Space Echo Sounds Good

[baronluigi]

Well just trying the demo on a few tracks and I must say the space echo sounds good, it definately has the tape delay sound.


I own a fulltone tube tape echo and an older echo plex both of which are tube based tape delays. I put telefunken's in the fulltone and that sounds killer.


The Space Echo captures some of that \"magic\" I am very impressed so far.

 

[mightymike]

Just bought it and ready to test, but had the usual UA website of problem of authourising the plugin for the wrong group (I have 2 UA groups). So have to wait til they change it for me. Demo sounds great on website though!

mm

 

[Ninja]

I must admit that the RE-201 demo in the webzine didn't impress me very much, but I've spent the last couple of hours testing the plugin itself and I'm very impressed... This is without doubt my new \"go to\" plugin for delay.

 

[knave]

Well I've been eagerly awaiting this plug and for the first time since I got my UAD-1 I've experienced issues.
Here's what happened;

I've just tried to upgrade from 3.9 to 4.2. (Running Sonar PE 5.01)
I uninstalled the previous version before begining to resolve any conflicts due to DX support having been stopped.
It installed fine however when Sonar started and the VST configuration began it crashed.
I tried several times and each time the VST wrapper crashed.
I suspected the RE-201 so I removed it's DLL from the plugins folder and ran the VST wrapper again.
This time it installed fine. I checked and all the plug-ins seemed to be working fine.
So I restored the RE-201.dll and ran the wrapper again. Again it failed and the wrapper crashed.
So I've had to delete the .dll again.

I haven't started the demo period for the RE-201 yet as I am waiting until the system is stable so that I get the full 14 days. The suspense is killing me...

(I've emailed UA customer support about this issue)

Anybody got the RE-201 running with SPE 5.01? Any issues? Did you have t start the demo before the wrapper worked?

Dave

 

[2re]

It did make my VST wrapper crash aswell, but only once. Working fine now. But the problem from OS 4.1 where the UAD-1 CPU is maxed out at 66-68% is still there. I might revert to 4.0 where this was no problem. Too bad I can't use the Precision Multiband with that. :x

 

[Big Harpe]

Sorry fellers, me no buy again. I can get the same and even better results from other plugins and my DSP Factory cards. The DS2416 has an 'Echo' that is extremely flexible and can even achieve from grungy Echo to clean delays. I can't justify buying the RE-201.

Now, UA - Please listen to your customers. We want a Tape Sim please. And a Nigel update. Echos, delays, chorus units, although of excellent quality, are effects that wash out in the mix. Even a cheap delay used correctly will sound decent in the mix. The RE-201 isn't even a clean echo and is supposed to sound great. So what sounds better, a clean emulation of a dirty piece of equipment or a dirty emulation of a clean piece of equipment? When the real RE-201 was made I doubt very highly that they were trying to make a grungy-sounding echo that would go down in history for its dirty sound. If it came out clean it wouldn’t be a classic. So what's wrong with the Trem-Mod-Echo component in Nigel? That works well as an Echo too. I don't mean to bash, but this stuff is getting more and more expensive, and like I said earlier in this rant, I can get the same effect out of other sources for free. Nigel 2.0

Harpe Out!

 

[dnr]

Wow! quite a processor hit....a third of the total DSP processing power plus a hit on my computer's processor too. I have to turn the RE-201 on and off a few times to get this to stabilise. I'm not sure that I could justify buying this when it will cut down the other plugins that I can run on a track. Especially as I own PSP 42 & 84 which run with a very low CPU hit.
Sorry!

 

[Tony Ostinato]

I'd like to see some mp3's or wavs posted of comparable plugins to illustrate some of these comparisons, like in regeneration timbre etc. now that we have the demo it would be an excellent chance for some analog delay shootouts.

 

[Ericcc]

I can get the same effect out of other sources for free.
Harpe Out!

No you can't.... and if you really think you can, then let us hear it. Otherwise it is just a bash statement.

 

[Eric Dahlberg]

Now, UA - Please listen to your customers. We want a Tape Sim please. And a Nigel update.

hmm, they must have been listening to me alone then when they released this tape echo. That's right, fellas, you're looking at the magic portal to all your plug-in fantasies right here, queue up & I'll consider passing your wishes on to my big time UA buddies. Now please excuse me while I go request a virtual hula girl plug-in. Aloha!

 

[Agent Cooper]

Will she make a decent capuccino without any delay ?
Cheers, Cooper

 

[Herbesh]

Love it, bought it!

This is just my opinion, not a fact.

 

[Dragonsf]

I'm having problem with the 'Splice' switch. It always jumps back to off.
Only with ableton in the automation view is a setting possible. Any ideas about that?

 

[Tony Ostinato]

Normally, the splice on the tape loop comes around at regular in-tervals.
This interval varies, and is determined by the selected Re-peat
Rate. Depending on what Tape Quality is selected, the splice
can be subtle or obvious, and can work as a catalyst for chaos es-pecially
when the RE-201 is in a state of self-oscillation.
This switch resets the location of the tape “splice” when the switch is actuated.
It is a momentary switch that pops back into the off position immediately after
it is activated, allowing the user to trigger the splice point at will.
Note that the splice effect isn't immediate. It drops the splice at the write head,
and it needs time to go over the read heads (at which point there will be a
dropout), and then the tape capstan (where it will create some wow and flut-ter).

 

[Dragonsf]

Naruhodo! (thanks, now I see).

 

[tapeop]

well, i have an re-301 and this thing sounds really close to the real thing.
the self-oscilation is quite impressive for a plugin, listen it for 2 hours today.
ua could implement a button for the lovely turn-it-on-tape-engine-running sound of the thing... it's stupid, but fun!
7 thumbs up

now i'm gonna kill a whore or something to buy the damn thing.
cheers

 

[baronluigi]

Yeah this think is awsome, the more I listen to it the more I can here how amazing it is! I just don't hear enough tape hiss on the dirty tape setting (lol) and don't miss it either.


You have to remember to place it in the correct signal path.


I did a strat>Marshall Super Lead (clean)>Marshall 4X12 Heritage Celestions>NeumanTLM103>Universal Audio 610 mic pre

then UAD-1 1176, RE-201,and a little LA-2A (limiter) and was totally blown away when comparing to real hardware tape delays (placed between guitar and amp).

BTW love the new K Metering on the Plim too!

 

[sj_digriz]

I don't need a killer setup to tell how great it sounds.

Strat -> Soul-Bender -> DI -> 1176 -> 201

It freakin kicks ass.

 

[olafmol]

a friend of mine did a quick demo of the RE-201... it can be found here:

http://www.expansions.nl/filez/UAD_RE201testje.mp3

(personally i don't feel the RE201 sounds so much better than the free arcdev delay plugins..)

 

[Tony Ostinato]

im eager to hear the side by side comparisons.