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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 25 - Chapter 2: UAD Installation
Windows • C:\Program Files\Universal Audio\Powered Plugins
You can access these files from the Windows Start Menu at:
• Start>All Programs>UAD Powered Plug-Ins
The VST plug-in files are installed to the location specified during installation.
Macintosh • Startup Disk/Applications/Powered Plug-Ins Tools
The plug-in files are installed to the standardized OS X locations:
• VST: Startup Disk/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Powered Plug-Ins
• Audio Units: Startup Disk/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
• RTAS: Startup Disk/Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins
UAD Hardware Installation
The UAD software should be installed before installing the UAD DSP card(s).
See the previous section for software installation instructions.
UAD-Xpander The UAD-Xpander has its own set of hardware connection and operation in-
structions. Refer to Chapter 10, “UAD-Xpander & UAD-Xtenda” for details.
About PCI and
PCI Express
PCI and PCI-X should not be confused with PCI Express (also known as PCIe).
PCIe is not compatible with PCI or PCI-X because PCIe uses a completely dif-
ferent connector (see Figure 1 on page 26).
However, if a computer system has both PCI/PCI-X and PCIe slots, the
UAD–1, UAD–1e, and UAD-2 can all be installed and used simultaneously as
a multicard system. See Chapter 5, “Using Multiple UAD Cards.”
Important: The UAD-1 will ONLY work in PCI and PCI-X slots, and the UAD-
1e, UAD-2, and UAD-Xtenda will ONLY work in PCI Express (PCIe) slots. Be
extremely careful to only install the UAD card(s) into a compatible slot!