The DSP usage for all UAD Powered Plug-Ins is listed in the table below.
About This Chart
- The following table indicates DSP usage for UAD Powered Plug-Ins.
- See bottom of page for more details about the chart.
| UAD Powered Plug-In | DSP % | |
|---|---|---|
| Mono | Stereo | |
| 4K Buss Compressor | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| 4K Channel Strip * | 7.4% | 11.4% |
| A/DA Flanger | 15.5% | 15.9% |
| A/DA STD-1 Stereo Tapped Delay | 17.5% | 17.9% |
| AKG BX 20 Spring Reverb | 33.8% | 34.4% |
| Ampeg B-15N Bass Amplifier | 25.7% | 26.1% |
| Ampeg SVT-3 PRO Bass Amplifier | 23.2% | 23.6% |
| Ampeg SVT-VR Bass Amplifier | 27.8% | 28.2% |
| Ampeg SVT-VR Classic Bass Amplifier | 27.8% | 28.2% |
| Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder | 17.6% | 29.0% |
| AMS DMX 15-80 S Digital Delay and Pitch Shifter | 42.5% | 43.3% |
| AMS Neve DFC Channel Strip | 18.6% | 19% |
| AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb | 40.6% | 41.1% |
| AMS RMX16 Expanded | 40.6% | 41.1% |
| Antares Auto-Tune Realtime Access | 20.1% | 21.8% |
| Antares Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced | 20.1% | 21.8% |
| Antares Auto-Tune Realtime X | 20.1% | 21.8% |
| API 2500 Bus Compressor | 17.3% | 22.9% |
| API 550A EQ | 7.2% | 11.7% |
| API 560 EQ | 9.2% | 15.5% |
| API Preamp | 9.0% | 12.9% |
| API Vision Channel Strip * | 26.3% | 35.8% |
| API Vision Channel Strip Legacy * | 22.4% | 29.7% |
| Avalon VT-737sp Tube Channel Strip | 42.5% | 46.1% |
| Bermuda Triangle | 14.3% | 28.4% |
| Bill Putnam Microphone Collection | N/A | 10.3% |
| Bill Putnam Microphone Collection 180 | N/A | 13.1% |
| Brigade Chorus Pedal | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| bx_digital V2 EQ & De-Esser | N/A | 4.9% |
| bx_digital V2 Mono EQ & De-Esser | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| bx_digital V3 EQ & De-Esser | N/A | 12.2% |
| bx_digital V3 mix EQ & De-Esser | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| bx_masterdesk | N/A | 38.9% |
| bx_masterdesk Classic | N/A | 32.8% |
| bx_refinement | 11.9% | 12.3% |
| bx_saturator V2 | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| bx_subsynth Subharmonic Synth | 14.1% | 14.5% |
| bx_tuner | 14.7% | 15.1% |
| C-Suite C-Axe | 50.4% | 50.4% |
| C-Suite C-Max | 23.0% | 45.2% |
| C-Suite C-Vox | 32.8% | 33.2% |
| Capitol Chambers 1 | 73.9% | 74.1% |
| Cambridge EQ * | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Century Tube Channel Strip * | 29.7% | 52.7% |
| Chandler Limited Curve Bender | 29.5% | 30.3% |
| Chandler Limited GAV19T | 40.6% | 41% |
| Chandler Limited Zener Limiter | 21.7% | 37.2% |
| Cooper Time Cube | 4.5% | 4.9% |
| CS-1 Channel Strip * | 6.0% | 6.4% |
| Dangerous BAX EQ Master | N/A | 3.2% |
| Dangerous BAX EQ Mix | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| dbx 160 Compressor | 3.2% | 4.1% |
| Diezel Herbert Amplifier | 42.3% | 42.7% |
| Diezel VH4 | 40.9% | 41.3% |
| DreamVerb | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| Dytronics Cyclosonic Panner | 13.0% | 13.4% |
| Dytronics Tri-Stereo Chorus | 19.1% | 19.5% |
| Eden WT800 | 30.7% | 49.8% |
| Empirical Labs EL7 FATSO Jr/Sr * | 25.6% | 40.5% |
| Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor | 25.2% | 28.3% |
| elysia• alpha compressor master | 35.0% | 35.4% |
| elysia• alpha compressor mix | 31.5% | 31.9% |
| elysia• mpressor | 20.2% | 20.6% |
| EMT 140 Plate Reverb | 14.6% | 15.0% |
| EMT 250 Electronic Reverberator | 6.2% | 7.8% |
| ENGL E646 VS | 43.3% | 43.7% |
