UAD-2 PCIe DSP Accelerator Cards

I'd prefer have a satelitte, but i'm on pc, so i've buy the pci.
No installation problems.
I was looking for external good vst plugs to "boost" the sound, for production and mastering, coupled with a RME UFX and PC (I7 2600k + 2 x SSD 128 Go + 16Go ram DDR3 1280 + Asus sabertooth P67 B3)
Gain is not really direct as i thought and i have to search the right settings. I'm on, I'm not sound ingenior, just passionate for a long time.
but I find the uad plugs very pleasant and convenient to use.
I will taste all the demo plugs this summer, preparing an electronic live for september for Burning Man, yeah!
Best regards!

I have used UAD cards since the beginning and when the UAD 2 QUAD card came out I had to have it! Especially with UA's latest NEVE plug in additions! The QUAD2 runs an insane amount of DSP. When I received mine, I tested it out on my next mixing session where I ran 28 channels of NEVE88, 2-DREAM VERB, 2-PLATE 140, 4- PRECISION BUSS comp, PRECISION MULTIBAND,EQ and Limiter without a glitch.

What I would like to see from UA is a product in which you can take your PCI and PCIe cards and rack them into a portable chassis so when technology changes their "standard" again you can still use UA products. If this isn't an option, I would like to see if UA could do an "upgrade" hardware solution for all their registered and loyal customers.

My only complaint is that I don't have another UAD-2 QUAD card!!


Mr.Sawbladehead

I love this fine plugins. In my studio i need for every production a lot of plugins (Native, Scope,..) but the UAD Plugs are the best sounding for me.

regards
Peter

Best money I ever spent !As a matter of fact UAD2 cards are so great that I bought myself a second one! With two UAD2 DUO cards you can be sure that you can handle any mixing task no matter how hard that is! Plug in emulations are F*** great and it really makes you mixes come to life ! The UAD plugs are actually the only plugins that I`m using...there are in every single track that I`m working! Love them all from Manley to Cambridge EQ, fromLA2A to Fatso, it`s a long list.... and plenty to choose from !
the only reason that I don`t give 5 stars in this review is because the plugins are bit pricy :)....keep the prices down UA !

I got a UAD-2 quad card with a 6176 promo, this was a major update for my home studio. Installation was very easy, and documentation is good and clear. Plug-in sounds really good and all this DSP helps to playback my mix really smooth.

Great plugins, great sound, transparent and easy to use!

I've been a UAD user for a pretty long time. When the UAD 1 card was the "in thing" I needed to have 2 of them because I just couldn't get enough of these plugins. Now that the UAD 2 has come about, not only do I have more power, but the plugins that are designed for the UAD 2 have been awesome weapons for my arsenal.

On the various websites I frequent, there has been some talk of the UAD cards and the processors that can be used with them. Quite a few guys were skeptical but after a few posts from me praising this stuff, they decided to try it for themselves. I even told one guy "if you don't like it, I'll buy the card from you."

Of course he and everyone else that purchased UAD plugs have been totally happy. I feel that this card as well as select plugins should be in the tool box of every engineer that would at least consider themselves middle of the road or pro. The reason being, these are serious plugins that make a difference. Though they are easy to operate and some of the presets are great starting points, I believe beginners would be a bit intimidated by some of these plugins. For the semi pro to the pro user, nothing else on the market that I have tried, compares to the power, grace and complete processing that is UAD.

Though I own just about all the UAD plugs, there are a few that just stand out to me that need to be recognized. The Precision Bus compressor as well as the multiband limiter are some of the best in the business. The multiband is state of the art, and nothing made available today that I have tried, compares to this. Easy to use, powerful, yet very transparent. The Studer 800 is the only plugin in the world that has managed to get the sound of analog saturation down. Don't even procrastinate on these "Warmers" and other plugs out from other companies. Digital distortion is what you will get from them. The NEVE bundle is also mandatory. The compressor, EQ and channel strip are just necessities. Add in the controllable Fatso and the incredible EMT 250 reverb, and your processing tool box is now complete.

In my opinion, UAD doesn't need to brag about what they have here. All they need to do is let you try it for yourself and the plugs will do the talking for them. This card as well as the plugs that go with it are without a doubt, the best solutions to hardware in today's "in the box" DAW world. One other thing of note here that is equally important is, UAD doesn't make itself out to be this huge company that doesn't have the time for its customers. Their tech support is friendly, quick, accurate and incredibly accessable. They actually pick up the phone! The old saying of "after the sale it's the service that counts" is so true with this company. When you want the best sounds, the best processing and the best tech support, look no further than UAD!

Uad plugins are almost the first to reach when it goes for plugins. Also on a side note I have realized over the last few years that I never really feel that I need to do analog summing anymore. Thats how real these plugins are to me! Thanks UA for giving me a change to have the sounds I always wanted and to discover new ones as well.

