UAD/Harrison eq

[phillysoulman]

I downloaded the new Harrison 32 series eq from the UAD site and having worked on Harrison desks many,many times,I must say that UAD has a winner.
They have used many of Bruce Swediens custom presets and they are killer.
Highly recommended!!

[Beyersound]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

I downloaded the new Harrison 32 series eq from the UAD site and having worked on Harrison desks many,many times,I must say that UAD has a winner.
They have used many of Bruce Swediens custom presets and they are killer.
Highly recommended!!

Glad to hear that, I will install 5.2 and try the demo asap!

[7thangelz]

as it comes down to preference, i'll put my 2 cents in...not really impressed, the filters make it more than just another eq but in the end, imo, it's really not that special. maybe i would have been more thrilled (no pun) if it was a whole channel strip (although plenty of vets at psw and other places weren't very praiseworthy of harrison desks, not that it reaaly matters in terms off a emu plug).

but if i practically maxed out on uad plugs (i haven't), still had enough vouchers (i don't) and can't wait for fatso or whatever else uad has up their sleeve (valley people?) then i would probably buy it via a voucher and coupon

[dualflip]

Cool, i want to try that one, i have an MCI desk which i love with my entire soul. Harrison desks where entirely based on MCI desks, so i would like to hear what this plug-ins do

[terrytee]

The Harrison eq makes me want to demo the UAD & hear what is sounds like. I hope am not gonna be disappointed? My LM is great for compressora but is some what lacking on the EQ side.

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by terrytee

The Harrison eq makes me want to demo the UAD & hear what is sounds like. I hope am not gonna be disappointed? My LM is great for compressora but is some what lacking on the EQ side.

UA has many excellent sounding EQs. My personal faves: Cambridge for surgical, 1073, 1081 and the Helios for flavor.

I am demoing the Harrison as we speak, on a multi tracked drum kit. I was able to quickly get some thud on the kick drum, and add some sheen to the overheads. Not harsh on the cymbals, which is nice. Not too much of a pig on the dsp either.

The Harrison isnt surgical, but the HP and LP filters are nice to have!

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by s.d.finley

UA has many excellent sounding EQs. My personal faves: Cambridge for surgical, 1073, 1081 and the Helios for flavor.

I am demoing the Harrison as we speak, on a multi tracked drum kit. I was able to quickly get some thud on the kick drum, and add some sheen to the overheads. Not harsh on the cymbals, which is nice. Not too much of a pig on the dsp either.

The Harrison isnt surgical, but the HP and LP filters are nice to have!

They claim that it was modeled from Bruce Swediens personal desk,hence the Viking logo on the right.

[idlabs]

So if I already have the 1081 and the 88rs would I shoot for the Harrison or the Helios? I'm thinking Harrison at the moment. I really liked the Helios when i demoed but I havent tried the Harrison yet. Seems like it might be more versatile. Hmmm.....

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by idlabs

So if I already have the 1081 and the 88rs would I shoot for the Harrison or the Helios? I'm thinking Harrison at the moment. I really liked the Helios when i demoed but I havent tried the Harrison yet. Seems like it might be more versatile. Hmmm.....

Get them both.
The Helios has its own flavor and so does the Harrison.
The Helios shines on reggae bass.

[larrygates]

Just for your own spare time. Check out DDMF EQII. I got in a LONG argument with someone about how GREAT I thought the Cambridge was for most EQ needs. Not character driven of course. But, this guy flamed me, and his back up was DDMF EQII. Of course I was like a donation plugin vs Cambridge. Yeah right. Don't know when and why I tried it, but I was very very surprised. Of course you won't get all the functionality from Cambridge (myriad filters, A / B / C curves etc) but you will notice some familiarity in sound. And it's native, and takes I think ~1% CPU.

Originally Posted by s.d.finley

UA has many excellent sounding EQs. My personal faves: Cambridge for surgical, 1073, 1081 and the Helios for flavor.

I am demoing the Harrison as we speak, on a multi tracked drum kit. I was able to quickly get some thud on the kick drum, and add some sheen to the overheads. Not harsh on the cymbals, which is nice. Not too much of a pig on the dsp either.

