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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 9:14:59 GMT -6
Careful, scratching that itch ! Ha ha, you got me! But seriously, I've had two AnalogueTube AT101s here for 15 yrs and while one sounds majestic on the mixbus and will stay there as long as there is electricity the other has been used less and less, so perhaps time for a change :-) Oh I get it, sometimes I feel like just plunking down the deposit on the stamchild and damn the torpedos 1
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 9:04:47 GMT -6
thx but seems to be intel not silicon ?
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 9:03:00 GMT -6
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 7:46:39 GMT -6
Careful, scratching that itch !
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 20, 2024 16:42:29 GMT -6
Nice!
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 20, 2024 12:32:21 GMT -6
Nice, cross reference guide!
Hey, anybody reading this, if you have a go to saturation plug, please tell us what and why you prefer it ?
Thx.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 20, 2024 12:11:02 GMT -6
“vibe of the day”! Great track or album title !
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 20, 2024 8:29:36 GMT -6
Sounds fun: secret sauce !
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 20, 2024 4:48:52 GMT -6
What others are you using? I haven’t found one yet that I like or don’t find artificial or I need to change my ear model?
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 18:12:47 GMT -6
let’s leave it there.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 17:11:48 GMT -6
Big difference between service and cost and when the purchase cost for identical products is like 500% higher or more, that wasn’t acceptable to me. If I charged a regular say $100 and a new client $20 for the same meal/drink, what regular would that be acceptable too? Anyway, no point, arguing, as we obviously see this differently. I think equating food service and technology is an apples to oranges situation. Technology ALWAYS becomes less expensive. At the onset a VCR cost $1,000-1400. But you could eventually buy them for $60-100. Early adopters of anything pay a premium. It's just how it is. You seem to just want to argue. You were the one confusing cost with service. I was only making a correct point about the cost inequity. I also wasn’t an early adopter of UA plugs and my main point is that UA completely undermined its whole value proposition. What part of UA, allowing one new client to buy the same collection of plugs ins at the same time: one for under a grand, the other for, I think at the time, was $3,500 or much more in the past, did you not realize? It had nothing to do with early adoption. As I said, we disagree.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 13:51:16 GMT -6
You are welcome to your opinion. i found it really annoying that UA completely undermined its business model and offered the least invested client the very best deal ever, literally saving them $1,000’s of dollars and pretended like it was nothing. I worked as a waiter and bartender for a long time, if I ever treated a regular that way, there’d have been hell to pay. Giving a new person good service doesn't undermine the months of good service you gave to a regular. Big difference between service and cost and when the purchase cost for identical products is like 500% higher or more, that wasn’t acceptable to me. If I charged a regular say $100 and a new client $20 for the same meal/drink, what regular would that be acceptable too? Anyway, no point, arguing, as we obviously see this differently.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 11:36:55 GMT -6
I find the argument of "but I paid more years ago, so I'm mad someone else can pay less" really annoying. It's the same as when people complain about student loan forgiveness. It has exactly ZERO impact on you if someone else pays less money than you did. Based on need and budget, you chose at the time that these products were worth it. You made music, you made money, and you were happy at the time. So what if someone just getting into the ecosystem pays less? They get to make music and money with less of an investment. Good for them. You are welcome to your opinion. i found it really annoying that UA completely undermined its business model and offered the least invested client the very best deal ever, literally saving them $1,000’s of dollars and pretended like it was nothing. I worked as a waiter and bartender for a long time, if I ever treated a regular that way, there’d have been hell to pay.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 10:10:09 GMT -6
Fair question and the probable answer is no, but UA would have other options: coupons towards hardware, new Apollo, cash back ( unlikely).
It’s UA ‘s ballgame.
We’ll see, whether it comes up with an offer which is meaningful to heavily invested clients.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 7:55:15 GMT -6
Thank you for the context and update: very useful !
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 4:06:32 GMT -6
I thought the pres are hardwired, it’s colour and comp style which are modular ?
