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 Uad Mkii And 2198 Interface, - the most kick ass-ist sound card? |
 Fri 15 Nov 2002, 03:39
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QUOTE So, will the new UAD mkII and the very sexy looking a/d converter be the ultimate soundcard option? link: http://www.uaudio.com/products/index.html here we are, as tantilisingly promised in the previous chapter of the gripping digi-jungle-gate affair. Ready.. steady.. and get frantic like only big boys and girls who like sexy toys can! Holli x 
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 Sat 16 Nov 2002, 01:42
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this thread deserves to get real busy!!!
 so there is a god after all. digi who? pro what? mot who? etc etc... -------------------- one for all and all for one...
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Sat 16 Nov 2002, 03:43
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 30-Oct 02 From: Los Angeles - US Member No.: 8,882 |
hear hear! lawdy praise the uad1 card! I will have to get another especially for the altar! (i'd put it next to my kali figure - the destroyer of all things related to greed, but inside a mac's the best place!)
bomb who? oops...it's a hit, er no, a miss...close, a bum factory (right) kinda thang (not). plugs that just emulate old vintage vu meters? how decorative...and pointless?! dodgy what? aviddn't go near 'em... thank you universal audio! 
-------------------- Nobody can take from you what you give freely.
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Sat 16 Nov 2002, 06:58
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Member Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 06-Nov 02 From: Brighton - UK Member No.: 9,035 |
so, have I got this right? It's got two corking preamps, a/d and digital outs.. an the new uad card itself has mutliple adat outputs and inputs. Will it sit alongside motu interfaces I wonder, seems no reason why not I guess. Anyhow I guess something like the 2408 could be brought into service as an additonal d/a converter off the core card/s even without the PCI. That's design foresite for you!
Does anyone know how the uad eq's and compressors compare to say the waves 3.5 master suite? I have to say in my humble opinion my jaw dropped when I heard what waves had done on these latest plugins. I never want to mix/master with anything lesser! The linear phase thing really does the biz it seems. I knew the theory of phase problems caused by eq and how it can weaken depth and solidity but never heard it improved upon in my own system before. Holli x |
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Sat 16 Nov 2002, 07:11
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Member Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 06-Nov 02 From: Brighton - UK Member No.: 9,035 |
..by the way, thanks Damann! I'd love to get my hands on a U67 -what 's the tag on these at the mo'?. I've been working up to a U87, but I really want that effortless warmth of those old recordings and wonder if I can get to that with the right preamp or compressor combo (how on earth do they record Brecker these days -pretty awsome).
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Sat 16 Nov 2002, 09:03
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 30-Oct 02 From: Los Angeles - US Member No.: 8,882 |
Hi Holli,
In response to one of the queries, I believe the new uad-1 card mkII has a single adat in/out. Buy 3 and you have 24 ins & outs. Combined with a 2408 core system and this could turn out to be a whopping 48 adat ins/outs! Overkill...? It would blow away all competition if universal brought out a killer 8 channel class AA mic/line analog preamp with two adat outs...or is there something out there already along these lines? If recording at sample rates above 24/48khz apparently, you can only get 4 channels of adat audio down one lightpipe due to the increased bandwidth...hence the need for 2 adat outs on a single "hypothetical" 24/192khz 8 ch mic pre...especially for the classical/jazz folks out there who love their dynamic range, and go through hard disks like sweets on xmas day.. Then, of course, the idea that you could use an 8 ch mic pre in "reverse" for mixing ie; have your mixes bussable down the lightpipe straight into the analog circuitry (bypassing the mic pre section) to pass out through a fat XLR analog out when mixing on a rupert neve or some such scenario - not that you would even need to do that! Just put the Waves in and swim like a hammerhead through your digital mixes! bouncy bouncy! come on, universal audio!! You saw it here first! If you make one, I want my 5%!!  I see the future in the crystal ball...when you mentioned a 2198, you did mean a hypothetical 8 ch 2192, didn't you, Holli?
-------------------- Nobody can take from you what you give freely.
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Sat 16 Nov 2002, 13:27
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 10-Aug 02 From: Rimghobb - UA Member No.: 6,734 |
QUOTE (damann @ Nov 16 2002, 00:42) digi who? pro what? mot who? OS...what?!?!   
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Sat 16 Nov 2002, 17:56
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Member Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 06-Nov 02 From: Brighton - UK Member No.: 9,035 |
yes, er, I mean.. er, yes I did mean the hypowhatsical 8 channel baby! How about getting four 2192's !!!
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