Dave Pensado Demos Universal Audio's UAD Plug-Ins

[@Astr-w6y]

Even the actual hardware will sound different from each other, very nice demo.

[@kmcsounds25]

THIS! i feel like a lot of people forget that now. Every microphone, preamp, compressor, etc. will sound different from each other, especially when it comes to its condition, the year the gear was manufactured, etc. UAD is one of those very few companies that can get out the best of the vintage gear in the digital world (along with others like Kush, Plugin Alliance, Acustica, etc.). It’s a great time to be creative!

[@elboogie2324]

I got Slate Digital, Waves, Blue Cat, NI, etc. and I'm looking to get an Apollo Twin MK II, and some UAD plugins. I don't see where all of this brand loyalty is coming from. If we are mixing records, everything has something to offer. Something we may be working would sound good with a Slate plugin, and something else may sound good with a UAD one. Point is, use what works. If you have the luxury to be able to get all f these plugins from different companies, use them and enjoy.

[@0tto777]

Been fortunate enough to work on a Neve VR and I have to say that plug in is pretty damn good!

[@CIZCI]

Spent some time playing with the neve 1073 plug in on vocals, holy cow does that thing add pure sweetness.

[@IntheDAW]

so i notice that the emt reverb sounds so lush and smooth. but still has this very resonate character.

[@youmilkpack]

I'm a UAD user and keep checking Acustica out. They make the most incredible stuff

[@kmcsounds25]

Both are fantastic! Having the best of both worlds is never a problem, it then just comes down to what sounds best in that recording or mix

[@mayzter8765]

@@kmcsounds25 I use them both. UAD for tracking and AA for mixing and mastering. Very happy with both.

[@Dismiacs]

im not sure i agree with the before and after because it was aboout 8dbs louder the bass that is

[@MrJampottt]

Just become a UAD guy with my Apollo Duo and looking into what plug-ins to buy first. Dave didn't half sound like an advert when talking about Unison.. Still, the products are great.

[@AudioReplica2023]

people can say whatever they want...but I've never heard any pro mixer engineer out there saying anything bad about UAD plugins. The only ones complaning about them is the amateur engineers that can't even afford the Dsp card.😂

[@Gamervidsman2000]

@heftland the hybrid you need it, you need $1,400 for just that, before you buy any plugins

[@macktasticification]

@heftland the hybrid If your serious about that pro sound go with UAD bro. and get an Apollo

[@timoheinrich8763]

Well, I'm an amateur who just bought a twin of ebay for 330€ comming with some extra plug-ins not included in the usual set you get... Where there's a will there's a way, aight?

[@solomongrail7039]

You can argue all day about who's plugs are better. UA is amazing and I've always had great experience with customer support. I also love Steven Slate products, Kush, and Plugin Alliance. At the end of the day, I'm all in with UA because I think they have a solid reputation and business model even though they are expensive (and of course I love their plugins). If I was starting with nothing today, I couldn't argue with going to Steven Slate's monthly. Just do something and quit fighting over preferences.

[@auratone25]

Still crushing on that shadow hills hardware

[@ProToolsAvidSchool]

My god the bottom end on the bass though!!!!! Amazing

[@Mandy-Lane]

interesting... i woulf like to test these plugins myself sometime

[@GabrielXDrums]

Mandy Lane come over. I got some plugins you can try.

[@LSAworship]

Apollo 8p is the best investment i have mad. I bought pre own 2017 version. I will need months to get to know all the available plug ins.

[@GARZA_ICMG]

Reminds me of that song Mr Krabs was singing when Spongebob thought he was a robot

[@therealrussellsmyth]

GARZA hahaha

[@GabrielXDrums]

Ahahahaha

[@SevenSinsChoppers]

"And you dont have to lug a big like.....several ton console around"

[@diegooliveirabenjamin]

Great song! As for the plugins, if UA would coast SO much is have much more of them. They're really good but really expensive, especially because they consume a lot of DSP that also coasts a lot.

[@henrikpetersson2899]

+Diego Oliveira It's not all that expensive if you take advantage of their offers and sales. I got an Apollo Twin, Octo Satellite and all the UAD plugins I care for (about 50 or so). Cost me about $4k total.

[@diegooliveirabenjamin]

Henrik Petersson You're right, Bro! But waiting for these sales, discount cards and Black fridays is not always an option. But if you can wait that's a good thing. For me never worked that well, I always bought the ones I have paying full price because I needed at that specific time, as I said they're great, and even though I'm an Apogee user I rely on some of this plugs to do things only them can do, like Ocean Way and Helios.

[@artbluevibe6629]

Nice ,, what is the song called? , has a nice balance on the mixing, would love to hear it fully. Thank you!!

