I was looking into buying a UAD card from mackie, if i invest into it, i will buy some additional plugins including the song OXFORD EQ, and anything else worthy, (is it good for mastering), also i heard that you can run other DirectX and Vst plugins on it, (for ex. waves), is this true?

I was reading an article about Micing choirs and the writer advised that normal 3 prong XLR cables were insufficient for live recordings due to length of run and height of microphones. The danger was picking up radio broadcasts with suspended or elevated mics. He advised that only star quad cables be used - 4 conductors plus a braided shield.

If so what are your opinions of it? Most importantly, how does it sound?

Well being that I'm a Pro Tools HD user I'm not going to see that plug untill its released as the TDM version, so has anyone used this for the UAD, really anxious to hear how it sounds or perhaps even a short audio clip of a processed and unprocesed clip. Also another on the waiting list. have anyone used the cambridge
EQ yet any comments on it?

Universal Audio has just released a new version of their Powered pluginsfor the UAD-1 card, version 3.4. This new version includes the new Fairchild compressor emulation.

Also, Waves has announced a new convolution reverb plugin at the recent NAMM show that looks pretty sweet. It is pretty pricy however, and will probably be a CPU hog as well.

Hey guys I'm looking for quality style plugin compression for extra options, It seems that some of bomb factory and the UAD 1 have made versions of the same compressors or at least similar ones? sound quality wise which is more effectve? Lets assume I have access to both Pro Tools and nuendo or Samplitude for this. how does the Waves4 stuff stack up. thanks ;)

Hey UAD 1 users...

i just picked up the UAD 1 so i can get the Dreamverb free by Oct, 23...

After noticing the site saying use 2 or 3 cards and others on here,,, I saw the box desciption for allowed plugins before CPU is maxed..

so the question is...

Universal Audio has just announced the latest plugin for the UAD-1 card...it is the Fairchild 670 compressor! Wow!

Read about it

http://www.uaudio.c… HERE!

Just received a copy of the UAD-1's Dreamverb along with their new drivers and I must say I'm impressed. It has certainly exceeded my expectations and it's easy to tweek. The official release is not out yet but should be in a few days.

I'm thinking about getting one and I'd love to hear any comments (good or bad) on the quality of the plugs.