v4.0 User: Questions (& hoping to get up to speed soon)

[mark4man]

OK...

I'm using UAD-1 version 4.0 (the version just prior to UAD dumping DirectX support, I believe.)

2 Questions:

1) If I download the latest version (4.6, 4.7?)...will I get Precision Multiband as a free trial?

2) As much as everyone loaths presets (myself included)...WaveLab's multiband (MultiCompressor) has a preset (a real spoiler) entitled 'FM Radio', that is just tremendous. As the name implies...it boosts the signal up to radio ready in a pretty clean fashion, w/ some great bottom end...& allows the user to tweak the preset settings to their own advantage very nicely.

Does Precision Multiband have such presets? Anything close to 'FM Radio' (for those familiar w/ that particular preset)?

Thanks,

mark4man

 

[billybk1]

1) If I download the latest version (4.6, 4.7?)...will I get Precision Multiband as a free trial?

Yes, all new plugins (there should be (7) new additional plugins since 4.0) will have a 14-day trial demo period that you can enable individually.

2) As much as everyone loaths presets (myself included)...WaveLab's multiband (MultiCompressor) has a preset (a real spoiler) entitled 'FM Radio', that is just tremendous. As the name implies...it boosts the signal up to radio ready in a pretty clean fashion, w/ some great bottom end...& allows the user to tweak the preset settings to their own advantage very nicely.

Does Precision Multiband have such presets? Anything close to 'FM Radio' (for those familiar w/ that particular preset)?

I am not familiar with Wavelab, or the FM Radio preset, but there are over (30) presets included with the PMB. There are many program presets like, Loudness, Punch & Clarity, Give Some Hype, etc. that might get you what you are looking for. FWIW, there is a serious PDC issue when using the PMB, in a project (even just the master bus) with MIDI tracks in SONAR:


Delay compensation in Sonar may cause MIDI tracks to go out of sync when the Precision Multiband is used.

Workaround: Bounce Instruments using MIDI to audio track(s) before using Precision Multiband.


AFAIK, this does not seem to happen in other DAW host apps.

 

[mark4man]

Bill...

Thanks, man.

Don't know...but this thing (PMB) can't seem to get close to PG's multiband. Gonna try to duplicate curves today...but WaveLab's MultiCompressor is both effective AND smooth. [DGMW...I do like the PMB...it's more in tune for my kind of mastering (subtle gain)...but the MC is about the best I've ever heard at getting it loud w/o distortion.]

Thanks again,

mark4man