UAD plug-ins are fantastic - but they are not as good as they could be. There is no reason why their vintage sound can't be combined with the most modern plug-in implementation. There is a growing list of improvements from this forum section that we need to lobby hard to get UAD to implement. I particularly like suggestion made by Hoenerbr in the current AES thread:
'I'd like to see 2 Modes of UI's on the plugs, 1 Classic view where the plug is exactly like the hardware and 1 where its modernized with advanced metering, Mix controls, double click to reset a control value and on, and on!'
Some ( not all ) of the others I have skimmed from the forum include:
UAD-2
- Side chaining to be implemented across all compressors, or any other devices for which it makes sense.
- 'Multi-mono' versions of plugins that can be independently controlled for placement on stereo channels.
- Midi implementation
- Selectable Not-See-Plugins-I-Haven't-Purchased
- Control Surface Support
- Notify WHICH plugins are disabled
- A/B plugin settings swap for all plugins
- See all values for all knobs for all plugins on knob focus
- Generic parameter list window mode for all plugins
APOLLO
- Pre Fader Sends in Console
- Midi implementation
- Save Channel Label Strips with Session
- The ability to import and export plugin settings between apollo console and DAW
- Individual channel recall on console
Matt, is there a way that we can have sticky thread in 'Want and Wishes' to list all the requests and possibly allow people to vote for them, so as to present UAD with some summary data about which improvements are most important to this community?
I know I'm not alone in having invested many thousands of dollars, and many thousands of hours chasing audio excellence with UAD's products. We have to make it clear that we require UAD to deliver best of breed functionality along with their authentic sonic emulations.
What say you?
'I'd like to see 2 Modes of UI's on the plugs, 1 Classic view where the plug is exactly like the hardware and 1 where its modernized with advanced metering, Mix controls, double click to reset a control value and on, and on!'
Some ( not all ) of the others I have skimmed from the forum include:
UAD-2
- Side chaining to be implemented across all compressors, or any other devices for which it makes sense.
- 'Multi-mono' versions of plugins that can be independently controlled for placement on stereo channels.
- Midi implementation
- Selectable Not-See-Plugins-I-Haven't-Purchased
- Control Surface Support
- Notify WHICH plugins are disabled
- A/B plugin settings swap for all plugins
- See all values for all knobs for all plugins on knob focus
- Generic parameter list window mode for all plugins
APOLLO
- Pre Fader Sends in Console
- Midi implementation
- Save Channel Label Strips with Session
- The ability to import and export plugin settings between apollo console and DAW
- Individual channel recall on console
Matt, is there a way that we can have sticky thread in 'Want and Wishes' to list all the requests and possibly allow people to vote for them, so as to present UAD with some summary data about which improvements are most important to this community?
I know I'm not alone in having invested many thousands of dollars, and many thousands of hours chasing audio excellence with UAD's products. We have to make it clear that we require UAD to deliver best of breed functionality along with their authentic sonic emulations.
What say you?