Mackie Control Vs Uad-1 Options

[emtee]

*Mistakenly posted this in "Plug-Ins" group -- apologies to Moderator...


Wondering if anyone out there has had experience using a Mackie Control w the UAD-1 PCI dsp card?

I'm waiting for a Control, and was strongly considering purchasing the UAD to take the pressure of my B&W G3 400. However I noticed at the Mackie/UAD downloads page there is a list of "issues", including the fairly ambiguous note that the UAD does not work "correctly" with the Mackie Control in both MAS and VST.

Tried e-mailing Mackie but no response yet. Anyone have any details on exactly what does not work "correctly"? Need to know how bad this is before I invest in the UAD...

(SetUp: B&W G3 400, 700+ megs RAM, DP 3.x in OS 9, MOTU 828, soon a Mackie Control)

TIA

[gramps]

while this may not be the answer you are looking for but, you can always use your mouse to do the moves. even though mackie now owns uad the card and the board are two seperate entities. whether or not they address this issue will probably depend on how deeply imbedded in the core code the operations for that type of control are.

the uad-1 may take some of the pressure off you rig but it does use cpu despite the claims in their ads. most will find the plug and the setting they want then render or freeze the track with the fx. if you do this, it's best to make a copy of the track prior to rendereing if at a later time you find it's not the right choice.

latency is another issue and as of yet Dp (you didn't say what app you're running)has no algo to auto compensate for this. uad does have a plug which you insert on the tracks that are not using the card for this.

as far as a response from mackie...it depends on the question and the day you ask it. i've posted and emailed them on the upgrade and purchase of the cambridge eq for a pc and a week later i switched to mac and have gotten no reponse to either and it's been over a week. i finally had to answer my own question by saying i don't have to buy it again...made me feel better,,,i don't know how it made them feel.

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