| ENGL E765 RT | 42.2% | 42.6% |
| ENGL Savage 120 Amplifier | 42.7% | 43% |
| EP-34 Tape Echo | 26.7% | 28.1% |
| Eventide H910 Harmonizer | 23.7% | 44.3% |
| Fairchild 660 | 13.1% | 18.8% |
| Fairchild 670 | 13.1% | 18.8% |
| Fairchild 670 Legacy | 4.5% | 5.1% |
| Fender '55 Tweed Deluxe | 69.9% | 70.4% |
| Friedman BE100 | 42.8% | 43.2% |
| Friedman Buxom Betty | 34.7% | 35.1% |
| Friedman DS40 | 42.5% | 42.9% |
| Fuchs Overdrive Supreme 50 | 38.7% | 39.1% |
| Fuchs Train II | 36.7% | 37.1% |
| Galaxy Tape Echo * | 13.3% | 13.8% |
| Gallien-Krueger 800RB Bass Amplifier | 29.9% | 30.3% |
| Harrison 32C EQ | 5.4% | 9.2% |
| Harrison 32C SE EQ | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Helios Type 69 Legacy | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| Helios Type 69 Preamp & EQ * | 42.4% | 72.2% |
| Hemisphere Mic Collection | 2.8% | 5.3% |
| Hitsville EQ | 29.5% | 47.7% |
| Hitsville EQ Mastering | 30.3% | 51.4% |
|
Hitsville Reverb Chambers1 |
74.1% | 73.9% |
| Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808 | 10.0% | 19.7% |
| Korg SDD-3000 Digital Delay | 34.9% | 38.4% |
| LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip* | 36.6% | 61.6% |
| Lexicon 224 Classic Digital Reverb | 15.3% | 17.0% |
| Lexicon 480L Digital Reverb and Effects | 59.9% | 60.3% |
| Little Labs IBP Phase Alignment Tool | 3.4% | 5.8% |
| Little Labs VOG Bass Resonance Tool | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| Maag EQ4 | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Manley Massive Passive EQ (STD & MST) | 37.1% | 60.2% |
| Manley Reference Microphone Preamplifier | 30.3% | 34.9% |
| Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor | 16.3% | 25.0% |
| Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip * | 46.0% | 56.0% |
| Marshall Bluesbreaker 1962 | 49.2% | 49.6% |
| Marshall JMP 2203 | 27.9% | 28.3% |
| Marshall Plexi Classic | 31.3% | 31.7% |
| Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959 | 31.3% | 31.7% |
| Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 | 45.2% | 45.6% |
| MDWEQ5-3B | 5.5% | 10.4% |
| MDWEQ5-5B | 6.4% | 12.3% |
| Millennia NSEQ-2 | 11.1% | 11.5% |
| Moog Multi-Mode Filter | 16.1% | 16.6% |
| Moog Multi-Mode Filter SE | 3.0% | 3.5% |
| Moog Multi-Mode Filter XL | 26.1% | 26.7% |
| MXR Flanger/Doubler | 11.8% | 16.4% |
| Neve 1073 * | 40.1% | 67.6% |
| Neve 1073 EQ Legacy | 4.8% | 7.9% |
| Neve 1073SE EQ Legacy | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Neve 1081 EQ | 6.0% | 9.5% |
| Neve 1081SE EQ | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Neve 1084 Preamp & EQ * | 41.0% | 69.3% |
| Neve 2254 E | 17.2% | 25.2% |
| Neve 2254 E Dual | 17.2% | 25.2% |
| Neve 31102 EQ | 5.3% | 8.5% |
| Neve 31102SE EQ | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| Neve 33609 C Compressor | 14.5% | 21.3% |
| Neve 33609SE Compressor | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Neve 88RS Channel Strip * | 38.3% | 44.2% |
| Neve 88RS Channel Strip Legacy * | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Neve Preamp | 12.7% | 21.7% |
| Ocean Way Microphone Collection | N/A | 10.3% |
| Ocean Way Microphone Collection 180 | N/A | 13.1% |
| Ocean Way Studios | 38.0% | 38.4% |
| OTO Biscuit 8-bit Effects | 44.8% | 45.2% |
| Oxide Tape Recorder | 9.8% | 15.4% |
| Precision Buss Compressor | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Precision Channel Strip * | 2.8% | 3.2% |
| Precision De-Esser * | 2.6% | 4.3% |
| Precision Delay Mod / Delay Mod L | 4.1% | 4.5% |