The Harrison isnt surgical, but the HP and LP filters are nice to have!

One question here. He has 88RS & 1081. I know helios isn't the "same" sound as those. But it is Similar. Yes I love the bottom end of the helios, as well as the Biting mids. BUT, the harrison would give him more subtleties in character.

I'm just saying . . . Grab the harrison if you want another EQ, and look for something like Precision Maximizer instead of 2 EQ's. Or wait and get FATSO or maybe something Valley People Based. Err, if you have a UAD-1 card, I wouldn't get FATSO, I'm sure that'll take 80% of 1 UAD-1 card.

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

Get them both.
The Helios has its own flavor and so does the Harrison.
The Helios shines on reggae bass.

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by larrygates

Check out DDMF EQII.

**** DDMF-The home of Equalizers-DDMF ****

Word larry thanks for the heads up. just downloaded it sounds pretty good

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by terrytee

**** DDMF-The home of Equalizers-DDMF ****

Word larry thanks for the heads up. just downloaded it sounds pretty good

No Mac?

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

They claim that it was modeled from Bruce Swediens personal desk,hence the Viking logo on the right.

Word on the street is Swedien sent UA a cherry channel to model.

From his desk even.

[larrygates]

Haven't used a Mac in about 2 years.

Haven't had hit in a little longer than that!

Maybe I need to go back to Macs?

Originally Posted by s.d.finley

No Mac?

[rickrock305]

so whats all this talk of Valley People and FATSO coming to UAD?

And how could they do the FATSO before the Distressor? i guess it fills a niche whereas there are already lots of comps out there.

anyone got some info on this?

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by larrygates

Haven't used a Mac in about 2 years.

Haven't had hit in a little longer than that!

Maybe I need to go back to Macs?

Not you Larry! Those EQ guys. The freeware one doesnt have a mac version

But the paid version does!


Maybe I'll demo

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by s.d.finley

Not you Larry! Those EQ guys. The freeware one doesnt have a mac version

But the paid version does!


Maybe I'll demo

The cost is only a paypal donation. I think am right in saying the smallest donation is 60-cents and you should still get the full version. The Demo won't store setting changes after you quit. I have downloaded the HEQ PRO for my mac and after demoing it made a $7 donation (money well spent). Haven't tried any of the others yet but i can say that the HEQ PRO audio unit is worth a look at.

[larrygates]

Do you guys realize what the SCARY part is about this little side bar we're having.

How in the FcuK can FreeWare DonationWare plugins even be in the same conversation as UAD-1 / UAD-2 plugins?

Only one of 2 things, we have no idea what we're talking about and our Ears SUCK!

Or, maybe native code is just getting that good, and people (programmers / engineers) are turning the curve going about 120 MPH / 193.12 KPH.

Also, if none of you guys have tried or no about some of the New Nebula 3 EQ's (Doc Fear esp), I dare say it puts pretty much any Passive EQ emulation to shame that I've ever touched. I have the Pultec UAD too.

Also, on the front of that platform, (MAC people too esp Snow Leopard) is that effectively with Nebula 4 they claimed to have solved the bulk of "Instant Compression" which is a BIG part of what we're missing ITB compression / distortion wise. But seriously, if you spend 3 minutes to learn DDMF, trust me that 3 days of learing "REALLY" how to use Nebula 3 / 4 when it comes will be Dangerous.

Not to mention any PC people, Maybe Mac too, who have Nvidia cards with CUDA capability, this would effectively mean that Nebula 3 would right now be it's own UAD type platform. Meaning your Video Card (Nvidia Only) that has 1GB of DDR3 RAM a processor that's pretty much 90x Faster than your ACTUAL computer will be your CARD that you process Nebula on.

About Snow leopard this is supposed to be baked into the OS. Meaning, for almost ALL audio people who use about 0% of their video card during work, will have some RIDICULOUS power at their disposal.

Just a thought. Err Heads Up I mean

Originally Posted by terrytee

The cost is only a paypal donation. I think am right in saying the smallest donation is 60-cents and you should still get the full version. The Demo won't store setting changes after you quit. I have downloaded the HEQ PRO for my mac and after demoing it made a $7 donation (money well spent). Haven't tried any of the others yet but i can say that the HEQ PRO audio unit is worth a look at.

