It all started off ok. Sat in front of computer getting ready for a tracking session, when out of the corner of my eye I caught an email from the kind folk at UAD. It offered a free demo to Spark for 14 days and then a discounted yearly offer. Thinking there’s no way I’ll sign up (Roland cloud pain in my recent memory), I proceeded to download them all.
So, it turned out after trying them out I’m a bit fed up. They’re really nice sounding dynamics, the preamps are actually far better than my go to stock ones. The organ is great too. (Like I haven’t enough already! )
So I’m heading for sign up. If more are added it looks like I might have all I need and that’s that. Do you think?
As a subscription alternative, you can buy the native ones in UAs sale on right now at quite reasonable prices (especially when you factor in vouchers).
I picked up the 1176 collection, the Lexicon 224 and Oxide so far for less than £90…
I might also pick up the B3 for ~£25 (I really don't need any more Minimoogs, even though the UA one is good...)
muzines wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 8:59 pm
I might also pick up the B3 for ~£25 (I really don't need any more Minimoogs, even though the UA one is good...)
I did, in the end. The B3 in Logic is what I mostly use when I need to organ (I've played some other third-party ones which were decent too, but not enough to make me want to leave the Logic one) - and it's still really good imo, and I'd continue to be happy using it - but it doesn't quite have the detail and vibe that the UAD one has, so it won me over while noodling with it. At £24 (£59 - vouchers) it didn't break the bank, so I'm not feeling guilty about it...
My interest in Waterfall has been piqued. Can I get a better deal than the current sale price then? I use B3X but have heard a few nice things from the new kid, and the UAD Moog sounds sweet, so whoever is doing their instruments would appear to be doing a good job.
If I had the talent to be a Funk Soul brother sister,
then that Waterfall B3 be ever so tempting.
I'm just not naturally Funkeee.
As it is I shall stay with Logic's EVB3.
sonics wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 3:09 am
My interest in Waterfall has been piqued. Can I get a better deal than the current sale price then? I use B3X but have heard a few nice things from the new kid, and the UAD Moog sounds sweet, so whoever is doing their instruments would appear to be doing a good job.
The sale voucher ($25) everyone gets has a min spend of $99, so you can't use that (unless you want to buy two products), but you can use any thank you ($25) vouchers you may have (you get one usually each time you make a purchase), and you can use the secret UALURKER4LIFE to get an additional $10 off - so if you don't have any vouchers, you could get the B3 it $49. And then for your next purchase you could get $35 off ($25 thank you + $10 lurker).
IAA wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 8:34 am
Cheers, but guess what, after trying to narrow down what I needed (wanted?), I still managed to rack up a several hundred pound bill.
No probs - yeah, if you want the lot, it's a somewhat bigger expense, no matter the sales.
muzines wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:35 pm
If you want to actually play the game... examine the HTML source code of the UA site...
Thanks for the info. I've not kept up with UA at all since I mothballed my UAD cards. (Thinks: I must get rid of them...!)
Are UA the company that hides voucher codes in MP3 files, too?
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