Hum... how can we objectively compare these plugins without comparing them to the original hardware they are emulating ? We can't say which one is the closest to the original. So in the end, it's just a matter of taste.

Thanks Roger!

tried them all nomad factorys sound the best to me.

cool, thanx Roger❤

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Perfect M/S eq tutorial as always from a master 👏👍

Ok I’ve watched hours of people to explain this …and this is the best video on this topic on KZbin …Roger that 🫡

Thanks, Roger! Really useful stuff 👍

For everyone pointing out that the settings are different, the video below provides a graphic comparison of the EQ curves of UAD vs. AO. The plugin designs sometimes require different settings to achieve the same curve. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o52qmpaQp7N7h6M

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Hallo Sir. I got electric guitar with active pickups, and I want stereo DI (Flat Response) for deliver my guitar effects/amp modeler and doesn’t coloring my tone at all. So which best DI for me?

damn ik multimedia has definitely been slept on, thanks brother.

Thank you sir😊

Thanks so much for this video

Another one to add to this list now is the Noise Ash Rule Tec. Can be had for under $50 on sale and I like how they have the high and low pass included in one unit. The UAD one is probably the most accurate but to my ears, the Rule Tec is close behind it.

Great song, great explanation and mixing, Thank you Roger!

The UAD sounds better than the 140 I worked with. They’ve done something to the stereo image. In a good way.

THanks great video. made me think. I have the UAD only. Cheers.

A lot of unnecessary attitude in these comments.. It was an honest mistake, he realized and acknowledged. Shit happens! Grym video Roger! Hade varit kul ifall du slängt in och jämfört med Analog Obsession versionen också :)

Can anyone tell me how he got the 99sounds VST on logic?? Isn’t it only for Protools?

Yeah the UAD plugin is a little softer while the analog obsession has a little more punch again you can use either I like both Analog Obsessions and UAD I find that UAD maybe has a little more beta testing for bugs than AO however both make great plugins. Nothing is stopping you from using both, a lot of it comes down to processing power how much it consumes.. and with UAD if you run SHARC DSP plugins rather than native to offload processor imo. Also Antelope runs quite a few DSP plugs if I am remembering correctly also some pultec clones. ProQ is way brighter, are the DB levels the same?

You need to edit out the apogee section. 😊

Great channel ❤

I plugged my Casio psx3100 into my PC hoping to use the "Upright Piano" vst pluggin from the Waveform Free 13. However I only hear my own Casio piano sound and not the "Upright Piano" sound I was hoping for. To play the "Upright Piano" sound, I have to use the virtual keyboard on my computer screen. What am I doing wrong?

I guess I play favorites in this case by what I own. It just seems to be the best to me. I've got the UAD Pultec. I bought it just last week, with a UAD build you own bundle. $49 per item ain't too bad. Pultec Passive EQ collection, plus 4 others.

20 plus years and didn't know a mixbus was a two bus lol.

Great video! At 3:10 you think it sounds like a plate. Good ear! It's inspired by the EMT-140, thus the play-on-numbers "041."

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Came late to the party! Just bought the plates & Spring (yes, there not a lot of good one around) and the AMS, my favorite reverb machine, can wait to work with them on Reverberate !

I love RareSE and Tunca's plugins in general. A while back I did a comparison of his LALA with Universal Audio's LA-2A. I found using Plugin Doctor that to get close to matching the curves the settings on the two were very different. To my surprise matching them in plugin doctor as close as I could the UA LA-2A sounded really harsh and over the top while LALA was beautifully warm and gentle, much more to my liking and my idea of what opto is supposed to sound like. I have never used the real hardware and only heard it in the context of countless records but I somehow doubt it sounds like the UA LA-2A. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Universal Audio, just not sure about their LA-2A.

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waves win

Thank you for idea ❤

Asked to subscribe in a way that I couldn't resist and did in a sec… The way you record strings is the same way that I have been doing for 20 years. Limitation makes creative idea… My friend is a virtuse violin and viola player and I came to this idea many years ago… I do one step more than yours which makes a nice different too. As he always come to my studio with almost 4 or more instruments too, I bring 4 to 6 chairs to the studio and ask him play every time with a different instruments on a different chair :) But with just one Microphone and I loved your idea of placing close and far mics which I hadn't tried yet and thanks for sharing this idea.I also use and play on all recorded lines with sample to give the richness I expect. I always say to everyone in these situations that use sample libraries for the texture you want and use and mix real performer for just the articulations which is not possible by sample libraries and mix them depending in the size and genres you need… Some times my friend and other performer get mad at me after doing and recording this difficult and boring recording session cause after the final mix they realize that in some cases I had leveled and mix their efforts with samples like 30% to 70%😂 and I always apologise for the mix and say I needed your articulation of you but the sound of the libraries which are sampled and recorded by best engineers in the best halls or rooms and they respond: then you could have recorded 8 or so times for each part instead of 32 channel for each section😂 But as I get older I am so tired of these kinds of faking which is so time consuming and wish for situations I just focus on composition itself instead of… Thanks for sharing and your inspiring video. I have some playlists of my music which you can listen if you like in my youtube channel. Best Ali

the thing with AO plugins is that we all know they're more than adequate for profesional use. and they're free, so you can't go wrong with them, use them, get used to their sound, they'll never hinder you skills

some pianos are clipping due to overloaded volume

So glad to have Cubase..it's control room makes all of this redundant.

thanks

sorry i had to come and ask you one question after days trying this mix bus amazing , my question is : do i have to render the track with the bus mix on then master or i just use the mix bus on while i'm mixing thanks

Check your settings before posting. 60hz VS 100hz . Obviously they're not going to look the same. SMH

I still don’t know what secret UADs have in their plugins . They are all modeled but UAD sounds much more better to my ears .The rest sound like toy , Soft tube would be my next choice

This was quite informative. Loved it

the free one sounds very different, the other three sound very similar

Might not be the best one, but the Waves one is good for vocals.

Great Video !!! Also try the Pultec and Tube Tech Acustica Audio Version

AO is so muddy. UAD wins as per usual...

These plugins may sound different from one another but we have to consider the hardware unit it was modeled after. Those old hardware units were different from each other. Even 2 of them one serial number apart can sound completely different. Tolerance specs have become tighter in later years but in the past I’m not so sure they even cared about tolerance measurements.

Your Video has helped me more than you could probably imagine. So many questions answered. Thank you!

But the Gentlemen isn't free it costs 99 USD

Is it just me or the free VST samples sound way better than even the best digital pianos onboard samples?