Because adding them would not be accurate to original units? I think it is a great combination of options. You want flexible and transparent? DMG. "realism" and some flavor? UA. It's like a decision making accelerator. The other features are just basic routing, so they probably are not adding workflow shortcuts like other developers who have to "add new features" to try saying they made a better 1176. Just a guess

 

Thank you for the explanation.
Wishing you a wonderful day always.

 

It doesn't matter which plugin you use, what matters is whether you're satisfied with the result or not.

 

the UAD plugins are great.. very great they are special for sure

 

I'm going to be really honest after the demos i did with the Native plugins: they sound good, but they are not the best 'analog sounding' plugins IMO. For sound vs CPU expense they are great. They sound like PA for me, and i love PA plugins. But i couldn't find a plugin that made my jaw fall or would worth the penny for replacing the ones i actually love.

There are some interesting tools that grabbed my attention BTW. But they were all dependant on UA Hardware to work, no Native version.

Another cool point is the fact that they are flexible and it's very hard to screw up a sound with their emulations, while with other plugins you gotta be more picky on the chaining process. That's the real win for me. If you don't like A/B testing, trying out different devs and plugins and wanna relly on UAD for that task of emulating HW, you will very likely get your job done without headache and with great sound. They are powerful workhorses.

But for hardware sound ITB i still got my preferences and i'm better not listing them because the taste factor and workflow plays a role here, and it's not worth proving my point at all.