I've lost count of the times I've wondered why he doesn't have one session of unmastered stems to test on.

Yep - as a Finn who's somewhat sick of that "sing" that joke never gets old. Ville (Darude) is a super nice guy but that track... Omg.

@@komplexxormusicaiart but what has this track got to do with Darude, it's by a band called The New Fools?

@@stevelayton1271 it’s a running joke on this channel, every time he is about to test a new plug-in he says “let’s try it on sandstorm” but the track he tried it on is never sandstorm

@@xrabbz2010 thanks for clearing that up, I stupidly missed the irony!

That's probably what it would cost on the next Black Friday.

Same, the Studer alone does the trick but of coarse we all get carried away, I’m 38 plugs in including 12 unison just came with interface purchases and Black Friday

Its not free if u pay for spark lol

I have this kind of stuff covered, between U-he Satin, Softube Tape, P42 Climax etc. but… this one does sound good too.

@@sub-jec-tiv The only ones that sound reaal to me are the UA Studer A800 and iKmultimedia's ones - they both have the tape reels I know the sound of from the 80's and 90's. And to me, they sound legit. The others, like U-he Satin sound like an attempt to sound like tape but not real tape. The Satin sounds nice on vocals though - nice and crispy.

Yup, same

Even after the crappy review on the Pulsar MDN ?

🙅🏻‍♂️

​@@whitecatbones Pulsar audio is one of the nicest company and MDN is excellent like other products just a bit pricey...in my opinion

An OUTPUT knob would be even nicer… hiding gain behind a $99, soon to be $200 paywall 😂 Yes, obviously you can put a gain plugin after it but wow

That's where Reaper comes in it has a mix knob for every plugin 😉

I hear ya. I've tried CHOW Tape Model and it just doesn't sound legit to my ears. Verve sounds well in the park of legit and the A800 is VERY legit. My opinion of course.

Man, IK's are really good but they're huge CPU hogs.

@@WisdomHouseCreative Facts

Do you mean these analog machines? The IK plugs are more similar to the UA’s Oxide/Studer/Ampex tape emulations in terms of functions, capability and learning curve IMHO. For what it’s worth I have them all they are all great (as is Softube Tape) and each company’s suites can produce top class results if you put in the hours to understand their features and best usage. I tend to use Softube Tape and the UA stuff (particularly Oxide) the most - rarely reach for the IK but got it for nothing in one of their mega group buys. IK still great stuff but I haven’t put in the hours to really know them all and have no need to. Also +1 for RC20 as a general analog-sim-flava-box. I doubt I would find any use for these Analog Machines but will load the freebie onto my system for kicks.

lol so true

Holy balls, you opened a door into a very interesting universe with this. Anyone who, like me, doesn't know about airwindows, google it this damn moment

ALL plugins are distortion boxes.

Different kind of saturation though

@@who_is_dis i own the oxide tape from uad, donwload the studer demo....same highly priced stuff. This is free. The first machine sounds like 15 IPS studer, second like 7 IPS studer, the others just dont use them. Free.

def agree with you that theres too much choice. probably could have cut out the four "beige" ones and kept the colorful orange and blue ones with more controls

beware of the too cool graphics instead of effort on sound

Graphics are pretty good. They should fly s Phillips head in and open the box and show the all the electronics inside.

I had this issue too. The phasing must be some tape modulation algorithm waving on those other 3 models. I wish we could control it. If the paid version can turn off the wobble 100% then it shouldn't be an issue.

@@clydesapere1977 Yes, you are correct. I'm currently demo'ing the paid version and when the "wobble control" is turned all the way down the phasing goes away. 👍

I’d say it’s very likely that they repackaged what they already have. This is for another audience.

@@jocke1972 honestly, I’m not mad at it. As I said on my Verve demo video reel from this morning, I like one knob things, I’m a preset guy who can get technical but I prefer the artistic flow and I tweak as needed. I added onto drums, keys and bass and got a nice result and I would use this on master channel, too.

@Eph2.8-9 That is my point: If you not have a dongle by now, this FREE plugin will cost you at least 60 bucks. There is no free lunch!

You don’t need dongle or Cloud connection for the free Verve Essentials. It runs as machine license. You do need the ilok software however.

@@perhoier2881 When I purchased those UA plugins, it was not communicated that I need either a dongle or a spy-software. This ia oe point I critizies. But even more, both the UA- and iLok-software permanently try to connect to the internet. Which is a PITA, because my studio computer is not connected. I dislike it, that at a "free" plugin, but even more on products I paid for. I avoid UA and warn everybody about that unpleasant behaviour. Other companies, like Klevgrand or Melda and many more, make good plugins and do NOT treat their customers as if they were pirating. Thx for your patience.

@@perhoier2881 When I purchased those UA plugins, it was not communicated that I need either a dongle or a spy-software. This ia oe point I critizies. But even more, both the UA- and iLok-software permanently try to connect to the internet. Which is a PITA, because my studio computer is not connected. I dislike it, that at a "free" plugin, but even more on products I paid for. I avoid UA and warn everybody about that unpleasant behaviour. Other companies, like Klevgrand or Melda and many more, make good plugins and do NOT treat their customers as if they were pirating. Thank you for your patience.

Sounds more classic 90s English.

I think they would like to put out more branded plugins, but there might be licensing issues. In times when they made contracts with all those brands they might have signed a contract to release them only as DSP.

@@hlgrf8876I agree with you, that's definitely what it seems like; BUT I would imagine they'd see this coming. They're probably trying to find a way to keep making a lot of money while also giving the people what they want. Not sure, just what it comes across as.

I love the IK ones. Use them all the time.

I was going to check it out, but I am not putting PACE on my machine.

Don’t wait for others to tell you if it’s good or not. Some like it, some don’t. Truth is there’s no good or bad plugin. Try it, UAD offers a demo for every plugin. If you like what you hear and if you think « uh, I’d like to use this on my music », then it’s good for you.

He 3d-printed a connection for the bottom