UAD-2 PCIe DSP Accelerator Cards

As an engineer with many years of analog recording and mixing experience, I have to say that UAD plugins have gone a long way to helping achieve satisfaction from recording and mixing digitally.
Emulations of hardware I am experienced with using have proved to sound familiar and behave as expected when added to a signal path. In this respect I can mention the 1176, LA2A, Neve 1081 and EMT140 amongst others.
Other emulations of hardware that I have not been fortunate enough to use in the analog domain have also proved extremely satisfying and useful. A few would be the Neve 33609 which I am very fond of as a buss comp, the Helios EQ and the Fatso plugins.
As a recordist I try as much as possible to print sounds that are close to what I envision as the final result. When I mix I find a little processing goes a long way. UAD plugins are versatile and I have found that I can get a lot of benefit from subtle use. They affect the sound in a positive way when used very gently, yet can be pushed to extremes if necessary.
My only real complaint is the cost of the newly released plugins, which seems to be ever-rising. This is the only reason I do not own more emulations than I do presently. On the other hand, UA has frequent promotions and sales, they just don't always coincide with my ability to take advantage!
I have no hesitation in recommending UAD for anyone looking for top quality ITB processing. They never let me down.

I had not too much time in the last month, but I was surprised about the good service

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The plugins are very good you can reach the best results if you use them
I had also not red any bad testing of any plugin in the music magazines.

Thank You

A Dream come true for me, I always wanted UAd hardware versions but with the economy its tuff. The Solo Card is Super stable and easy to install. Excellent processing power for bedroom studios. The UAD control panel is awesome! looking to purchase my second Solo card for my studio! Thanks UAD

This makes a difference in my sound.
Completely indispensable in mastering

Good utilitarian card that offers me flexibility when editing. The virtual instruments are just terrific! Recommend to anyone.

Hello
I am very happy with production UAD. I use plug-ins in the projects much. I am very glad that in difference from other companies (for example SSL Duende, TC PowerCore I too have them) continues release of plug-ins on DSP. It is Always pleasant to know that you have very qualitative and protected plug-ins. Plug-ins UAD very much differ from other manufacturers especially emulation plug-ins.
I work on Samplitude 11. Soon will appear 12 version with support 64 bit (I use Win7 / 64) It would be desirable, that UAD has updated plug-ins for 64 bits.
It would be desirable, that some plug-ins have changed the kind (they inconveniently small) for example LA-3A, DBX160...
UAD from other firms differs qualitative technical support.
Thanks for qualitative production.

best regards,
Stepan

Best plug-ins i've ever used. Makes my work flow super smooth. Thanks!

Hi!

I have 4 uad-cards. And I wish that I could have 4 more. I love that just by add a uad plug-in on a track. That track is going to sound better, even that you have done anything.

Thanks for a great product.
Daniel Lindblom
Sweden

Love it! Very well done guys. But we gotta get to 64-bit soon. I know that's a big programming deal, but seems like we're all headed there eventually, so why not soon? Thanks for making such great products!

Plenty of quality and processing power, even for surround mixes.

this is probably the best sounding DSP hardware/software combination period!

My Quad is great! One of the most important pieces of kit in the studio.
Even though it is completely digital at its heart it adds the most organic and emotional
input to all my mixes.

Pricing for the plugins used to be more compelling and I've slowed down a lot on buying new ones due to price but I can't fault them for quality..

Thanks for a great product but if the prices could top out at $250 then I'd be buying may more of them.

Bonjour

Que du bonheur,

Un seul regret pour nos petits budgets, pourquoi ne pas faire des facilités en 3 fois par exemple, ou location vente ?

Regardez mon compte j'en ai pas mal mais il m'en manque encore.

Merci de prendre ma demande en considération.

Cordialement de France

Daniel

I like it!!!! The Best! The best thing you can have for the money! The quality is perfect! Recently bought a plug-in Lexicon! My job has changed completely!

I just HAD to jump onto the UAD platform. When compairing my mixes to others that I knew used UAD, there was this silent magic I wasn't quite managing to conjur. Simple reason, UAD is king for of DSP.

The UAD-2 Duo is not powerful enough to justify its cost. Like everything else at Universal Audio, it is over priced. Fortunately, I didn't have to purchase it - it came free with my LA-610 MkII, which is also over priced (like all Universal Audio Products). Getting the combination for just the price of the LA-610 MkII amounted to a reasonable purchase so I would recommend only buying these products when there is a comparable sale. Also, the UAD-2 Duo will prove frustrating due to its lack of power (I can't image what a one-processor version would be like let alone the original UAD-1!!). Wait until the Quad version is offered free with another product you're interested in before purchasing. Unfortunately, the plugins are also very expensive so you're committing to a pretty expensive endeavor. As for the performance of the plugins, they are generally good. You can find most of them in less expensive versions from other companies however that are just as good. UA's unique ones are where the value is (Cooper, Massive Passive...) so if you get a Quad for free and stick with those, it can be a reasonable investment.

Fantastic! Simply stunning quality and work flow with the wonderful plugins UA provides.

My UAD-2 system is integral to all my mix and mastering sessions. Since moving to a UAD-2 Quad from my earlier multi-card UAD-1 system, everything has functioned much smoother and more efficiently. While I have quite a few of the plugins, a few stand out for me for their sound quality and usefulness. The Precision Limiter is strapped across all my post-production mixes and music masters. It is far more transparent than the Waves limiters I used previously, and the K-System metering offers excellent and meaningful visual feedback. I frequently use the PL in bypass mode just for the meters. The EMT 140 plate reverb is my most-used plugin verb. I have compared it against my Lexicon 300, and the plugin loses nothing in terms of depth, richness and smooth decays. The Cooper Time Cube is my favorite short delay, plugin or otherwise. It has an intuitive interface that responds as one would expect, and somehow everything that this plugin touches takes on a bigness that is hard to describe. I've found the slight warming vibe of the LA-2A particularly useful on sources that have digital harshness or edginess, such as sampled strings. The dbx 160 is the baddest plugin compressor for aggressive bass. And the Transient Designer wears many caps in my work. I frequently call on it to provide ambience reduction in post work, while also using it for extreme drum envelope shaping in music mixes. While I have a zillion plugins from many providers, all in all I'd say my UAD-2 suite is most responsible for shaping "my sound."

Great card for the price! Plugs are very usefull, could't live without it:.!

the best models I've heard mostly helios Harrison and my favorite that I will soon buy
When the reverb a pure joy (as soon as purchase)