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Post by thehightenor on Sept 10, 2024 13:59:40 GMT -6
I really love the UAD Motown EQ .... it's brilliant on so many sources - super easy to dial in
and to my ears super musical.
I would love a hardware version ....
Are there any clones?
I know Retro do an EQ (23A) but I've always thought of that being more in the Pultec camp.
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Post by ericn on Sept 10, 2024 14:04:09 GMT -6
To Quote every looney tunes “ Acme”! The $6500 price is a bit looney.
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Post by thehightenor on Sept 10, 2024 15:31:13 GMT -6
To Quote every looney tunes “ Acme”! The $6500 price is a bit looney. Oh yes .... that's the one - well done ercin! Looks great and I've heard great things about there gear. But .... Priced way beyond my wallet. At least the UAD Plugin is very, very good. |
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Post by thehightenor on Sept 10, 2024 15:34:39 GMT -6
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Post by andersmv on Sept 10, 2024 15:55:05 GMT -6
If you’re a “poor” and don’t have $6k, I would be looking at the Heritage unit.
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Post by EmRR on Sept 10, 2024 16:05:54 GMT -6
I think Orphan Audio floated the idea, saying they had all the parts and the drawings, and that it would be expensive. Don’t know if any were built.
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Post by thehightenor on Sept 10, 2024 16:50:07 GMT -6
If you’re a “poor” and don’t have $6k, I would be looking at the Heritage unit. But will it be better than the UAD plugin! IME budget hardware clones sometimes aren't any better than carefully coded plugins. One major exception being Audioscape! I'm not saying the Heritage unit isn't better than the UAD plugin - it's just something I'd have to do an ABX on. Getting a demo of the Heritage unit would actually be easy for me as my main dealer has a couple of demo units. |
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Post by prene1 on Sept 10, 2024 22:27:48 GMT -6
If you’re a “poor” and don’t have $6k, I would be looking at the Heritage unit. But will it be better than the UAD plugin! IME budget hardware clones sometimes aren't any better than carefully coded plugins. One major exception being Audioscape! I'm not saying the Heritage unit isn't better than the UAD plugin - it's just something I'd have to do an ABX on. Getting a demo of the Heritage unit would actually be easy for me as my main dealer has a couple of demo units. The heritage units are really good. My go to for vocals. |
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Post by thehightenor on Sept 10, 2024 23:36:55 GMT -6
But will it be better than the UAD plugin! IME budget hardware clones sometimes aren't any better than carefully coded plugins. One major exception being Audioscape! I'm not saying the Heritage unit isn't better than the UAD plugin - it's just something I'd have to do an ABX on. Getting a demo of the Heritage unit would actually be easy for me as my main dealer has a couple of demo units. The heritage units are really good. My go to for vocals. Snap. The UAD Hitsville Motown EQ has become my go to for vocals. Thus my thinking the hardware would be even better. |
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Post by chessparov on Sept 11, 2024 1:35:55 GMT -6
I think Orphan Audio floated the idea, saying they had all the parts and the drawings, and that it would be expensive. Don’t know if any were built. Let alone adopted. |
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Post by poppaflavor on Sept 11, 2024 6:22:07 GMT -6
To Quote every looney tunes “ Acme”! The $6500 price is a bit looney. $6500... For mono! I'd like to hear it just to know what that price buys. Methinks from the website description they are riding the coattails of legacy. |
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Sept 11, 2024 7:38:50 GMT -6
The Langevin 7 band graphic was our favorite eq, but it cost $700 in 1965. The settings weren't very reliable so we were given a budget of $700 in parts to build something more reliable.
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Post by Dan on Sept 11, 2024 7:45:55 GMT -6
The Langevin 7 band graphic was our favorite eq, but it cost $700 in 1965. The settings weren't very reliable so we were given a budget of $700 in parts to build something more reliable. and now we have total reliability from double precision math and upsampling the top end to not cramp and eqs that run as perfect models of clean circuits that cannot exist in the mechanical world thanks to zavalishin and simper. |
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Post by Oneiro on Sept 11, 2024 8:25:29 GMT -6
The 252A is one of my favorite EQs and, sonically, one of the best ever in my book. Years ago, I bought it for what now is a major steal. I have to agree the sliders give me a bit of pause, I baby them quite a bit. So I can see why Bob and co. modified the design. But the curves are as musical as it gets.
For make up gain, I use whatever line amp / gain stage from my compressors makes sense for the material.
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Post by bricejchandler on Sept 12, 2024 1:51:11 GMT -6
The Heritage sounds nice! It's a cool tracking/vibe eq. I'm not a huge fan of the top band.
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Post by lowlou on Sept 12, 2024 6:23:06 GMT -6
Motorcity eq user here, highly recommend them. 7 octaves to play with, very musical, broad strokes, channels or busses. Mojo city ! Physically not shallow, yet particularly heavy. Definitely not a Pro-Q3  ! |
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Post by prene1 on Sept 13, 2024 17:26:54 GMT -6
The Heritage sounds nice! It's a cool tracking/vibe eq. I'm not a huge fan of the top band. That’s a 1st. I love the frequencies chosen. I’ll push into it some toobs lol. Sounds awesome here. |
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