I'm using my UAD-2 Solo for almost 3 years, never had a single issue with it!
I do mostly rock/metal productions and I find hard to overload it on regular sized projects (30 to 40 channels at 44.1)
I love it!

The UAD2 is simply excellent. each time I buy a new plug I am stunned, never disappointed. At this time I never had overdriven the DSP power and I think you wont need more power until you do symphonic-like projects.

A must have in my DAW

Great DSP card that will give me the virutal studio I always wanted to have. By using this in conjunction with Pro Tools HD Native system, I will be able to switch between a virtual 36 channel SSL and Neve system. In other words the best of all words.
The only thing I am missing now is more channel strip modulations.

Finally, we now can say: It sounds like the real thing!!! Mixing with UAD-2 brings you that solid vintage sound with the felxibility of the digital world!!! Specially love the 1176LN, LA2A and the Neve 88RS...

Jeff Grenier
Musician-producer
Montreal, Canada

www.studiomonocube.com
www.jeffgrenier.com

The uad-solo laptop can also be used in your desktop system. Just check out your local computer hardware dealers expresscard readers and ask at uad's customer support for the compatibility before you buy the product! Worked great for me!!

The UAD-2 Quad provides me with all the tools i need to make my tracks pop!

Great analog hardware emulations, true to the originals! Using it all the time troughout my tracks from sculpting my individual sounds to mixing and finally mastering.
It's being used for my classical / acoustic recordings such as choirs, piano, violin etc. as well as creating my own electronic music from deep house to techno. It gives all my recordings the warmth and depth I was allways aiming for and looking forward to using the system live on stage with the new UAD-2 Sattelite system, can't wait for that!
Thanks Universal Audio!

I believe that the products Universal Audio is a kind of a unique offer to get more vivid, rich and warm sound mix in the DAW. I was able to compare FATSO â„¢ Jr. / Sr. Analog Tape Simulator & Compressor Plug-in with its original iron, and the result shocked me. After this experimentation is no any doubt that there was a huge work. I would like to further artistic and technical achievements this team.

Regards Serg.

generally i really like your products. i think your products excellent.
everything im writing here come with deep concern to the future of your company since i honestley think your company is the audio software crown jewl in so many aspects.

generally, music/recording/mixing is just a hobby for me (30 years some hobby...)
as u can see i spent lot of money on your cards + plugins + just bought a quad.

but.... i begin to wonder if it was a good decision.
the cards are very expensive + the plugins as well. now days computer/hardware got stronger, market flooded with very good plugins. decision much harder now.

it is my opinion UA have to cut the prices of one of the two : cards or plugins.

my job in "real" life is a manager for software/hardware company. i know the price for planing, testing + manufacturing and distrabuting cards and the price on the cards are expropriated.

so my first wish.. lower prices for cards.

my favorites plugins : 1) lexicon 2) manley 3) fatso.

my wish list (order by priority) :

1) dynamic eq like glissEq (where u can see the waveform structure and changes)
can be expantion to cambridge

2) more presets, please! a function within your website to exchange preserts. naming preset with what they good for, not meaningless name

3) more mastering tools.

ido.

Hy

you make it possible for a small budget, to make big Sound!

Thx

Hannes

I am very satisfied and I have 2 cards.I miss even a Guitar Rig + Guitar head and speaker.

i own Pultec Pro, cambridge eq, pres de-esser, emt 250 n 140, n others uad lets my mixed warmer punchier, i mostly using on vokal club track boost on chest frequency it real silk with other emulation plug in i found thus not natural sound color such uad2 pro pultec, cambridge Eq ilove this one when i do cut frequency n boost in super-hi frequency it sound clear clean n crispy. Press de-esser is offen used this one to removed sibillant such as vocal, guitar, and cymbal, even hi hat sometimes. emt 250 making my space getting bigger and more natural its glueing most my vocal into mixed, its great dark reveberation plate, echo and other chorus stuff are great also. emt 140, when it need bright natural reveberant plate i used this one, great to brighten my space. LA2A most of all i used this one to limit or compress vocal bass or does even colloring individual club track,mostly on guitar recording used much of this one 1176 this are coloring compressor, sometimes i used this for my drum buss compressor, the bleed of drum colorful, great indeed, on recording i pass trough 1176 to compress vocal n bass n accoustic guitar also.
in conclusion uad 2 has great characther that the real the color of tone compare to the real one, before i decide to bought uad2 i did lil secondary - primary research, study from expert review, forum, user, n get ride uad 2 for instant, at first i dont expect much as it said on review n forum, but more than that, uad 2 n all emulation are great, real warm, real silk smooth sound, n uad change everything in digital recording world, makin perfect great quality n cheaper in production, with the real one i to have spend tons of money, with uad 2 it save much of bucks.. i dont know what else to say. thx uad2 u make my life getting better.
regard
edho virdiyan
mixing engineer
(Indonesia)