Anyone Used the UAD PCI(e) DSP Cards & Plugins?

[Keith Phillips]

Was thinking about picking up this DSP card for the Roland Space Echo, Roland Dimension D, and Boss CE-1 recreations, but I also checked out demos on the Precision Enhancer, Pultec EQ and dbx 160 VCA VU Comp/Limiter among others.

Seemed really nice and worth the $750 for the expert pack that would get all of those plugins. Anyone ever used any of these UAD plugins at all?

http://www.uaudio.com/products/uad-plug-ins.html

[AlexHall74]

I'm waiting for the PCIe version as my (DAW) Dell Inspiron 531s only has 2 PCI slots and 2 PCIe slots. My PCI slots are taken by a firewire card (as the 531s has no onboard FW ports) and a M-Audio Delta 101LT. One of my PCIe ports has an ATI graphics card, leaving the other for the UAD-1.

If I remember correctly I thought the UAD-1 spec sheet said it was not compatible with PCIe video cards yet. Did you read anything like that?

I've heard from many who have them that they are awesome and that you won't want to give it up once you use it.

-Alex

[Keith Phillips]

Didn't see anything about the video card problem when I was looking.

My comp is an NForce4 based ASUS with an E6850 Core2Duo and a GeForce 8800 video card. Not many PCI slots at all, mostly PCI-e; so that is what I would want to get anyway I think.

I did see an Inspiron 530 series warning but that might not be a universal problem?

http://www.uaudio.com/support/software/UAD/motherboards.html

[Doc Jones]

yup, like them so much that I have 4 cards !! :)

[AlexHall74]

yup, like them so much that I have 4 cards !! :)
Keith, thanks for your feedback; I'll have a second look and see if I can find it again or if it was a figment of my imagination. Something I read about recently had an issue with PCIe video cards...OK my memory might not be the greatest. :)

Damn, Doc! Well, excess is what made this country great after all; I applaud you.

:)