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I'd call it sad - I have grave concerns for UA and a few others that have joined the race to the bottom. I've gotten my money's worth out of most of my tools, but I'd still be sad to see them disappear.Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 21, 2025 5:03 am Waves have 5 plugins for $99. UAD have 10.
The once exclusive UAD now out-cheapening Waves by a factor of 2. What strange days we live in.
Thank you Piet. That makes sense.Piet De Ridder wrote: ↑Nov 21, 2025 2:18 am It depends on what you’re using a compressor of course — for 99% of the times I think my tracks could do with some compression (which isn’t very often and usually very little, because I really don’t like (the sound of) compression on sample-based audio), I have more than enough excellent choices already — , but if you want to apply some compression specifically as part of ending up with a sound that evokes bygone era’s, this one offers a couple of things that make it quite unique and very useful indeed. (And definitely worth $12.9.)
A nice thing about Material Comp is that, on top of its 6 types of compression, it’s got a few other colouring and dynamic processes going — if you enable them — that can contribute a lot to the sense of ending up with audio that has that rear-view mirror. If that type of audio is part of the sonic and musical aesthetic you are aiming for, Material Comp is, well, I wouldn’t say a must-have, but definitely very, very welcome.
If however you merely want a solid and versatile compressor to perform the typical compression tasks, chances are you have the right tools for the job already and certainly don’t need add this one.__
I think I upgraded from Standard to Advanced somewhere around RX6, and I've stupidly played the game of "Gotta keep updating to the Advanced version!" ever since, even though I don't think I have ever used one of the Advanced-Only modules. Seriously, I don't think there's ever been even one time.Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2025 2:59 pm To update RX11 Standard to Advanced (or RX10 Advanced to RX11 Advanced) would cost me £230 in their "best sale of the year". And for what? There's hardly anything unique to RX11 Advanced.
I dunno. Maybe not so strange.Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 21, 2025 5:03 am Waves have 5 plugins for $99. UAD have 10.
The once exclusive UAD now out-cheapening Waves by a factor of 2. What strange days we live in.
Any 10 of their non-hardware plugins for $100 - https://www.uaudio.com/products/uad-mix-tape-pro-bundle