[Franco]

Originally Posted by s.d.finley

Word on the street is Swedien sent UA a cherry channel to model.

From his desk even.

I think I saw that on the video that UA put up (the one where Swedien went "oh, that's you?" when they were A/Bing the plug against the real thing), they mentioned Mr. Swedien let them model his favorite strip's EQ from his console.

[kincept]

how does it sound compared to the waves eq plugin?

[computa]

Originally Posted by kincept

how does it sound compared to the waves eq plugin?

which waves eq plug-in?

[adl]

Can´t compare it to Waves as i don´t own any Wave plugin, but i just bought the Harrison

I really like how fast i can dial in some amount which just sounds good (really like the mids and upper mids...and even the highs!). It´s nice to have sweepable frequenzy (compared to the Neves) and the low / high cut filters are a nice addition to help getting a sound to fit well in the mix.

I am just not sure if i would have payed 250$. I had the 50$ UAGIFT Bonus and some voucher from crossgrading to UAD2, so i actually paid nothing

Conclusion:
It gives me a musical sounding yet clean EQ which i did not had so far. Also the Neves tend to sound nasal sometimes, the Harrison does not.

More oppinions are welcome

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by larrygates

Do you guys realize what the SCARY part is about this little side bar we're having.

How in the FcuK can FreeWare DonationWare plugins even be in the same conversation as UAD-1 / UAD-2 plugins?

No, it isnt surprising since YOU brought the subject up. No one else mentioned them until you did. Then you think its surprising that we are discussing them?

Concerning waves plugz.... I have never liked them, well maybe 8 years ago they were kinda cutting edge. I have demo'ed the api, ssl. While they look kewl, I wasnt impressed.
When I A/B'ed the waves bus comp vs the UAD bus comp, and the UAD was the winner ez. More punch. However, the SSL eqs were very interesting and I found more use from that than anything else.

YMMV

[andyvai]

harrison sounds trully amazing to my ears!its a must have,its not harsh and its almost identical to the sound of the old desks,do a favor to yourselfs and get it.

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by andyvai

harrison sounds trully amazing to my ears!its a must have,its not harsh and its almost identical to the sound of the old desks,do a favor to yourselfs and get it.

thumbsupthumbsupthumbsup

[janjaal]

ya man, this iz deadly, soundz so cool.. never tried the harrison console, but:
i was very interested in nomadfactory eqz, well they look cool, so i tried them all, but they never sounded good, but i could feel that the company had a goal that they never approached...
i think this eq iz what nomad factory had in mind to make...

[idlabs]

So I just got this up and running and as an initial impression: I'm loving it! Very smooth and clean. Really just what I needed. The filters alone make it a must have. Oh well, another 250 out the window I guess. So worth it though. I freakin' love UA.

[MarsBot]

The Harrison EQ is probably UAD's best-sounding EQ so far IMHO and I have them all. It has the type of presence and thickness that works like a tape emulation plugin. Just puttting it on a track with no boost or cut will make the track sound less "digital" and more present in a very pleasant way. Some guy over at the UAD forums posted some comparison clips:

UAD Forums • View topic - Harrison Sample w/EZ Drummer Drums

This is pretty subtle, but it's basically what I'm hearing with everything I put it on. And the coloring effect becomes more pronounced if you actually apply some EQ.

This is the best software EQ I've ever used in terms of QUICKLY getting a sound on an instrument. Of course it doesn't work on everything and other UAD EQs work better with certain sources. This is definitely not "just another EQ" and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you try the demo.

[Agzilla]

I just got this EQ after demoing it and using it on a remix i'm working on, i realised i'd miss it too much after the demo period so i bit the bullet whilst i had that coupon...

UAD certainly know how to play the consumer, but fortunately they also know how to code some outstanding plugins..

This EQ is dope... easy to get a sound and sits just lovely in the mix...



Zz.

[camerondye]

The Harrison is very nice, especially nice on drums.
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