UAD 1176 freebie

[Starship Krupa]

This is an 1176 clone. Honestly, how many compressor plug-ins do I already have?

On my system I count 30 of the damn things, and that's leaving some out that call themselves "dynamics," plus I have at least a dozen high-quality channel strips and multi-fx that include compressors. Oh, and in Sonar, you get four ProChannel compressors. Then half a dozen more MB compressors. I have ones that work like optical, VCA, FET, pure digital ones that don't emulate anything, compressors up the kazoo. Half a dozen brainworx and brainworx OEM's. Four each from IK and Melda. About 25% of my collection of compressors I don't know if I've ever even opened their UI, they're part of suites like Ozone and Neutron. I don't know how many more I have licenses for but haven't bothered to install, like the Native Instruments ones I got with the Music Production Suite and Komplete Start.

Multiple of my compressor plug-ins I'm convinced are versatile enough to emulate any piece of vintage hardware and most software compressors.

The compressor I actually reach for most often? MCompressor, which is from a free bundle.

At the next sign of misbehavior, I'm ready to bin this thing. It already needs to have the PACE service running, I don't need UAD's own gimmick eating up cycles.

[kitekrazy1]

17 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

This is an 1176 clone. Honestly, how many compressor plug-ins do I already have?

On my system I count 30 of the damn things, and that's leaving some out that call themselves "dynamics," plus I have at least a dozen high-quality channel strips and multi-fx that include compressors. Oh, and in Sonar, you get four ProChannel compressors. Then half a dozen more MB compressors. I have ones that work like optical, VCA, FET, pure digital ones that don't emulate anything, compressors up the kazoo. Half a dozen brainworx and brainworx OEM's. Four each from IK and Melda. About 25% of my collection of compressors I don't know if I've ever even opened their UI, they're part of suites like Ozone and Neutron. I don't know how many more I have licenses for but haven't bothered to install, like the Native Instruments ones I got with the Music Production Suite and Komplete Start.

Multiple of my compressor plug-ins I'm convinced are versatile enough to emulate any piece of vintage hardware and most software compressors.

The compressor I actually reach for most often? MCompressor, which is from a free bundle.

At the next sign of misbehavior, I'm ready to bin this thing. It already needs to have the PACE service running, I don't need UAD's own gimmick eating up cycles.

the listener doesn't really care what gear was used

I doubt even young producers care about stuff that didn't exist when they were born.  I doubt they are into analog vs. digital or tape emulations.  They only way they do care is because they wandered into some forums. 

[Starship Krupa]

4 minutes ago, kitekrazy1 said:

I doubt even young producers care about stuff that didn't exist when they were born.  I doubt they are into analog vs. digital or tape emulations.  They only way they do care is because they wandered into some forums. 

I would imagine (because I haven't hung with younger music producers lately) that there's still an old gear mystique.

There's a strong impulse in musicians to want to use similar gear to what our musical heroes used. The suspicion that it shortens the path to sounding like them.

[Amberwolf]

59 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

There's a strong impulse in musicians to want to use similar gear to what our musical heroes used. The suspicion that it shortens the path to sounding like them.

Magic Box Syndrome?

[Starship Krupa]

4 hours ago, Amberwolf said:

Magic Box Syndrome?

Is that the belief that a certain piece of gear or software will bestow magic upon the user, allowing them to produce work of the same quality as their heroes?

For me, if I'm striving to get a "sound," I find comfort in knowing that any limitations I have are my own and not in the tools I'm using.

Like when I first got serious about playing drums a dozen years ago, I went on Craig's List and bought a vintage Slingerland kit (see "Krupa") and restored it.

Once I had that kit, I could relax and not be concerned that my "Asian firewood" CB700 kit was holding me back, that all I had to work on at that point was 100% my playing and with a drum kit, tuning). I knew intellectually that I had gotten my dumpster rescue kit sounding pretty damn good, but getting a 1970 Slingerland kit removed all doubt that there was nothing except practice between me and sounding good on the drums.

Same with my audio software: if my output doesn't sound as good as the music I like to listen to, well, I need to hone my skills, because I have top tier software, same stuff the pros use. Got a nice Focusrite interface, too.