UA’s HIC Discounts, Danexit and counseling

Aye, sometimes it's easier said than done though Dan. It's been two steps forward three back on occasion for me, although in the grand scheme there has been some progress however slight it is. Welcome back chief..

How do you set the Oxford dynamics for vocals? I demoed it some time ago and thought it removed all the air in recording in a bad way.

I thought I got you straightened out during my visit the other day.  😂

Haha, always great to see you, man!

Nice to see you re-engaged, Dan. We all have our moments in life that require us to step back and evaluate/prioritize needed change, often from things outside of our control. Good to hear you’re making decisions to ensure you’re where you need to be. Always appreciate your depth of knowledge and willingness to share. Keep perspective and balance, and allow yourself some grace.

Just wondering, has anybody here received a “loyalty” offer from UA, that they found compelling and significant , ie, it in any way saved you big bucks ?

I haven't received any offers at all, and I doubt I will, as I already own U12.

So I just got the "Loyalty Offer" (10 for $300, 20 for $500) email.

You know how I know UA is going to release something new on Tuesday, March 12th? Because the Loyalty Offer expires on Monday, March 11th... (New plugin releases are always on Tuesdays)

So, the Loyalty Offer is valid for only about two and a half weeks, nevermind that the very sort of customer who will be receiving this offer is also the sort of customer that will already have all of or mostly all of the plugins they want from UA, and thus would primarily only be potentially interested in new plugin releases, if they are interested in any additional plugins at all. So this "offer" isn't going to move the needle for a lot of long time customers. It's a joke that it expires so quickly, even though any potentially interesting new plugins will only be released long after the offer's expiration.

Granted, I'm mostly indifferent to this offer, one way or another. It's just the "piss on my leg, and tell me it's raining" tendencies that UA/Drew have going on these days that don't set right with me. Make it a REAL offer or don't bother. This is all corporate window dressing designed to sell more plugins, and nothing to do with addressing customer complaints in any sort of meaningful manner.

The clown show continues!

“Make it a REAL offer or don't bother. This is all corporate window dressing designed to sell more plugins, and nothing to do with addressing customer complaints in any sort of meaningful manner.”

Sad to say, exactly what I expected all along.

The optics are sad, that a long term heavily invested client who just wants to be treated reciprocally and fairly considers that a “complaint”!

I suspected the same.

I hear what you mean. It has 20 samples of lookahead so to properly utilize this, it smoothes the attack for at least 20 samples, attacking too long on higher frequency events rather than constantly switching between attack and release. I can hear it on snare wires. Vocals, i use limiter on the peaks with much shorter release than the compressor but the lookahead is constant.

I guess this is what was necessary to get a digital compressor that wasn’t horribly distorted in the 90s without having to run on 5 dedicated dsp chips like the Weiss ds1.

It still sounds okay on vocals to me and for early 2000s type drums that aren’t “distressed”

Like Quint, got the email yesterday for the same offer. I couldn't come up with 10 much less 20 that I want at this point and give UA another $500. The "You are the backbone" wording is ridiculous though. I started buying for UAD-1, went through some Apollos and now only use Satellites but have put thousands into their stuff. Definitely understand the bitterness in this thread. Kids these days should have to experience the wait for the Christmas UA sales!