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Which one?

I own both so I'll tell you:

UAD-1:

Pros:
- very cool and it emulates the real boxes perfectly (almost!)
- the LA2A and 1176LN are woth the cost alone!
- The Pultec is lovely
- Nigel is perfect
- sound is "mean and bad"... it's not cold and surgical

Cons:
- some software problems arise (always in my experience with 4 friends),
hopefully fixed in version 3.1 due in a few days
- latency if used in a bus in Logic
- RealVerb Pro is my opinion all but a pro reverb... it doesn't sound like a
good digital reverb neither emulates something.. it's hard to work and find
out useful setting for me (on drums, vocals and so on), although is a
perfect generator for ambience effects!
- AU version on X: when? who knows!


Waves:

Pros:
- a lot of plugs for the price
- they are always useable in some manner
- I find C1, C4, L1 and Q10 very good but "cold"...
- Renaissance Compressor is a good alternative as a compressor
- I like Renaissance Reverb, do not work with presets but modify them...
esmpecially the Var parameters and the EQs and damping...
- The special effects (mondo mod etc...) are not so special
- The pitch shifter is... what should I say? unuseable...
- The delay is cool and good soundign (no comparison with psp84 and pcm42
though!)
- soon to be ready for AU

Cons:
- they cost a lot for what they offer (compared to UAD-1)
- no vintage emulation (Ren EQ sounds fake to me and is suibject to a lot of
band rejection - resonance - something not really well emulated in my
opinion in confront of UAD-1)


Hope this helps!

Best,

Simone Coen