Uad-1 Plug-ins, UAD-1 Information Options

[aportman]

I am desperately trying to buy some time before jumping in and moving to the new Power Macs, so I am considering one of the UAD-1 budles, for increasing plug-in capacity, giving my very tired CPU some relief. I presently do all my projects on a G4 933mhz, 1.25 RAM and a G4 1 gig Power Book.

The question I have, does anyone use the UAD-1 plugs with Cubase SX3, and, if you do, what kind of results have you had? I appreciate any reponse, guidance, are recommedations. The upper-end bundles are quite expensive, so I do not want to drop a bundle on something that will not be that beneficial in the long-run. I also want the software to be compatible for the day I do make the move to the new Macintel.

I just have to find a way to accomplish some quality mixing and pseudo mastering, with some quality plug-ins, without crashing m y system.

Hopefully this is the correct forum for this question. I don't post often, so i have not become familiar with the categories for posting topics. Please free to let me know if this is the incorrect place.

Thanks!

Allen

[rickenbacker]

A better solution for you would be the firewire based Powercore units

This is only a "better solution" if you actually like the Powercore plug-ins (and can afford to expand beyond the basic package). They are completely different from the Universal Audio UAD-1 plugs. I MUCH prefer the UA plug-ins.

They are also WAY better than any bundled FX in DP, Logic or Cubase. Like, 10 times better. The primary advantage is that you can do world-class signal processing on the metal and leave your Mac's processors to handle the virtual instruments, track automation etc.

PCI is also preferable to FireWire for speed and data transfer.