The UAD Black Friday bundle I believe averaged $100 per plug. I haven't checked many native counterparts, but the Sonnox Envolution is $231.72.
Best thing is to try the stuff out and see what you think. If you're working at 44 or 48, the UAD stuff is going to sound much different than it does when used at 88 or 96 due how most of em upsample to 192. The UAD SSL bus comp and 2500 are top notch but I didn't feel like I'd use them instead of the DFC, Distressor, or my native stuff. I felt the Brainworx consoles and the Neve DFC were better than the API Vision and the UAD SSL by a wide margin. Transatlantic Plate from Rare Signals is supposed to be the greatest plate plugin out there and I can't imagine the UAD plates are better. Overloud Tapedesk is a Studer A800 and sounds about 95% the same as the UAD Studer. To my ears, U-he Satin is a step up from the UAD ATR-102 for that Ampex sound. Helios-Some say it set a new standard in ITB analog modeled eq and saturation and I'd tend to agree. Not as fast as the Lex stuff, but can create a lot of space and dynamics. Very fast and sticks with aggressive music better than anything else I've tried.ĪMS RMX 16-If you like the samples just get it. Lex 224-Has a lot of what's good about the 480, but you can use a lot more of them. Also has some of the effects missing from the Relab. Lex 480-Couldn't tell you if it sounds more like the hardware than the Relab, but I think it sounds a lot better. Stereo width control is among the best out there.ġ176 Collection-These sound a lot more legit than anything else out there that claims to do this sound.ĭistressor-Very versatile and sounds basically identical to the hardware in the videos that are out there.
Using the gate, comp, and limiter aggressively can actually sound really good. I'd use it on all my tracks if I owned a stack of Octo satellites. Can make music sound like it has more conviction. Neve DFC-An exact clone of a very expensive desk used on tons of big budget movies. There's a youtube video where a guy sets it up this way. Ocean Way-Use this on an aux in remic mode with mainly pre-fader sends and it sounds like a real studio. UAD has some unique stuff that's the best out there, and then there's some things you don't absolutely have to buy. I just send him my polished-AF-vocals, and he does the rest but at some point, I want to own the whole chain for sure! It´s just, at the moment I need to focus on using money I basically already spent, and I will definitely look into more tools for my belt that are non UAD - let´s see if I ever need to mix anything other than vocals - I hope to, but that´s what my producer likes to do at the moment. Hahaha, I like that your passion got you carried away a bit! It ain’t uad tho so I guess I got off topic sorry Great on boxed vocals, drums, guitar, and makes them huge, somehow at times even wider than the soundstage your converters are naturally giving you it’s really crazy. Takes something like an old Oberhiem and makes it pure magic. Takes a mono synth and makes it larger than life. Not just another stupid sonic maximizer or stereo enhancer, no this is something special.
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Ampex mastering deck is a great glue plug and all the CLA stuff is killer for whipping up super quick client mixes that sound polished.Ī secret weapon of mine is the FREE isotope imager with stereioizer. Instead of my laundry list I submit my desert island UAD plug in a room of all the outboard you could want: the EMT plate Reverb. The last two on the list were the ones I would add if getting a second Octo card. If two, then I can use one as the main channel EQ's one a softube controller. I was organizing the list to make the higher priced ones be the picks. But I'm going for two Octo cards and this list: I went for a pick 6+2 (holiday purchase). The heavy CPU usage plugs are often the good sounding ones because they did a detailed component model. You will also want to look over the UAD instance chart for CPU usage. If you do get some basic tools like the 1176 and la2a with it, then you are free to pick say a 1073 EQ or SSL EQ. The card should some with some core plugs that include the 1176 and la2Aīut if not, that's the list I would pick. NEVE DFC or 88RS (EQ and dynamics) -any out there tired both? Since you can only pick three, I suggest this: