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Kush Audio UBK-2 v1.0.1-R2R screenshot
Team R2R | 2024.09.08 | 128.7 MB
Shapes the movement and groove of a sound with unique compression curves, multiple parallel signal paths, and more...

In 2012, Kush dropped the UBK-1 into a world where nobody expected plugin compressors to have any kind of special or interesting vibe. Built on faithful models of the strange and aggressive curves Gregory Scott developed for the enigmatic UBK Fatso hardware, UBK-1 was the first plugin to give ITB mixers a movement-and-groove-based tool that encouraged blind turning of a few knobs to quickly get at sounds and textures that tended to be as surprising and novel as they were useful.

UBK-2 takes all of the things that made the original special — one big knob for more-or-less compression tuning, rapid switching thru preset attack-release-knee-ratio curves, analog-voiced saturation — and leaves them all intact, you can use UBK-2 the same way you used UBK-1.

Alternatively, you can dive deeper and exert a degree of control over nearly every aspect of the UBK-2’s functions. 3 new compression presets enable styles of compression of not possible with UBK-1, including the very gentle low-ratio Cream for delicate jobs like the mix buss., All 8 compression curves can have their baseline attack and release times adjusted faster or slower, and all feature tight Gain Reduction matching between them, so you can freely switch between them while keeping gain reduction and overall gains consistent.

UBK-2 flanks the updated compressor section with two newly-tuned saturation engines, one pre- and one post-compression, each voiced to suit the types of transients it’s likely to be presented with. An old school. pre-everything 4 band EQ leverages Kush’s new, Magpha-based equalizer algorithms. And all of these linear and non-linear processes can now be monitored via Kush’s signature ‘Tri-Meter’ display, first introduced in the dirt-loving Silika compressor. This VU meter allows for effortless, at-a-glance monitoring of Input and Output levels, Gain Reduction, or all three at once. The ability to dial saturation and compression while seeing the impact this has on the movement of the output signal vs. the input signal, and level-match them with ease… Tri-Meter is a deceptively powerful workflow enhancement, consider getting to know it.

We hope that UBK-2 represents a massive leap forward from the original, while still retaining the character and ease of use that make the original such a popular and beloved plugin that still holds its own 12 years after its release.



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A witch says,

* No iLok Driver installation is required to run.
* Our release loads faster and uses less memory than legit version.

Kush dropped MetaFortress protection from the last plugins. This UBK-2, Q632 and all macOS M1 updates should be MetaFortress free. Users get better performance than before. Hope they will bring Windows updates too :)
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comments

  Member 22.12.2017 1 291
+83
Looking forward to trying this, the previous version was great sounding, still the gui started becoming too small i'm glad they made a V2
  Member 15.02.2023 27 250
+820
I agree, new gui is nice but until you find out the skin file size!

  Member 22.12.2017 1 291
+83
This is Insane
  Resident 30.01.2014 6 2381
+440
R2R is on fire!!
  Resident 14.05.2017 659
+195
Is there any IR in this new version? .exe file size is 1,09 GB, or maybe is only because the graphics, who knows.
  Banned 6.06.2024 89
+18
quote by noisiaI agree, new gui is nice but until you find out the skin file size!

  Resident 14.05.2017 659
+195
OMG this is nonsense, all that space just for the gui, 1,08 GB.
  Member 20.11.2023 194
+57
thx r2r <3
  Resident 29.11.2020 29 3021
+3072
Is it just me or the plugin is buggy (or maybe not properly cracked). Sometimes the meter gone mad, sometimes it produces weird noises with audio (on 3rd launch onwards).

It work fine on first few runs. The original still top this any day.
  Banned 6.06.2024 89
+18
another guy coding this ?
  Member 15.02.2023 27 250
+820
Yes, it is creating a bit crushing effect. in FL Studio, activating the fixed size buffer option with the largest buffer size resolves the problem.
  Resident 28.12.2016 418
+97
Thanks! Man, I had completely forgotten about that option!
It does a good job of lifting the rhythmic elements in my mix.
  Member 15.05.2024 31
+20
I just installed and tested for about 45 minutes (holy crap it's literally a 1GB GUI/skin lmao) and experiencing zero issues so far. Inserted, re-inserted, open closed DAW, recalled in test sessions, everything working fine.

