Stereo out SD3 w/builtin plugs vs multi out and UA plugs

[jeff loven]

Almost every pro has recommended multi out and using my UA plugs instead of the SD3 stereo out into DAW using  builtin SD3 plugs saying the UA plugs are just better sounding–plus having the multi in to DAW gives you more automation options.  What are your thoughts on this?

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[Einar Freberg]

I have the same dilemma/temptation!  I use Logic & have screwed-up my templates going back & forth.  Frustrating!  All I can tell you is that, from my personal experience, I can’t get the individual drum tracks sounding better with multi-out & UA plug-ins.

It’s vexing, though, because multi-out has been engineered so that you could do exactly that.  I saw someone mix everything in SD3 but just put the snare out to a separate track. I tried that, too, & then the snare ended up sounding like an unnatural sample.

I’ve gone back to mixing the drums in SD3 using the simple stereo out, & then instantiating the UA Fairchild 670, in a general (light) sense, on the whole track in Logic.

If someone can offer a specific breakthrough with multi-out, I’d love to know, too.  Great question!!

[jeff loven]

I tried multi out in SD2 and then used all of the plugs that a guy in Hardcore Metal Mixer tutorial used-the ones he used on a major release but my custom kit/preset I saved and have used on countless projects actually sounded better. But today I had a friend who teaches audio, performs and also was signed to Polygram show me some things and he really thinks multi-out is the way to go.

[Olof Westman]

jeff loven wrote:

… having the multi in to DAW gives you more automation options.

That is true for SD2 but not for SD3. SD3 can be automated in just about all conceivable way.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
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