As I wrote in this post, I now have gotten a third UAD-1 card. I’ll install it tonight, and I’ll probably get a the VCA VU since I got a bunch of vouchers laying around, which will expire on the 30th of June, and it’s on sale too. Yey!

This is why you shouldn’t trust the pro’s and con’s boxes in magazines when they’re reviewing products. When CM reviewed the VCA VU from Universal Audio they wrote that the pro was that it had a great sound. The con was that it sounded different and might not appeal to all. Okay, so the compressor isn’t for everyone, but as they’re stating on the review it’s great on vocals and drums (if I recall it correctly). So that means that the VCA VU is for people who’s not recording vocals, drums, guitars (it does work great on guitars - I’ve tried it - and I shall try it on my synthesizer collection as well). In the text it also says that it’s a compressor good for people who doesn’t want the good ol’ attack and release knobs, and in the con box it says that it’s lacking those two knobs.

The lesson is: Try things out yourself, and take the pro’s and con’s boxes with a pinch of salt.