ddmf eqs vs uad eqs

petit nuage · Post by **petit nuage** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:19 am

hello !

is there some people who have uad and ddmf eqs ?

it is to have your point of view on the ddmf quality vs uad eqs ..

thanks a lot !

ps : i have ddmf eqs ,i love them and i hesitate to buy uad ...so its to have some point of view..

merci !

mr.adl · Post by **mr.adl** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:31 am

I own both.
ddmf is amazing for clean, surgical stuff, but NOTHING compared to the sweet colouring of a Neve 1073 or 1081.

I have 4 UAD´s and the EQ´s are just great, but the compressors is where UAD also really shines, so i suggest: GET A FUCKING UAD!!

petit nuage · Post by **petit nuage** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:20 pm

hey thanks for your reply !

when you talk about ddmf eqs do you talk about II eq or lp 10 or both ?

i would like to know how is lp10 and IIeq compared to uad's cambridge and pultec , to have a more precise point of view ? ..

thanks a lot !!

mr.adl · Post by **mr.adl** » Sat May 31, 2008 1:00 pm

Both.

Well, pultec is also very colouring in a nice way. The ddmf plugin are both very clean, so they are more of a cambridge than a pultec.

I use Cambridge mainly for cutting, never for boosting (for clean boosts i take PSPNeon, for colouring the one i mentioned above)

Cambridge can do ultra steep low / high-cuts, which is very impressive.

I wouldn´t get the UAD for Cambridge, as i think there are native plugin (such as ddmf´s) which are good as well, but UAD is impressive with the Neves EQ´s and the Compressors.

Here is a nice thread from the uad forum where someone compared lots of EQ´s (ddmfs are also there), maybe you´ll have a look:
http://www.chrismilne.com/uadforums/vie ... 62&start=0

petit nuage · Post by **petit nuage** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:19 pm

thanks a lot mr. adl for sharing your experience !

do you know some free compressors or eqs that have a sound quality nearest to some of uad 's compressors and eqs ? - like 1176 or fairchild-

i think no... but sometimes freebies are very good..

but i cant compare !

please tell me if you know good freebies ..

and do you know some good free eqs for boosting frequencies ?

excuse my bad english !

thanks !

Olga · Post by **Olga** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:29 pm

petit nuage wrote:thanks a lot mr. adl for sharing your experience !

do you know some free compressors or eqs that have a sound quality nearest to some of uad 's compressors and eqs ? - like 1176 or fairchild-

i think no... but sometimes freebies are very good..

but i cant compare !

please tell me if you know good freebies ..

Best free compressor I can think of is Block fish. http://www.digitalfishphones.com/main.p ... &subItem=5

They still talk about this plugin on Gearslutz etc. You can get to the back panel and make it act the way you want. Its totally free. The maker of these plugs went on to become the chief designer for Magix Samplitude plugins.

mr.adl · Post by **mr.adl** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:10 pm

+1 for Blockfish (even 1176 from UAD kick it´s ass

)

Hm, Saturated Driver is considered to be good:
http://hem.bredband.net/tbtaudio/

I also like his Pocket Limiter for Drumbuss to squash the drums some more

As for money: you can get Vintage Warmer second hand quiet cheap from time to time, look out on this forum:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43

Hm, for free EQ, this one is very good for free, but it´s handling is a pain in the ass (but please: give it a try, it´s a good EQ!)
http://www.aixcoustic.com/index.php/Ele ... opit/30/0/

Glad i could help

Daim · Post by **Daim** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:24 pm

Olga wrote:The maker of these plugs went on to become the chief designer for Magix Samplitude plugins.

who are u talking about?

edit: ah u mean the guy who does the external ones. good stuff.

morerecords · Post by **morerecords** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:48 pm

hey when you own the UAd cards, ,can you run the plug ins native as well, or just off the card? How does that work//?

Zimovane · Post by **Zimovane** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:26 am

+1

TBT Pocket Limiter.

morerecords · Post by **morerecords** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:46 am

anyone know?

Zimovane · Post by **Zimovane** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:12 am

hey when you own the UAd cards, ,can you run the plug ins native as well, or just off the card? How does that work//

Just off the card.

The card is an elaborate dongle, although they'll have you believe it powers the plug in's...as far as I can see, it's an old graphics card chip supposedly running plug in's...

Go figure...

mr.adl · Post by **mr.adl** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:55 am

Oh and for nice free EQ and Compressor have a look at Bootsy´s stuff:
Especielly BootEQ:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

and Density:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... ht=density

This free stuff gets a lot of praise as well:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

petit nuage · Post by **petit nuage** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:22 pm

big thanks to all people here !!

i didnt know boot eq ..seems very good !

i willl try it soon..

yeah i like tbt ,digitalfishphones 's stuff too

i ve tried antress plugs but i dont know if they are really good emulations of famous hardware compared to uad..

merci les amis !