Its simple interface and controls also make it ideal to dial in the perfect reverb for tracking quickly, giving vocalists, a rich and pleasant sound back in their monitoring all latency-free. On heavy mixes or for people working with a simple UAD-2 Apollo Twin Solo or Duo, the UAD Pure Plate Reverb (which is included in Universal Audio’s Apollo Twin Vocal promotion), is a great alternative, adding many of the benefits of the EMT140 without as much DSP requirement. The natural sheen of plate reverbs, really lends itself to vocals adding depth and clarity. I usually go to the fully fledged UAD EMT140 Plate Reverb for vocals. There is something magic about plate reverbs, and while I will never have enough room ever to own one, UAD’s emulations are spot-on. There is so much that you can do with the Thermionic Culture Vulture and not just on vocals, I find it invaluable in my arsenal.
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For these extreme settings, I tend to like the high-cut filters as well which removes some of the harshness caused by the distortion. In such situations, however, like the original hardware, the bass can get lost and use the Mix knob (not found on the original unit) if necessary to dial some of it back. For a more aggressive sound, it’s capable of adding a lot of grit yet remain very musical. Its classy distortion is particularly well suited for vocals in my opinion especially in triode mode where it adds a pleasant sheen, weight and presence effortlessly. In small dose it has a great ability to add presence and gravitas, helping any source I put through it cut through in a mix. The UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture is the best-sounding distortion plug-in I have in my arsenal and is my go-to distortion processor for almost anything from drums, guitars, synths, vocals even a buss.
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I love distortion on vocals (I grew up listening to Butch Vig’s productions and metal), but as I get older, I find myself using it less and less as an effect and more and more as an enhancer.
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I reviewed this plugin when it was released, and you can read my thoughts in the UAD Manley VoxBox Review. The Manley Voxbox is possibly the ultimate vocal channel strip with a high-fidelity valve mic preamp, optical compressor, Pultec-style EQ, de-esser/Limiter.
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I am hoping it can handle non-UAD plugins, as well.Universal Audio has been recreating incredibly realistic emulations of some of the best hardware equipment that gets used on all the best recordings we love, giving music creators amazing tools for recording, mixing and mastering.Īs Universal Audio is running a fantastic Vocal Plug-in promotion with their Apollo Twin Audio Interfaces, I wanted to share with you some of the plug-ins I use all the time or my go-to choice for specific tasks.
#How to use uad plugins code#
I don't know how Cakewalk would know to use this thing for any effects processing, and my uneducated guess on the whole thing is that the UAD plugins may contain code that checks the presence of any such available DSP accelerator, and then routes the processing requests to the accelerator. Thanks for any help in understanding this well enough for me to make an informed decision on this purchase.
#How to use uad plugins plus#
I guess it still could be cool, but only when I would use the UAD plugins it comes with, plus the freebie ones they give if I buy the unit. SO, my question about this accelerator is - will this somehow also help NON-UAD plugins? If so, it seems like a pretty helpful expansion card for my computer, to take the burden of effects processing off of my CPU. Here is the link to that product, if anyone wants to review it to help answer my question: OK, so I saw a link today, at Sweetwater, for a UAD PCIe card quad-core DSP accelerator, that also comes with some of their plugins, and there is an additional freebie collection of other plugins that come with purchase of the card.