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i read a couple of them from different shop websites like amazon and musicians friend and a couple fo forums thoguh i dont exactly remeber which ones, i was considering getting one for my laptop since they caught my interest so i started doing some research,it seems more problematic between window users... here are some of them: Windows XP users ... Beware!!! Posted by Greg from West Bloomfield, MI on Jan 8, 2011 Experience w/product: I own it Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist, Musician, etc... Reviewer's Play Style: Jazz, Gospel, and R&B I assume UAD hardware products are pretty good... But, if you are using a Windows XP Laptop computer (like myself), beware!!! I never got pass the installation. I called UAD tech. support 3 times for over a week and a half. But with no luck, I still could never get this card to work. The tech. support said that I needed to upgrade and/or change the settings on my computer (What)?! I said... wait a minute... hold on... I don't need to make any changes like that to my computer that might interupt the other programs I'm using (Cubase 5, M-Audio interface, Wavelab, etc.). All of those and more seem to be working just fine. After downloading the drivers, I should be able to just plug this card in the slot and the light on the card should go from red to green right?!!! Well, it never happen so I returned this item and I will be purchasing "Waves Software"!!! I downloaded the demos and they sound pretty nice and worked just fine!!! Lesson for today: If you can't download the demo and try it first "DON'T BUY IT"!!! Maybe I needed a $2000 Mac Computer??? UAD hardware: 5 stars but UAD software 1 star (and over priced)!!! a couple from sweetwater music: Forget it with PC by from Toronto, ON January 26, 2011 Music Background: Pro Musician, Producer & Recording hobbyist I bought this card because of falling in love with UAD plugins at a previous album recording session. I wanted it for my PC Lenovo laptop. I was happy to try it but was never able to install it. After... read more [+] all the possible troubleshooting, correspondence with UAD, forums…I had to beg the vendor to take it back. Throughout many sleepless nights & crashes, I managed to run the card for about 10 mins. The beautiful plugins sounded great and this pisses me off even more now, since there’s no way I can ever run them on my PC. It may run on a Sony or something similar, but in general, UAD is not made for PCs. I actually got a suggestion from both UAD and the distributor in Canada to buy a MAC. Well, thanks…I just need a spare kidney to sell for a good, music production - capable MAC laptop Does it's job well, but built flimsy by MJ from San Jose, CA. July 11, 2009 Music Background: "Prosumer" - Semi Pro Guitarist, Project Studio Engineer, Live Sound, with 26 yrs of experience. I received one of the first of these that Sweetwater received from UA last week (beginning of July), after waiting for it since March. Functionality: I give this 5 stars - does exactly... read more [+] what it's supposed to, set up is completely fool-proof, even as I already had multiple plugins on my quad card (was easy to link them to this card). This definitely works great on my '09 mac book pro. Build Quality: Completely shoddy. This card feels like one accidental bump against it while in the slot and it would break in half very easy. Most of the card is plastic, and where the plastic joins the metal seems like it will break within 6 months.... we'll see, but for 500 bucks for a card I expect it to be top notch build quality. UA makes great stuff and excellent hardware on the analog side with excellent build quality - makes me think they outsourced this, and it shows. A comment on the packaging: This tiny little card and set of 3 cds came in a ridiculously large box from UA - the same box my quad card came in. COME ON UA, BE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL - You're practically in Santa Cruz for god's sake, the mecca of contemporary environmentalism!!! A note on Supply Chain Mgt. - ALWAYS HAVE MULTIPLE VENDORS LINED UP FOR KEY COMPONENTS! I heard the vendor they went with originally to make the board in this went out of business, and this was the reason for the long delay. They had to scramble to find another vendor. This is a rookie move, and shows me that they may be growing faster than they are maturing their business practices. Take my advice, don't dilute your good name with shoddy quality and promises you can't keep. As a wise man once said, "The sting of poor quality lasts a lot longer than the sting of steep costs." All in all a good functioning product that may be a little overpriced, but if you're sold on UA plugins (which are great), then this will be for you. close [-] On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:37 PM, <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote: > > RE: UA plugins. never had a problem, but then, I'm using there stuff as > mix down tools, as they were intended to be used. So perhaps as Charles > said they aren't as well suited to real time manipulation. As far as > latency goes, I honestly haven't had that issue. I'm curious, Louie, > were these user reviews or a published review? I take most gear blog site > reviews with a grain of salt. To me places like the gear page are > virtually useless, as you never know how much info is based on people who > really know what they are doing with the technology, and how much is >based > on those for whom the old saying "its a poor carpenter who blames his > tools" applies . LD is one of the few sites where are a good number of > people really do know what they are doing and are able to articulate it. > But there are plenty of sites like the gear page where people spew all > kinds of opinions not necessarily based on facts. Sometimes I try to talk > myself out of wanting a piece of gear because of the sticker shock alone, > so i'll go looking for negative reviews to reinforce my opinion. I >really > didn't want to like the new Moog lap steel, because its nearly $3000!!!!, > but after playing it for about an hour at the Moog factory on Friday, its > absolute coolness totally changed my opinion. now i just have to find a > bank to rob. I resisted an Eventide time factor because i thought $400 >for > a delay pedal was a bit exorbitant. But sometimes you do get what you pay > for. > Bill > > -- www.luis-angulo.com