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 19, 2024 4:04:36 GMT -6
I think the Dr makes a good point, are you looking for a usable opto compression effect or a really vibey classic sound?
We actually have both options depending on what you buy: each have their use.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 23:01:06 GMT -6
That’s unfortunate. I always had good experiences with Matt in the past, sold my 2 d4’s, wish I still had them.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 22:52:34 GMT -6
Well, it hasn’t been released yet, but with these apparent requirements, UA seems more concerned with incentivizing new sales, ironically with its embedded clientele who have already spent much much more than initial subscribers, rather then just prorating Ultimate based on numbers of plugs owned and or just giving people licenses as they have spent so much more than those very lucky new subscribers. The prorating was discussed... impossible with existing software cheers Wiz Prorating is not impossible and actually UA did do it sort of. So, the new subscribers got all of Ultimate 10 at the time I think for under a grand so let’s say that was 100 UA plug ins for simplicity’s sake. Let say customer X had paid say $3500, bought their plugs piecemeal and had 75, so they have paid UA, roughly $2500 more then the subscriber and are missing 25 plug ins, my first thought was UA should just give them those licenses: the cost fairness or parity argument. The proration would be for current clients who had so far paid no more than $1,000 for plugs, subtract their total cost, say $750 from the $1,000, let them pay the $250 and also get the remaining licenses to complete Ultimate 10. UA came up with the sweetheart deal for, at the time new subscribers, who had paid very little compared to established clients and the fundamental cost inequity has still to be addressed. In away, I did so by selling, and even after buying Signature, I still put roughly $1500 back in my pocket. I said all of the above about proration at UA forum, two year’s ago, know that UA has all the data to make that happen with a very simple analysis of customers’ system and account information: it’s perfectly doable. UA just needs to confirm how many of the Ultimate 10 plugs ins customers own, the delta licenses is what they need and confirm total plug charges to identify, who gets the delta at no charge and who pays an additional charge e.g., $250 to equally the amount the subscribers paid and everyone ends up with all Ultimate 10 plugs. Remember, the more heavily invested clients have still actually paid more, and sure they had the use of the plugs longer, but they never actually get reimbursed so the new subscribers always got a much better deal, but at least everyone ends up with plug in parity, just not cost parity.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 22:31:02 GMT -6
No one says they don’t work, I think the issue is their cost vs the the competition, meaning not what 10-15 year old design and chips vs modern computers and also the quality of other plug ins.
When I sold all my UA stuff a year ago I thought I was going to miss my UA plugs and actually didn’t at all.
I recently bought signature cus it was 40 UA plugs for around $300 and they are now native.
My m1 mini, like your’s, smokes my octo.
Think about what UA still charges for a new octo for what it delivers vs an m series mac, I think the UA cards should cost a 1/3-1/2 of the current price.
Really, who benefits from their current card design, UA does, as it compels people to run multiple cards to get the processing capacity they need.
A new card design would have chips which could be 1-200% or more powerful then the current sharc chips and then how many people would need 2-3 cards, including the one in their apollo?
Not many, I think.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 18:24:06 GMT -6
Agreed : a redesign of ua dsp cards is long overdue.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 17:13:23 GMT -6
Well, it hasn’t been released yet, but with these apparent requirements, UA seems more concerned with incentivizing new sales, ironically with its embedded clientele who have already spent much much more than initial subscribers, rather then just prorating Ultimate based on numbers of plugs owned and or just giving people licenses as they have spent so much more than those very lucky new subscribers.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 15:02:35 GMT -6
I had sold everything about a year ago, but, recently purchased the Signature bundle as it was on sale and as they (uadX) run native, so no UA hardware required.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 18, 2024 0:31:22 GMT -6
Preach!
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 17, 2024 23:50:09 GMT -6
Real playing in real time works for me: does anyone’s heart beat in perfect time or is it’s cadence naturally perfect, even if inconsistent ?
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