Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite TB3 Octo

This may sound strange since UAD is making amazing plugins, but I experienced nothing but problems with this DSP system. I’m also aware it may not be an issue for many people because my experience is based on working in Cubase only.

While I was trying to use UAD plugins in Cubase I would get some random connection errors which crashed plugins. Other times UAD plugins would crash and cause computer freeze, which required hard reset. But the most common issue was buffer size error which I would get almost every time when I insert a plugin on a track and what’s even worse during export.

I make music for games which require exporting multiple assest to be used in game engine. My routine is to use cycle markers to set multiple export regions. But because UAD shows buffer size error every time when audio export starts it forces me to dismiss it on every new region export.

I contacted UAD support and they tried to help for a few weeks, but all troubleshooting was based on reinstalling software and connecting UAD to another Thunderbolt port. Nothing worked actually. Eventually they offered me a discount for some new plugins. Which would be great if any of them would work without crashing randomly.

All I can say, it is an amazing piece of gear and software which is simply not for Cubase and Mac users.