| Precision Enhancer Hz | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| Precision Enhancer kHz | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Precision Equalizer * | 4.0% | 6.8% |
| Precision K-Stereo | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| Precision Limiter | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Precision Maximizer * | 7.6% | 14.1% |
| Precision Multiband * | 11.9% | 18.8% |
| Precision Reflection Engine | 4.0% | 4.4% |
| Pultec EQP-1A | 6.8% | 10.5% |
| Pultec MEQ-5 | 7.6% | 11.6% |
| Pultec HLF-3C | 5.1% | 9.8% |
| Pultec EQP-1A Legacy | 4.1% | 6.2% |
| Pultec-Pro Legacy * | 4.4% | 7.6% |
| Pure Plate | 14.6% | 15% |
| Raw Distortion | 14.7% | 29.1% |
| RealVerb Pro | 10.0% | 10.4% |
| Roland Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| Roland Dimension D | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Roland RE-201 Tape Echo * | 13.3% | 13.8% |
| Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Softube Amp Room Half-Stack | 16.2% | 26.3% |
| Softube Bass Amp Room | 15.8% | 24.6% |
| Softube Bass Amp Room 8x10 | 15.8% | 24.6% |
| Softube Metal Amp Room | 25.1% | 25.8% |
| Softube Vintage Amp Room | 16.2% | 26.3% |
| Softube Vocoder | 41.7% | 42.1% |
| Sonnox Oxford Dynamic EQ | 38.0% | 40.9% |
| Sonnox Oxford Inflator | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Sonnox Oxford Envolution | 16.0% | 16.5% |
| Sonnox Oxford EQ | 4.1% | 4.5% |
| Sonnox Oxford Limiter v2 | 15.1% | 15.9% |
| Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser DS | 10.8% | 15.0% |
| Sound Machine Wood Works | 36.4% | 37.1% |
| SPL Transient Designer | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| SPL TwinTube Processor | 16.8% | 17.2% |
| SPL Vitalizer MK2-T | 6.6% | 7.0% |
| SSL E Series Channel Strip * | 41.8% | 70.1% |
| SSL E Channel Strip Legacy * | 7.4% | 11.9% |
| SSL G Bus Compressor | 14.1% | 17.7% |
| SSL G Bus Compressor Legacy | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Studer A800 Tape Recorder | 9.8% | 15.4% |
| Studio D Chorus | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Suhr PT100 Amplifier | 35.8% | 36.2% |
| Suhr SE100 Amplifier | 41% | 41.4% |
| Summit Audio TLA-100A | 22.6% | 28.3% |
| Teletronix LA-2 | 16.2% | 21.1% |
| Teletronix LA-2A Gray | 16.2% | 21.1% |
| Teletronix LA-2A Silver | 16.2% | 21.1% |
| Teletronix LA-2A Legacy | 3.6% | 4.0% |
| Teletronix LA-3A | 4.3% | 4.8% |
| Thermionic Culture Vulture 1 | 63.1% | 71.2% |
| Tonelux Tilt EQ | 3.9% | 5.5% |
| Tonelux Tilt Live EQ | 3.1% | 4.1% |
| Sphere Mic Collection | N/A | 9.3% |
| Sphere Mic Collection 180 | N/A | 12.1% |
| Trident A-Range EQ | 5.5% | 9.1% |
| TS Overdrive | 10.0% | 19.7% |
| Tube-Tech CL 1B | 9.0% | 11.9% |
| Tube-Tech CL 1B MkII | 28.2% | 46.3% |
| Tube-Tech ME 1B EQ | 7.1% | 10.6% |
| Tube-Tech PE 1C EQ | 7.2% | 10.7% |
| UA 1176 Rev A | 13.7% | 17.5% |
| UA 1176 Rev E | 13.7% | 17.5% |
| UA 1176AE | 14.1% | 17.9% |
| UA 1176LN Legacy | 4.5% | 5.0% |
| UA 1176SE Legacy | 1.6% | 2.0% |
| UA 175-B Tube Limiter | 22.2% | 34.3% |
| UA 176 Tube Compressor | 22.2% | 34.3% |
| UA 610-A Tube Preamp & EQ | 23.0% | 44.8% |
| UA 610-B Tube Preamp & EQ | 23.2% | 44.8% |
| V76 Preamplifier | 28.1% | 55.7% |
| Valley People Dyna-mite | 8.3% | 13.2% |
| Vertigo VSC-2 Compressor | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| Vertigo VSM-3 Mix Satellite | 39.6% | 40.0% |
Notes
- All measurements are taken at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz. Some UAD plug-ins use more DSP at higher sample rates.
