Honestly, now that they matched the settings and again watching in 1080p, the plugin is close but does sound thinner. The hardware definitely enhances the sound much better in the low end.

Wow the plugin REALLY brought forward those lower guitar string tones.. Wonderful

The way the compressor is used is really subtle, I think that makes it hard to hear any difference between the hardware. I honestly could not tell the difference at all, the plugin sounded superb.

But if you listen to the plugin example, when used correctly the software does the job just as good. So unless you have the actual unit and the software plugin and always comparing side by side, the software will give the same desired effect.

It definitely seems very usable and I hope to get one but the hardware sounded much better. Close your eyes and listen for the snare to change. You'll know which is which. But still, what a great tool! The plug in is only a fraction of a price BUT only a fraction of tonal difference!

I agree the hardware sounds better. But without an A/B comparison, the end results the plug in gives you is excellent. I like the transformer options which changes the sound as well as the two optic compressors. I have other plug in optic compressors but the stepped controls make it more useful. In addition to mastering, it's great on a drum bus.

The massive price difference means that only the pros and the trust fund babies are going to buy the hardware, and the software is awesome for the home studio. But it will sound immensely better if you are skilled with cheaper plugins then if you have all the gear and no idea.

@recordedbybrandon

3 жыл бұрын

True but imagine if you got skill and gear? That just makes you great! Think bout that before you hate on hardware! There is a ton of difference between analog and plugins ! You gotta use them to hate on them !

Imagine if UAD had accidentally mixed up he sounds in the video, people would still be saying the hardware is better even if they had been listening to the software.

@ArguZ72

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely :)

It appears close, but there is a clear gap in depth and fulness of sound from the actual unit to the plugin.

nice. althugh i hear some difference on the highs

Can only say is too great.

Low end isn't as rich on the plug-in. The UAD 33609 has a much richer bottom (look at YT vids for comparing). Wish UA would have modeled it, not Brainworx.

I would say the plug in is about 92 -95 percent as good as the hardware. No customer is going to care about the 5-7 percent difference . What can increase the end result even more than comparing the two is an engineer who adjust the settings on the unit properly.

Isn't it strange how both comparisons in this video do not use the optical compressor? And that's the hardest one to emulate. Strange.

someone should use a spectrum analyzer to check it out. I think the hardware is a little bit more heavy on the lower frequencies.

dope! almost bought HW version :)

Heck of a lot closer now.

That's more like it!

The demo does sound a little better, but the plugin overall feels like it is still missing something to me. Not sure if it comes down to maybe not having it oversample (seems unlikely that it would at such a low dsp usage), or that it just might've not been modeled at the component level the exacting way that UA does it, but I'm just not feeling this one the way I did with the Fatso, Harrison, Massive Passive, Ampex, and a couple others. I'll say though, the GUI looks fantastic.

Problem is we've been spoilt by UA's earlier products (listen to comparisions when Dave Berners did the modeling), they were both cheaper, and much much much closer to the real thing.

don't forget the price difference also :))) yes it's different on sound a bit, but for home studios? good for first step before buy a real gear. I think best way to resample and write out on some decent tube amped digital converter

the hardware sounded better then the software

hm the hardware saturates way more its normal its analog device,but the plugin sounds nice and open too it does the trick for mastering especially !

wow night and day

This is super close. I’m sorry but 99 percent of people and your listening clients and public would not tell the difference. It’s 90 percent there like all UAD plugs (some 95) and that’s all you need.

better since the re-upload, but still big differences in subsonic content, width/depth, and also snare transients. this s not a UA product sorry.

On my iPhone speakers there was no difference between plugin enabled and plugin bypassed. The graphics are nice though

I actually prefer the software now, LOL. Great job!

I hear a complete difference...may be young, and new to engineering...but shit, they were right HARDWARE/ANALOG sounds better

With my eyes closed I couldn't tell the difference and I doubt Most people could detect the difference at random without the labels on bottom of screen.

don't even feel like using my demo on it

Why in the world could they have made this a VST for any DAW. smh I don't want to buy the whole UAD thingy just to get this.

@typeset2818

5 жыл бұрын

Now you can :)

hard to tell just how "far off" from youtube, but the diference is obvious. to my ears you get the "same results/colours" but with an obvious shade digital grey on top. You want the last things on you chain to bring things to life, to UNBOX them. i am a huge fan of uad plugs and this is the first time i am disappointed. shame... i was really excited about this one. hopefully they can improve on it.

Basically, UA should have done all the analog modelling on products they sell. Leave Brainworx to do the digital stuff. The best Brainworx modelling for me, would be the Elysia stuff. The rest, not so much. BAX EQ being the worst alongside the Shadow Hills compressor.

@Rhythmattica

2 жыл бұрын

Oh well.. art least exorbatent pricing anymore with a now Useless DSP "Plug Tax" , as the code is code.. Numbers..... Guess I preferrer SSL's own code to all the other emulations too.... etc ect etc ... At least Im not stuck in the UAD walled garden... Once a great place to visit, thus easy to leave.

Funny how UAD demos comparing their plugins vs hardware always sound almost identical, yet when an audio engineer has the real hardware and makes a demo for KZread against the UAD plugin, the hardware always sounds so much better. Hm....

That is just completely BS. Please, just post a comparison.