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Post by Johnkenn on May 3, 2016 12:04:24 GMT -6
CHANDLER LIMITED CURVE BENDER MASTERING EQ PLUG-IN FOR UAD-2 RELEASED! Chandler Limited’s modern classic ‘Curve Bender’ EQ emulated by Softube for UAD-2 Shell Rock, IA – May 2016 ... Chandler Limited, recognized globally for signal processing and related music and audio products that deliver the classic analog sounds that recording and professional musicians seek is excited to announce the release of the Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in, developed for Universal Audio’s UAD-2 software platform by Softube. Chandler Limited’s acclaimed Curve Bender hardware EQ, based on the vintage EMI TG12345 consoles used to record The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon records at Abbey Road Studios and reimagined for the modern era, delivers the legendary sonics of its historic pedigree. The Chandler Limited Curve Bender EQ is a powerful tone sculpting equalizer, featuring 51 frequency points and relied upon by modern engineering and mixing luminaries, including Tony Maserati, Michael Brauer, Joe Chiccarelli, Ryan Hewitt, Michael Wagener, and Kevin Kadish, to name a few. Chandler Limited’s Curve Bender EQ can be heard on records by Adele, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Pink, The Lumineers, Meghan Trainor, Sam Smith, White Stripes and many more. Softube’s plugin emulation of the Chandler Limited Curve Bender is circuit-end- to-end, including filter inductors, germanium transistors, transformers, and circuit nonlinearities. Softube’s circuit-end-to-end approach, allows the Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in to retain the hardware counterpart’s rich harmonics and signature vintage tone. The Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in for Universal Audio’s UAD-2 platform is is available from UA's Online Store and adds features not found on the original hardware, including Mid/Side functionality and channel linking.  |
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Post by ericn on May 3, 2016 19:40:07 GMT -6
Man I'm going to have no choice but to buy in to UAD soon.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 19:57:29 GMT -6
Anyone try it yet? How does it sound? My basement flooded today, so I'm out of service and relying on some vicarious thrills to make up for a shitty day (not literally this time, thankfully)...
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Post by ericn on May 3, 2016 20:20:55 GMT -6
Anyone try it yet? How does it sound? My basement flooded today, so I'm out of service and relying on some vicarious thrills to make up for a shitty day (not literally this time, thankfully)... Awe man that sucks, hope there wasn't any damage. |
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Post by mrholmes on May 3, 2016 20:27:41 GMT -6
Man I'm going to have no choice but to buy in to UAD soon. I doubt that, just in case you have a powerful computer. I have lot of UAD plug ins but I end up using 1176 and LA2As most often. The 140 Plate and 250 and Dimension-D is used sometimes... And the real verb, - which is underated by most useres. Most of the older plugs, such as the Neve 1073 EQ, do not get much love here. Ok there is the unision technology in tracking now, that can be a reason - I still love real preamps. |
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 20:51:09 GMT -6
Well, I hate to digress from the plugin talk, but, man, I tell you what, when it rains it pours. Three separate water-related incidents today. Woke up to a mystery clog. Luckily we caught it right as it started to overflow from the washer drain. Not my first rodeo with that one. I think the clog passed on its own. Called in to work to report I'd be a few minutes later. Then, after cleaning up, ran a drain bladder through every conceivable interior orifice of my house, ran enough water through the system to fill an olympic-sized swimming pool twice over, trying to replicate it, without so much as a drop spilled. We weren't so lucky 3 years ago when the main backed up and flooded two of our basement bedrooms with gray water. I'll never forget the look on the plumber's face when he pulled a matchbox car and a dish rag from the main...my first son was almost 2 at the time. Nevertheless, crisis averted...
...or so I thought. Next up, not 10 minutes later, the wife is screaming for me, something about water spilling out everywhere from under the sink. Turns out, the faucet spontaneously sprung an explosive leak. Fair enough. Ran to the hardware store for a replacement. Replaced the old gusher with a new shiny one. No more leaky faucet. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, easier than putting in a new toilet.
At this point, I thought, forget work, it's beautiful today and I really need to clean the gutters and the yard so it looks presentable and so I can start watering the grass. That took a few hours. All done, looks good, wife is going to be proud. So, I hook up my brand new hose and sprinkler and water away...the grass can't get green fast enough, I thought.
Fast forward about 30 minutes, I hear the wife screaming for me again...this time it sounds real bad...I know she was doing laundry, so I'm hoping she hasn't impaled herself with a clothes hanger or something (it sounded really bad). I run downstairs, only to find water gushing from the ceiling to a pool of standing water on the floor below. My own personal indoor water fall; grab the water weenies! Yeah, the spigot was really old - galvanized, not copper and not "freezeless." Hairline crack when I fired up the sprinkler. Anyway, big mess, no permanent damage this time, save for a few ceiling tiles...I actually think those drop ceiling tiles may have saved our ass a bit by absorbing so much of the water. Everything's cleaned up and drying out. I'll replace the spigot tomorrow. I've had enough for one day...for now, I'm drinking a beer and reading about the latest, greatest plugin from UAD. Shit breaks; shit can be fixed. Oh well, keeps my sense of humility and humor healthy and intact, I suppose.
