The Universal Audio 1176 is a limiter/compressor that is substantially unchanged since 1968. But plugins that emulate it should be in a constant state of flux?

https://www.uaudio.com/blog/analog-obsession-1176-history/

 

Thank you! x100
Ironically, your comment was 'liked' by a special-snowflake I had to block/mute, due to them hiding behind exactly this shroud. Strange times.

I wasn't aware that the Trident A-Range had been redone since Softube did it; will have to try the Arturia version.
Met Malcolm a few times, recorded through his Trident. Rather lovely! It was THE model that Bolan and Bowie had been through.

 

i get where ur coming from but in my opinion - yes my dude!
im not saying that the original sound of the hardware is changed - but the way we emulate the hardware constantly improves thanks to technology, so it doesnt matter that the hardware remains unchanged its not the point
like i said companies always strive to move forward and find better tools and ways to emulate, or sample a response frequency, and just make a better product right?
so lets say tomorrow theres gonna be a new tool or an engineering design workflow that can help achieve an amazing sound or realism that wasnt available until now - i think they should use it and update their technology (plugin)
again its not that the sound of the original hardware is changed - but how we use to emulate it

 

I don't mind the latency because these 3 compressors sound glorious.

 

I will have to bookmark this for later use.
Epic comment and so true.

 

Did yet another test with a new session. Still think that other emulations are more responsive. More 'spank'.

PSP Fet compressor IMO is right between the Arturi < >Softtue FET, CLA 76.

For the Trident Pre/EQ emulations, I prefer the Softube Trident A-Range & the Acustica Ochre over the Arturia.

Both Arturia Comp & Pre/EQ are fine. Just not my personal first choice.

 

The problem with these plugin emulation shootouts is.. it should be common knowledge that you can buy 2 of the same analog gear and slightly favor one of your units over the other because they don't sound totally "identical". That being said, the claim that any software company has "nailed it" when it comes to an emulation is moot.. unless we are drawing that conclusion between their software product and the exact hardware unit that was used. It's possible that all of these companies nailed it based on the units they modeled from, and also possible that none of them nailed it. But I'll say this.. I've personally yet to hear a plugin yield a result that sounded like $2-10k worth of signal processing was being achieved.

 

i was asking myself why noone is meantioning it anymore

i dunno for mini moog exactly but newer arturia synths rls's are way much better then old ones from team air times
farfisa and vox continental are great , same as modular and others IMHO

 

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they wiping for sure....fuse dev was working at roosters too for a time

 

which filter vst you would chain behind a arturia synth , to even that problem ?
maybe dumb question but what ever..

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analog filters were even difficult for hardware devs i think...all did try to recreate moog filter

 

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Good question, the answer is buy a real Model D or the new Behringer emulation that is very very very very very impressive and close then all digital emulation and for only 300€.

 

thats what thought too man...
maybe its even able to use behringer clones filters as external effect
when you buy , buy at musicstore their have arturia keystep bundled to model d ..330 round

 

Analog filters have so many and many random factors to consider that make it unique and hard to emulate.
Poor company for make the emulation less digital they put weird studied and precise 18db/24db filters to reduce the digital noise without killing harmonics, it's a poor way in my opinion but look The Legend, it has that solution and is the best emulation in the market. When designers are able to consider all the fluctuations and the amount of harmonics and character, there will be better digital filters and analog emulations.

 

thx for heads up

 

I'd say one dev is there already. Cytomic...

 

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my opinion
The emulation of 1176 blue version
of slate is very good

 

I like the black version.