

The whole process is very well explained.

If you haven’t purchased any products from UAD yet, you will need to create an account and also install the application that will allow you to link this account to iLok. If you don’t have one, you can create one from the iLok website and follow the simple instructions that will be given to you. As long as you pay, you have access.Īs with any other plugin, make sure you have an iLok ID to allow the software to be used. As soon as you subscribe (you will have a 14 day free trial), UAD will give you access to its selection of plugins. And when you buy one of their hardware products, you will be offered a selection of plugins for free, which will push you to buy more. Because if you want to take advantage of their plugins, you have to buy one of their hardware products. This makes us understand one thing : UAD’s business model is very smart. This means that you will need either one of their Apollo interfaces or a Satellite device. Dependence on external DSP : UAD plugins have always been DSP plugins (well… until now! We’ll talk about that later…).When you know that most of Waves’ plugins are 30$ and UAD’s are around 100 to 150$, you quickly understand that you won’t choose UAD for its accessibility. Price : The price of UAD plugins is particularly high.The particularity of UAD plugins (UAD stands for Universal Audio Digital) is that they have always been particularly inaccessible, for two reasons : Their emulations of legendary hardware devices and third-party plugins like Softube or Antares have never disappointed and are still used in the biggest studios in the world today. Universal Audio has always been on top in the world of plugins.
