UAD2 Solo Plugin Choices

Dawg · Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject: UAD2 Solo Plugin Choices

I have a $500.00 voucher for UAD2 Plugins. I currently have only what came with the UAD2 Solo. Looking for recommendations on how to spend this voucher. Interested in what will best serve to polish vocals and insturmentation working with what is provided by Cubase 5. Mixer is a Presonus StudioLive which is supposed to have decent mic pre's. My best mic is a Rode NT2A. Will be using VST drums and bass too. Music styles will be moderate rock, southern rock, blues, contemperary country.

I do not expect to add to these choices anytime soon. What are the must haves?

Thanks, Dawg
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RWIL · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject:

Honestly since that the voucher is not to expire, take the time to demo them until that maybe you will be floored by some of them.
UAd has promotion every month, you should be able to grab any of them at one time or another getting rabate of 20% and +.
IMHO, it is easy to buy something good which we don't really need or can be easy to reasonably mimic using the stock or native ones, we have to grab first those which are bread & butter.
Here, I can't live without the 33609, LA-2A and 1073. Plus many more in variable degree of course...
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Dawg · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject:

I have been on their site all morning. The LA-2A is on the list. I will look more closely at the 1073 and 33609.

Any experience with the EMT 250, and the Roland RE-201?
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RWIL · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:08 pm Post subject:

Neil Wilkes · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject:

The LA-2A is one of those compressors that is life changing, in terms of how you mix.
It's that good.
The Neve 1073 & the 1081 are both musy have for me, not only because they sound so damned good but there are additionally SE versions too.
I don't much get the 33609 as yet, preferring the FairChild as a buss compressor by a long margin.
LA-2A & Neve 1073 = Instant vocal.
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wizardofice · Member Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 690 Location: Florida

Everywhere I have looked the solo comes with the 1176 and the LA2A and the pultec and a reverb., so you might want to look at the fairchild and the 160 comp and maybe the cambridge eq
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Dawg · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:56 am Post subject:

Wiz, you are correct. My solo came bundled with a starter set of plugins. I think you are right, but I should confirm what they are before I get to far into this. I appreciate all the good feedback. It has caused me to review several items for the second and third time. I also found a "top ten must have" list on the UAD site that agrees with much of what you guys are saying.
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Neil Wilkes · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:14 pm Post subject:

RWIL · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject:

Good choice Neil. I'm just surprise that 33609 still not in your heart! Laughing

If I used for a long time the Fairchild like on drums group, since the 33609 I ended up with the later most of the time , and even for individual drums.
Only turning the recovery between 400-800 or auto you get instant beautifull snare release from very snappy to relax.
It is the first beast that I always keep on my main bus @ 1:1.5, auto recovery and a tad of GR no more than 3 and sometime 1 is just enough to gives his magical shine. After that anything can be stacked. It also gives cool results playing with the mono/stereo since that you can get a get a double knee or even a two-stage release after a transient (manual has good explanations). That gives nice sounding things to explore on drums bus, guitars and even sometime the main one.
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Neil Wilkes · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject:

Bob Yordan · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject:

If you want to use the UAD in mixing.

You should pick plugs that can be run on many instances on the Solo, then expand and buy eg a duo and buy some
'heavier' plugs.

If you will use it for mastering, then I should go for the Massive Passive. Smile

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