[@bennethos]

Any recommendations you guys can make on a proper course and or books on how to use this equipment in a mix ? I mainly do EDM

[@tylerzanona2591]

Pensado's Place is the best

[@snoozyloco609]

I'm really new to theastering side of things but I dnt get the difference between what I do saturating the bass with a tape saturation and adding an eq bad stuff... U really want to buy a ua interface I'm just waiting on something to low my mind.. can someone show me some more KZbin vids :)

[@filipeortega4794]

I like the marshall amp bundle... Is it possible to use analog pedals between guitar and Apollo?

[@paulmyfinger]

yes you can

[@jelcheson]

So UAD no longer has latency? You toss plugins wherever and they're compensated? The PCI card I use from 2009, everything has to have the same amount of plugs or there's noticeable offset...

[@DJmontieljr]

Were like behind almost a whole year "June 9th, 2015"

[@alexcasian9916]

Watching this makes me feel so inpatient to get my new UAD-2 DSP Accelerator. Can't wait to play with their plug-ins.

[@theamericanaromantic]

Every A/B he did just sounded like he raised the gain 1 or 2 db. Fuckouttahere.

[@tomaszmusic]

It must be great to have these plugins for free...

[@Kidraver555]

Green Colored Snide, could be a track name for your next song, hahaha.

[@TheBlashMusic]

........He deserves free plugins.

[@lesterpolfus1]

@@TheBlashMusic No, he does not

[@jessty5179]

he's paid for using them

[@johnthecreative]

gonna need at least an octo to run all those at once

[@user11539]

Which song is that ?

[@JohnLaFosse]

I keep looking at UAD-2 stuff. Out of my price range as is the majority of things but how could you not buy this system considering what it does. I think for most groups or bands that are starting to earn an income to invest in a card with 4 to 8 processors and buy plug-in bundles every 6 months or so, its a no brain er.

[@caspermaster-com]

Really good stuff. ive found on comparistons with real gear that there is just a more aliveness in the topend with analog gear, a shine that kind of get outside the speakers. But i really like slates stuff, sounds equally analog to uad but cheaper, and u dont need extra hardware. Uad has more fun fx to choose from tho.

[@benjisandk]

You got some weird interlacing on your videos -you realize that? And who was that track by? Someone from Sweden?

[@KevinLambguitar]

Thanks!

[@farfymcdoogle3461]

Great review, although I only have the stock plugins that came with the Apollo twin solo mkii. Got it recently and a MAJOR upgrade from the USB interfaces I've always had. So right now I'm in the learning phase with this beast but I'm already turning into a UA loyalist haha.Thanx, Dave.

[@AtommHD]

Acustica-Audio

[@MrMooseMusic]

They're doing some next-level stuff. Love everything by them. Once they're technology stabilizes and doesn't consume so much CPU they will probably see tremendous growth in the usage of their plugins.

[@stonesicc]

Axel Foley is checking out the crime scene as we speak. Beverly Hills cop ass music.

[@Boissinova]

Dave "thats money in the bank " Pensado (lolololol)

[@Pravyd]

Of course anything from UAD is great but does dave ever give a bad review on a plugin?

[@kevins1963]

Hi Trey, Dave likes to share good stuff with us. He could waste a lot of time telling us about what hardware and plugins he doesn't like, but why waste time. :)

[@riktascale4]

Good point.

[@alphastreettv4025]

i want purchase UAD -2 64bit plugins cracked software give me link ?

[@hithere4289]

you cant possibly have any plugin without a physical dsp, cracked or not.

[@juap]

I don’t know, seems to much marketing for me. This plugins really are game changers? There’s is no way I can’t get better results with other plugins, even with stock plugins on daws for example, or downloaded plugins on the web?

[@BoyOfLol]

Sometimes I just can't hear a difference, the changes that he makes are so micro that my poor KRK ROKITs can't even tell the difference :'(

[@dahonkie]

Lol, you should definately change something about your Krks or your ears, i hear it on my iPad :)

[@LipHop22]

It´s not the gear, it´s the ear :D You should train them, google for "quiztones" or "train your ears". All you need is hearing experience👍

[@LintBisquick]

Liatening on my Apple earbuds and I can hear night and day difference?

[@GabrielXDrums]

Nate D get a second pair for reference.

[@gavinharris575]

are universal audio interfaces good

[@SupernovaSun77]

gavin harris yes I have two

[@TuMalditaMadre]

Closet Kicks excellent

[@TheBlashMusic]

SOOOOOOO good

[@GabrielXDrums]

Too good

[@RobLate]

UAD plugins are great, but as I work solely on a laptop and travel a lot (I probably write / mix 80% of my work whilst travelling and out of the studio), I cannot experiment with these plugins whilst I'm travelling as you need to be connected to the hardware to process the software. I think this is a fundamental flaw as it's useless to me (and many others that work in a similar way to me of which the number will greatly increase as more powerful laptops enable more producers to leave the studio) as once I've recorded vocals / other instruments in the studio using the Apollo, as soon as I pack up and leave I can't take the UAD plugins with me, and it's often away from the studio where I have my moments of creativity. I can't take my Apollo and set it up on a train or a plane just to use the plugins, so essentially Universal Audio are chaining people to the studio, which I think is incredibly stifling. There must be a better way to do this, especially when people are paying up to £1200 for the desktop variant of the Apollo. UA claim that it's because the Apollo is powerful and can run the plugins, but as I and many others have for example; a 2017 15" Macbook Pro at it's highest configuration, running a few if not many plugins is not a problem.