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Post by ragan on May 3, 2016 20:56:11 GMT -6
Well, I hate to digress from the plugin talk, but, man, I tell you what, when it rains it pours. Three separate water-related incidents today. Woke up to a mystery clog. Luckily we caught it right as it started to overflow from the washer drain. Not my first rodeo with that one. I think the clog passed on its own. Called in to work to report I'd be a few minutes later. Then, after cleaning up, ran a drain bladder through every conceivable interior orifice of my house, ran enough water through the system to fill an olympic-sized swimming pool twice over, trying to replicate it, without so much as a drop spilled. We weren't so lucky 3 years ago when the main backed up and flooded two of our basement bedrooms with gray water. I'll never forget the look on the plumber's face when he pulled a matchbox car and a dish rag from the main...my first son was almost 2 at the time. Nevertheless, crisis averted... ...or so I thought. Next up, not 10 minutes later, the wife is screaming for me, something about water spilling out everywhere from under the sink. Turns out, the faucet spontaneously sprung an explosive leak. Fair enough. Ran to the hardware store for a replacement. Replaced the old gusher with a new shiny one. No more leaky faucet. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, easier than putting in a new toilet. At this point, I thought, forget work, it's beautiful today and I really need to clean the gutters and the yard so it looks presentable and so I can start watering the grass. That took a few hours. All done, looks good, wife is going to be proud. So, I hook up my brand new hose and sprinkler and water away...the grass can't get green fast enough, I thought. Fast forward about 30 minutes, I hear the wife screaming for me again...this time it sounds real bad...I know she was doing laundry, so I'm hoping she hasn't impaled herself with a clothes hanger or something (it sounded really bad). I run downstairs, only to find water gushing from the ceiling to a pool of standing water on the floor below. My own personal indoor water fall; grab the water weenies! Yeah, the spigot was really old - galvanized, not copper and not "freezeless." Hairline crack when I fired up the sprinkler. Anyway, big mess, no permanent damage this time, save for a few ceiling tiles...I actually think those drop ceiling tiles may have saved our ass a bit by absorbing so much of the water. Everything's cleaned up and drying out. I'll replace the spigot tomorrow. I've had enough for one day...for now, I'm drinking a beer and reading about the latest, greatest plugin from UAD. Shit breaks; shit can be fixed. Oh well, keeps my sense of humility and humor healthy and intact, I suppose. Dude. Helluva day and a great attitude you managed to have. I flip houses. I do 90% of the work myself. Carpentry, electrical, plumbing....that's just to say WATER STUFF IS THE WORST! I've had some nightmarish situations from time to time. Glad you got through it. If I could pour you another beer I would. |
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Post by forgotteng on May 3, 2016 21:39:21 GMT -6
This is the first UAD thing in a while to pique my interest. It may be hard to avoid it. Wish I could afford the analog version of it.
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Post by spock on May 3, 2016 22:59:34 GMT -6
FWIW, we had the guys (Maserati, Hewitt, Chiccarelli, Kadish, Willing) testing it for the last few months, and the plugin has been used on projects like Beyonce's Lemonade album. Tony uses his hardware unit on the mix bus, and then the plugin for individuals tracks. Ryan Hewitt and Kevin Kadish, both have their hardware Curve Benders on mix bus and instantiate the plugin on individual tracks as well. Softube & UA did a great job on the plugin. We really hope you all enjoy it.
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Post by kcatthedog on May 4, 2016 3:01:21 GMT -6
People demoing it at ua forum on their mix bus are really digging it it!
Hang in there Champagne !
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Post by jcoutu1 on May 4, 2016 4:59:00 GMT -6
Guess I gotta spend $5k on a hardware version since I'm not on UAD.
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Post by kcatthedog on May 4, 2016 5:53:43 GMT -6
Guess I gotta spend $5k on a hardware version since I'm not on UAD. or buy an Apollo twin and get chandler for $133 with the plug in registration deal ( 3 for $299  |
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Post by jcoutu1 on May 4, 2016 6:00:35 GMT -6
Guess I gotta spend $5k on a hardware version since I'm not on UAD. or buy an Apollo twin and get chandler for $133 with the plug in registration deal ( 3 for $299 Getting UAD stuff would probably end up costing me more than the Curvebender hardware. First hit is always cheap. |
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Post by kilroyrock on May 4, 2016 6:29:19 GMT -6
I guess UA paid softube to write it then? I couldn't imagine a reason they wouldn't sell the plugin outright - I'm hoping for a 1 year wait before releasing the plug (a la apple w/ AT&T in 2009)
Anything softube is awesome. I may pick up their drum machine and sell my TR-8 too (but oh, the buttons! the buttons!)
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