Finally got some time with the VMR today. My thoughts are that it is a very nice suite of plugins. The SSL/FG-S sounds great, but the Neve/FG-N doesn't really match up too well to the UAD MkII 1073 (nor should it, since the VMR "Neve" isn't really based on anything in the 'real world'.) Same goes for their 401. It's nice, but I'm not sure exactly what it is that I'm hearing in the 3-6k range that isn't pleasing. Nothing that couldn't be tamed by chaining another EQ after it. The "116" (1176 module) is nice and reminds me of the hardware.
All in all, I'm impressed with their quality, and I feel like they could be a nice compliment to UAD's products. I didn't find anything with the VMR that I couldn't do with UAD, though; nor did I find anything that made me want to use VMR instead of UAD, if that makes sense. I do feel like they work well together, especially on projects where UAD instances/DSP might be scarce already.
In regards to other Native offerings, I will say that VMR sounds a lot better to me than IK's counterparts or Waves. Slate definitely has produced the best sounding Native suite that I've heard in these flavors.
really ? you dont think fg-s is just as good as uad 1073 pre eq collection .
i really wanted the ua 1073 to be better specially with the black friday deals but it is not ,
i tried to make a better sound with the uad 1073 vs fg-n on a vocal track and let me say
they are so close that i dident hear a clear difference , i really dont think i heard a difference at all, you cant set both on the exakt settings though,
i mean you have to boost a little more on the fg-n to get the same sound on same frequensys
for the first ua 1073 reacts a little faster than fg-n and is a coupple db`s louder so those db`s almost fooled me to think ua`s 1073 was better,
but as soon as i used my ears and level matched them i got exactly the same beatiful sound ,
i really wanted the ua 1073 for a long time but must say that if you isen`t gonna use this with unison,
for me the fg-n is the clear vinner,
and it uses so little cpu its insane .
but if you have one of the apollo`s i would go for the ua`s 1073
if you guys dont belive me . trye VMR youre self , level match te 1073`s and be prepared to not belive what you hear
and as a bonus the fg-n has a extra mid band + you dont have stepped frequensyes( the orginal frquensys are clearly marked on fg-n) that makes it alot more useful 1073 than the ua one
But im not saying anything wrong aboth the sound in ua`s 1073, because it was the first itb eq that really made me go wow , but its eats just to much power for me
yeah i love slate digital
but i love UAD just as mutch if not more
so i`m not a fanboy , i just want you to be able to run as many 1073`s as i want
and use more of my dsp for other goodys uad plugins
i still love my mk2`s( have all mk2`s exept 1073 ) still love ocean waves, emt 250 , emt 140 ,lexicon 224 , and harrison eq , that harrison is really not bad
so on this Christmas sale i think i possibly go for the manley massive passive ( that one is going on the master ) , i think its better than the NI one and i just hate NI activations lol
i also have more ua plugins and one that i hope get a mk2 soon is the neve 88rs
HAVE A NICE DAY ( sorry for bad English )
i don`t mind if anyone could prove me wrong aboat the 1073 tough