- DSP % indicates the amount of resources required by one UAD plug-in instance on a single SHARC processor on a UAD-2 PCIe card. This measurement is from the System panel in the UAD Meter & Control Panel application (not the blue UAD Meter gauge, which shows averaged DSP loads of all available SHARC processors).
- *DSP savings and higher instance counts can be achieved with plug-ins marked with an asterisk ( * ) by disabling UAD-2 LoadLock (in the UAD Meter & Control Panel application) and turning off sections of the processor. See the UAD Plug-Ins Manual for details.
- Apollo interfaces use DSP and memory resources for its internal mixer. Therefore, the UAD Meters will show some DSP and memory usage when Apollo is connected even if UAD plug-ins are not loaded, and instance counts will be higher than available on Apollo-only systems.
- To maintain the lowest possible latency with Realtime UAD Processing, UAD plug-ins used within Apollo's Console application require more DSP versus when UAD plug-ins are used within a DAW.
- The UAD system can process a maximum of 512 simultaneous UAD plug-in instances. High UAD plug-in counts (in the hundreds) may be constrained by overall system performance which is affected by host CPU loads, hardware I/O buffer settings, available bandwidth, the particular DAW in use, and related performance factors.
- As of v6.2.0, UAD-2 FireWire devices (Satellite and Apollo*) have a maximum limit of 58 stereo or 116 mono plug-in instances, and counts for these devices are subject to these limits. These theoretical limits are based on a 44.1 kHz sample rate with a FireWire 800 connection and the UAD Bandwidth Allocation set to 85% in the UAD Meter & Control Panel. For FireWire bandwidth tuning information, see the Apollo FireWire Connection, Bandwidth, and Optimization Info article or the Satellite FireWire Connection, Bandwidth and Optimization Info article. *Note: This limitation does not apply to Apollo when it is connected via the Thunderbolt Option Card.
- UAD plug-in PGM usage is not listed in the chart because unlike DSP usage, the “per plug-in” PGM value doesn’t simply sum when multiple UAD plug-ins are used, and the interdependencies of this resource are not linear.
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1SOLO Core UA Audio Interfaces — Due to the DSP footprint for Realtime UAD Processing with SOLO core (single SHARC) UA audio interfaces, the following sample rate exceptions apply with Arrow, Apollo SOLO, Apollo SOLO USB, Apollo Twin SOLO, and Apollo Twin MkII SOLO interface models.
- UAD Capitol Chambers and UAD Hitsville Reverb Chambers can be loaded at sample rates of 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz. These plug-ins limited compatibility at higher sample rates. It is possible to run these plug-ins on Arrow/Apollo SOLO at 96 kHz, but Input Delay Compensation must be disabled and all input and virtual channels in Console must be stereo linked.
- UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture cannot be loaded on stereo tracks in a DAW at sample rates of 88.2, 96, 176.4, or 192 kHz if Console’s Input Delay Compensation is enabled. If Console’s Input Delay Compensation is disabled, the limitation exists at 96 kHz only.
- UAD Neve 1073 and UAD Neve 1084 cannot be loaded on stereo tracks in a DAW when the sample rate is set to 176.4 or 192 kHz if the plug-in’s EQ section is enabled in the GUI or when DSP LoadLock is enabled in the UAD Meter & Control Panel app.
- This chart is for UAD-2 plug-ins. For the legacy UAD-1 instance chart, click here.