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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 17 - Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing UAD Powered Plug-Ins™, the most powerful combi-
nation of digital signal processing hardware and high-quality software plu-
gins available for host-based Windows and Macintosh digital audio worksta-
tions!
Thanks to the UAD™ DSP card, Powered Plug-Ins offer a new level of power
and complexity not found with host-based plugins. By reducing the burden on
your computer’s CPU, your host application will be able to deliver more
tracks, automation, and native effects.
The UAD Powered Plug-Ins bundle gives the native user a fully professional
suite of plugins including EQ, compression, modulation, delay, and more,
and features our acclaimed RealVerb Pro™, DreamVerb™, and Plate 140 re-
verbs. Also included are our Vintage Compressor™ Plug-Ins, the 1176LN™,
LA-2A™, LA-3A™, and Fairchild 670. We've combined the best of our ana-
log expertise with our digital signal processing capabilities to deliver emula-
tions that capture every nuance of these classic compressors. Nigel™ offers
the latest generation of guitar processing technology integrated into a com-
plete multi-effects plugin solution. The Cambridge EQ offers precise tonal ma-
nipulation with an ‘analog’ sound. The Pultec EQP-1A Program Equalizer and
MEQ-5 Midrange Equalizer have legendary sound that is revered by master-
ing engineers worldwide, and our Precision Mastering Series™ ensures your
audio is production ready. Our modeling is so accurate, Universal Audio is
the only company endorsed by the original manufacturers to create faithful re-
productions of classic Roland/Boss, AMS-Neve, and SPL hardware.
At the heart of the Powered Plug-Ins package is the revolutionary UAD DSP
card. Because of its high precision data path, floating point processing, high-
speed memory, and hardware dithering, the UAD delivers outstanding, dis-
tortion-free, high-resolution sound quality.
The UAD features a ground-breaking super-DSP chip with a proprietary audio
engine. Unlike other DSP cards (which juggle DSP tasks between multiple
chips), the UAD uses a single, unpartitioned processor, allowing for more so-
phisticated plug-in algorithms.