SOUND ON SOUND
• Toontrack EZ Mix • 2C Audio Aether 1.5 • Universal Audio EP34 • Native Instruments Traktor 12 • Overloud SpringAge
These audio files accompany the Universal Audio Studer A800 review that featured in SOS March 2011.
Can UA's Studer plug-in really reproduce the sound of saturated multitrack tape in all its glory? To find out, we tracked down a real Studer A800, a top-flight studio and a hitmaking band...
For more on the Apollo Twin, check out our news story from the first days of NAMM:...
The Apollo Twin is a two-in, six-out desktop recording interface for Mac computers with Thunderbolt connectivity, that combines the same 24-bit, 192kHz audio conversion of its predecessors with UAD Solo or Duo processing. It allows a plethora of high-quality UAD plug-ins to be run in recording and monitoring paths at low latencies (in the region of 2ms).
Universal Audio have just announced that UAD version 7.4.1 is now available as a public beta for Mac users. This version brings support for Pro Tools 11 and AAX 64 for UAD powered plug-ins.
It’s hard not to be tempted by Universal Audio’s mouth-watering range of plug‑ins, but not every Mac has a spare PCI or ExpressCard slot. Now all you need is a free Firewire port...
We check out this eight-channel preamp and A-D converter, the first four channels of which feature a solid-state/tube hybrid mic preamp based on the company's Twinfinity 710 and a compressor derived from their ever-popular 1176.
Vintage digital reverbs might not be totally realistic, but they have bags of character. Universal Audio’s latest plug‑in brings the venerated Lexicon 224 to your DSP card.
