillwell's transient monster. But really Voxengo has the best transient designer. Even though it's really dynamic EQ. But that shet is AWESOME. SPL is TATs, sony Not so TATS.

[phillysoulman]

Trans X works for me.

[rickrock305]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

Trans X works for me.

thats because you are a genius, and your sh*t smells like tulips.

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by rickrock305

thats because you are a genius, and your sh*t smells like tulips.

Whats with the ****ing attitude homes??
Everyone is entitles to their opinion, its the Amecican way

[rickrock305]

apparently the little didn't clue you in on the sarcasm, so let me be blunt...


IT WAS A F*CKING JOKE

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by rickrock305

apparently the little didn't clue you in on the sarcasm, so let me be blunt...


IT WAS A F*CKING JOKE

I dont do jokes.

[gregohb]

Originally Posted by cynic

i love em all...but i'll go with a relative unknown too.

my favorite at the moment is dimension d. it can pop stuff right out of the mix when used right.

i think the d has to always be put on a bus, because UA won't put a wet/dry mix control on it. It only has four settings, and even the lowest one is a bit too much as an insert. on the other hand UA put a wet/dry mix on the precision bus compressor which I wouldn't have expected.

[rickrock305]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

I dont do jokes.

hey, thats your problem

[gregohb]

Originally Posted by larrygates

How are you multing? Are you doing this software wise, or are you talking about real world patch bay going into your HW Dimension D. If you're talking inside the DAW only, I presume you're using Pro-Tools, since there are a few VST's that split the sound into freq through fft allowing you to process any band with any effect. If you mean patch bay, could you tell me how you're doing this, since I can't remember at all, so everything is straight out of the DAW into the effect back into the DAW.

I put it on a send bus in Logic - then you can adjust the amount of send and return, eq it, and direct it with pan.

Originally Posted by larrygates

Yes you do run out, you start to learn the limit of your card as you go, and it's actually not that bad when you mix in something like Nebula and other great VSTs. I would use the comps of UAD if you don't have HW comps, the EQ's of Neve 88RS (UAD), and use lots of bussing to save DSP. If you have 2 cards you can be a lot more free with your use. 3 is outright un Godly, since you'll be able to put a Neve comp live on one of your busses and go to town with 2 more cards.

I have two cards, and its amazing how fast they bottom out at times. I wonder if UA is actually trying to make their plugs as efficient as possible - because its in their business interest to get you to buy additional cards. For example a Neve 1073 sucks a lot of power, but the Neve 88 is pretty efficient - even though it has eq and compressor and other stuff. why is one modeling so much more processor intensive than the other?

[rickrock305]