Native vs DSP Plug-Ins: Which Type Should You Use?

Not sure if native or DSP plug-ins are right for your workflow? Matt Petersen explains the benefits of each type, from hardware-free mixing & mastering to latency-free recording.

0:00 Intro
0:30 UAD Native Plug-Ins
1:51 UAD DSP Plug-Ins
4:14 Learn more

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[JonManness]

Please, make Waterfall Rotary Speaker run on DSP as well as native!

[channeloram]

I wish you get the option to convert a UAD DSP plugin in a session to a Native plugin if you're sharing the session with someone else who has the Native version of the plugin used in the session. As of now, they have to load the Native version of the plugin and copy the settings from the DSP plugin to get the same processing. Would be awesome if it was something that happened automatically with a confirmation prompt!

[REALEXIT]

is there any chance we can see SSL on UAD Spark ?? that's what spark is really missing
ssl g bus ssl channel strip

[BradDollar]

Big fan of the native experience you guys provide. Been using the heck out of the Spark subscription for over a year. Sounds great! Appreciate you guys.

[Kehisthe]

I wish I could authorize native UAD plugins to my computer without using WiFi. Being in a third world country without consistent WiFi is a pain. Especially since there aren’t any affordable/easy access to Iloks.

[richieb]

I hate being tethered to my desk. Please make more plugins native. Especially fatso 😊

[DaleNorth]

I will happily use the Native if you change the online auth/check-in. It does not fit with a professional workflow, travel, or really any of the rest of how the music production world is working. Please change it. Also tell your friends at Roland to do the same.

[morganpage]

Wish the classic precision plugins had native versions

[blasegangbeats]

Can’t wait for the next interface next year 🔥🔥🔥

[sgfdancecompany]

Matt you have the Focal Shape 65 monitors, the same i have in my studio. Happy coincidence!!!

[amazeus]

Btw Arturia has great features like mid side on all plugins and I think that UAD should do that as well..

[dividedbytimestudios]

I have the Volt 476P, I’ve been tempted to jump to an Apollo for the Unison, I use mostly amp plugins like Helix Native, Neural, etc… there’s not many videos out of the Apollo Unison amp plugins, like Diezel and Suhr, is it worth the jump to get that alone? I use other stuff such as compression, reverb and delay, etc….

[connorharris]

itd be really awesome if you could get all the uad stuff to run on x86! keep up the good work!

[GeorgeAmodei]

Yeah! ran out of DSP when almost finishing my Song that i've been working on for 8 months ( works still ) I had to find a work around to make it happen for last 2-3 Plug-Ins & I'm running X6 & Twin ! ( I know curtain Plug-Ins use more DSP ) Thx you, George

[cjthomasmusic]

Love all of my UAD gear. Although, unfortunately I find that I can’t add UAD plugins (Native or DSP) in Logic while producing because of the crazy amount of latency they add. Am I doing something wrong? I get recording through plugins in Console but sometimes I want to add something like a culture vulture or moog filter in Logic while still tracking.

[amazeus]

I still have my PCI duo that is about 10y old and it’s not a very powerful pci card but still useful …but Im hoping that SSL and Neve 88 strips will be native as well in a near future…because my DSP cannot handle these very well…

[gabrock]

So you had touched on how you're able to monitor your inputs through the DSP plugins with near latency and that it reduces the CPU usage would that also extend to being able to use the DSP plugins within the DAW? Would it have to go through Digital to Analog conversion and back with a physical patch bay for you to be able to make use of the plugins for a mixing session or can it all just stay inside the box and it just adds the littlest bit of latency and the CPU load is put on the UA interface instead? I mainly ask because say I had a pretty low spec laptop that's maybe only capable of running 3-4 standard plugins at a time in Ableton Live 12 but I wanted to be able to do a mix session with the Apollo interface using nothing but the buttons and knob on the interface while on my couch and headphones plugged into the interface for monitoring. This would immediately have me sold on one of these things if this is all possible! 😁

[mccoy]

So confusing - what are the Dsp limitations in cpu on Apollo??
Can you play without your computer but just with Apollo unit??
What does it to in latency numbers versus using an audio interface with a normal plugin??

[strangnet]

Why does it have to be such a hassle for me as a paying customer to use native plugins on two computers?

[wooliegeek]

The native plugins would be much more desirable if they did not require the licencing software be running at all times. If it was a small native app that would be fine, but it is Electron crapware. Which means all of Google Chrome (an old insecure version) and then a webpage that runs on it. Come on! There is no way