Members swedj Posted March 23, 2013 Members Share Posted March 23, 2013 I have my UAD account with many plugins I have been using with my UAD-1. I have been running it on my old Mac G5. My old UAD plugins are: 1176LN, 1176SE, Cambridge EQ, CS-1 Channel Strip, DreamVerb, Farichild 670 Comp, Nigel Multieffect Guitar Proc, Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec Pro EQ, RealVerb Pro, Teletronix LA-2A Classic Levelling Amp. I also have an Mac Pro 8-core running OSX 10.6.8, Logic 9 and I am very interested in buying an UAD Apollo Quad to go with it. Will these old plugins be available to use (and run well) on a Apollo Quad or not?If not, can I upgrade the old plugins to new versions (by downloading newer versions) of them and them use them on a Apollo Quad? If not, is there any other way that I can make it work?Please explain (A, B, C) how to fix this if so. Kind regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted March 23, 2013 Members Share Posted March 23, 2013 My understanding is that all the UAD-1 plugs will run on the UAD-2 cards, Apollo included, without having to upgrade the old plugs. If you look at the system requirements for the older UAD-1 plug-ins by browsing the UA online store, you'll see under the "Features and Specs" tab for any of the old UAD-1 plugs, that they require "UAD DSP Accelerator Card" which is UA's way of saying the plug will run on either the UAD-1 or the UAD-2, and any Apollo. This contrasts with what the "Features and Specs" tab says for any of the newer, UAD-2 only plugs, which says clearly that a "UAD-2 or Apollo interface" is required. One exception might be if you were running one of the older UAD-1 Mackie cards. The authorization for the software that comes with the Mackie cards is based on having that particular UAD-1 Mackie card installed in your system. In other words, the Mackie card also acts like a dongle for the bundled software. So you can't run Mackie-bundled plugs on any other card without obtaining another authorization. I have this situation myself. I'm not sure what UA would charge for authorizing a Mackie-bundled plug onto a non-Mackie card - that's a question for UA to answer. You can also just email the UA folks with any question you may have - I've always found them responsive. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdoubleyou Posted March 26, 2013 Members Share Posted March 26, 2013 My documentation says UAD-1 devicecs cannot be run on the Apollo, don't know about the other UAD devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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