First off I have to say that sonically I find the UA plug in's to be amazing.
However, using PT 6.9.2 or 7.1 on a dual 1.25 with 1 UA card, I'm being completely frustrated with latency issues. Yes, I can use the delay comp plug in on all NON UA channels but of course, using PT's automatic delay compensation for all OTHER plug in latency creates a math problem the likes of which is simply untenable and totally un-intuitive in the context of a large mix. Just try using a few UA plugs on various channels of a drum kit for example, group them all in to a St. Aux return and put say, a Fairchild across the drum group. And have PT compensation on. Go ahead, YOU do the math. It's totally insane.
End result is I'm using WAY less UA gear than I would like because insanity is impending!
Also, I'm having all kinds of trouble in panther/6.9.2 with various UA plug's not working in Stereo, especially the Precision Limiter and yes, I've done the fixes suggested in this forum to no avail.
Another bitch!
I have thought a way around all this is to simply break down and buy TDM versions such as they exist.
However, the DSP usage is very high. When I look at charts of the URS plug in's, they often get up to 500% MORE efficiency with chip usage than the TDM UA plugs.
All's I'm saying is I'm damn well bummed out because I LOVE this gear.
But, at this point my frustration is coming to a head and I'm thinking of investing elsewhere down the road for all these reasons.
I suppose the vst-rtas conversion will eventually fix the \"only one channel\" working with different plug's but when I look at the madness of latency, the inefficiency of DSP usage on the accel card, I'm about to say to hell with it.
What a drag.
If anyone out there can suggest anything to enlighten me, fixes or alternatives I would appreciate it.
Otherwise, this is purely a rant and a very disappointed one at that.
mftorso
However, using PT 6.9.2 or 7.1 on a dual 1.25 with 1 UA card, I'm being completely frustrated with latency issues. Yes, I can use the delay comp plug in on all NON UA channels but of course, using PT's automatic delay compensation for all OTHER plug in latency creates a math problem the likes of which is simply untenable and totally un-intuitive in the context of a large mix. Just try using a few UA plugs on various channels of a drum kit for example, group them all in to a St. Aux return and put say, a Fairchild across the drum group. And have PT compensation on. Go ahead, YOU do the math. It's totally insane.
End result is I'm using WAY less UA gear than I would like because insanity is impending!
Also, I'm having all kinds of trouble in panther/6.9.2 with various UA plug's not working in Stereo, especially the Precision Limiter and yes, I've done the fixes suggested in this forum to no avail.
Another bitch!
I have thought a way around all this is to simply break down and buy TDM versions such as they exist.
However, the DSP usage is very high. When I look at charts of the URS plug in's, they often get up to 500% MORE efficiency with chip usage than the TDM UA plugs.
All's I'm saying is I'm damn well bummed out because I LOVE this gear.
But, at this point my frustration is coming to a head and I'm thinking of investing elsewhere down the road for all these reasons.
I suppose the vst-rtas conversion will eventually fix the \"only one channel\" working with different plug's but when I look at the madness of latency, the inefficiency of DSP usage on the accel card, I'm about to say to hell with it.
What a drag.
If anyone out there can suggest anything to enlighten me, fixes or alternatives I would appreciate it.
Otherwise, this is purely a rant and a very disappointed one at that.
mftorso