However, the impact the use of DSP has on system latency is very much still a compelling reason to use DSP based plugins.
Native processing has become so plentiful that DSP isn’t as compelling as it once was. How significant that is to you very much depends on your computer and how you use it. The first of those reasons is the fact that a UAD plugin runs on dedicated DSP hardware in your Apollo or UAD DSP accelerator. While it is true that some of the UAD plugins from the likes of Brainworx, which were initially exclusive to UAD are now available natively, there are still reasons to use the UAD version rather than a native version. The benefits of UAD plugins are pretty well understood by the music production community. In this article, we look at Unison-enabled plugins, one of the best features of the UAD ecosystem but for people not familiar with the UAD way of doing things it’s potentially a big feature you might not appreciate.