[@flossondatrack8861]

Rob Late you could always buy a Apollo twin

[@gloopz9525]

I thought u could only use UA plugins on Luna

[@JCBiffro]

Plugin Alliance, Slate Digital, Kush > Universal Audio.

[@JCBiffro]

In what way? You can't question the sound of their plugins, critically acclaimed by everyone. The only thing they are bad at is promising release dates that they tend to always miss. By months.

[@sundownchasing]

+JC Biffro It's okay. I'd be mad if I couldn't afford the UAD plugins too.

[@JCBiffro]

Well the jokes on you pal as I have a UAD QUAD interface LOL. Here, here's even a screenshot of my registration s31.postimg.org/t3jut9abf/UAD.png Who can't afford what now? Good day ;)

[@sundownchasing]

+JC Biffro haha, well I've got an Apollo quad as well as a Satellite quad. 👍

[@JCBiffro]

I don't question the quality of UAD's products, it's just the ethics of their business and their technical support. Avid is doing badly in this regard to. I think we're at a time now where it's not just about the quality of the product, but also the quality of the experience and the company itself. I have mad respect for Gregory Scott at Kush and Steven Slate (even if he is a bit "salesman" like at times) and their passion and dedication is truely transparent. UAD... terrible experience in every direction other than the sonic quality of their plugins lol. Needless to say, I won't be buying anything from them anymore, I don't care how good it sounds, they don't deserve my cash. Essay. Whoops. :P

[@OlaB245]

Who takes this seriously? "They're really, really good"...

[@iseeu-fp9po]

What did you mean exactly?

[@genericjesus8803]

that ‘bass’ sounds (is) a synthesizer, but I could be wrong...I guess I'm old school where a bass is played by a musician. What's that saying 'garbage in garbage out' that bass is garbage UNLESS you like computer generated sounds. I think 'Sound Blaster' introduced that crap

[@zapatillaalternativa8478]

un color con hardware es mas agradable, no?

[@210201941]

oh god. uad sounds like bypass to me. plugin alliance ftw

[@onepercent2609]

Technically, you can do pretty much everything with the stock daw plugins.. But let's be honest guys.. that booty-lowend on that bass.. you'd need at least 5 stock inserts to come even close to this result he got... those uad plugins are sooo musical.. infact- i think the world doesn't understand really what they have done xD they have created tools, specificly for the use to create modern media. And these tools are more or less idiot-proof- made that way to rape the efficiency range which has ben standardized for Broadcasting to all of the many media devices in the world. From studio speakers to your iphone. And it will sound everywhere excellent. So if you want to do your Job right, and/or make your life easier.. sell a kidney and buy this son'a'beach :D

[@onepercent2609]

I still haven't bought anything from uad.. sadly.. they should have poor people discount- seriously :D

[@jkeyz30]

UAD is trolling everybody with there hyped up "modeled plugins"

[@michaelbennett8981]

I'm a victim. Regardless, they do have something special compared to other companies. I have many UAD plugins and have spent very little too.

[@TheBlashMusic]

I used to have that mindset until I actually listened to the difference between UAD, Slate, etc.

[@reddvest]

Joell Ortiz I don’t get the hate... just saying

[@stellajung3466]

*their

[@jmac2050]

Don't be a sheep for plugins, use what you have, price don't equal results, just adding to collection of too many dam plugins to go through

[@reddvest]

jmac2050 that’s definitely a blanket statement. I’ve been mixing for 19 yrs and can tell you it’s the UNISON TECHNOLOGY that makes the difference doc. You just have to try it. I’ve tracked on neve 1073, mixed sessions recorded using those and the apollo stuff. Now hardware will always be better because of the saturation differences in comparison, but the Apollo is holding its own and doing great. It’s not some fad or gimmick. As Dave said, it just works.

[@GabrielXDrums]

Redd Vest Levester White mixing for 19 years, I’ve been mixing for less and I can tell you it’s NOT the Unison technology, it’s your ears, but the Apollo gear HELPS, it doesn’t make the mix, just like I can play some intense drums on timbales as compared to my full kit I can mix a nice sounding track on stock as opposed to switching to my UAD setup, work minimally and then when doing big changes you’ll hear big results.

[@charlesrocks]

It’s…eh…

[@NoOffensePies]

If the sound makes u happy, it's a great plugin. Everything else, utterly irrelevant.

[@slimyelow]

Is this guy constipated or what?

[@GabrielXDrums]

Slim Yelow you probably didn’t understand a thing in the video did you...