So unless a timebomb goes off that for some reason I haven't triggered yet, I'd say this R2R release is A-Okay and it's a "Kush" problem most likely not getting along on your setup? While they are excellent plug-ins, Kush is kinda sorta also known for having the caveat of being poorly optimized and finnicky to run on some machines.
  Resident 15.11.2020 2 922
+262
I guess is time to write more detailed reports about VST's crashes, there are so many details about Intel/AMD generations, SSE & AVX instructions, older versions installed & so on which makes the list target almost to infinite. With hardware details added we could start some sort of statistics which could dissolve some of the mist.
  Member 15.05.2024 31
+20
I mean I brought up that Kush plug-ins are poorly optimized, so we can start right there.

Apparently the GUI of this thing is 1GB of assets. Let that sink in... this thing supposedly loads up almost as much memory worth of visual assets for it's skin as an entire compressed 1080p movie. And I thought Arutria was over the top with visual assets, but Kush be like "hold my beer."

I can absolutely see how this plug-in would totally wreck some machines trying to open it, especially in a big session.

Part of me finds it so absurd tho that I wonder if the 1GB of assets is potentially bloatware protection much like I've heard about being in the Acustica stuff?
  Resident 15.11.2020 2 922
+262
Is possible. I've not experimented many of the reported issues &/or crashes that I read over here 'cause I usually open the VSTs in UI mode (Reaper).
  Member 2.10.2021 244
+86
It completly freezes my Nuendo 13, win 11, amd 7950x but only in 96khz, 48hkz working fine
  Resident 15.11.2020 2 922
+262
Did you noted which process (in task manager) is triggered up when 96Khz?, processor bottlenecking? Thx.
  Member 2.10.2021 244
+86
Hola hermano, por tu nombre asumo que hablas español jajaj, sino avisa y lo escribo en ingles. Aca Nuendo 13 con solo una pista estereo esta en 1-2% en pausa sin nada. Cuando inserto el plugin se dispara a 6-8%. Estamos hablando de un procesador con varios nucleos asi que es casi que toma un nucleo entero, el proceso es el de nuendo 13, no hay nada puntual que haga bottleneck. Solo con insertar el plugin se friza todo y tengo que cerrar. Por momentos responde, no es que crashea, pero estamos hablando de hasta 30 segundos, cuando responde, sino solo queda frizado
edito en ingles para, como dijiste, se sumen si tienen algo.

...Here Nuendo 13 only 1 stereo track 1-2% with no inserts. As soon as i insert UBK-2 it goes up to 6-8%. We're talking about a multicore cpu, so i assume it takes 1 entire core. No weird process, it's Nuendo13.exe in task manager, no bottleneck. This plugin freezes nuendo as soon i insert it. From time to time it responds but there is not a pattern, random time. It doesnt crash, only freezes. @48 working fine, @96 the problem described above
  Resident 15.11.2020 2 922
+262
Está raro eso,,,,, voy a chequearlo de nuevo a ver si me sucede. De momento estoy en un esquema AMD con un viejo Phenom II x6 1100T, lo inserté en una pista de guitarra con varios efectos en la cadena y anduvo. Lo del idioma es por sugerencia en cuanto a no dejar a los demás sin poder tomar las experiencias que se van sumando.

...weird, I'll check it again to see if it happens here. For now I'm on an AMD setup with an old Phenom II x6 1100T, I've inserted it into a guitar track among several VSTs in chain and it worked. The language thing is a suggestion so as not to leave others without being able to take advantage of the ongoing experiences.
  Resident 28.12.2016 418
+97
I don't know but there surely must be something wrong, when I insert this it turns everything into 4-bit sounding crap. Weird.
  Member 25.01.2020 116
+30
Same. Studio One here.
  Resident 27.05.2022 37 678
+2350
Crazy to think the UBK-1 came out 12-14 yrs ago. I still use that plugin to this day, so i'm looking forward to trying this out. But apparently it's a different coder so it's probably not going to be "better" per se, just different
  Member 15.05.2024 31
+20
I like it so far. Will definitely be using/testing it out in the coming weeks. If I end up actually using it, will buy for sure.

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