UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual
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Chapter 6: UAD Meter & Control Panel
DSP
The DSP gauges display the amount of digital signal processing resources that
are being used by the UAD Powered Plug-Ins algorithms. DSP is the primary
hardware “juice” that powers the UAD Powered Plug-Ins algorithms.
When UAD plug-ins are disabled, DSP requirements are decreased.
Program
This resource shows how much “program memory” is in use by the UAD-2.
Program memory is an on-chip memory that is specific to the UAD-2 DSP pro-
cessor(s) and is used for certain UAD plug-in resources.
Each unique UAD-2 plug-in uses a bit of program memory. If many different
UAD-2 plug-ins are loaded simultaneously, it is possible for this resource to
run out before DSP overload occurs. This point is considered and factored in
by the automatic UAD-2 load balancing routines.
Note:
The UAD-1 uses a different processor which does not have program
memory. The PGM gauges are not displayed for UAD-1 devices.
Memory
The Memory gauges indicate the percentage of UAD RAM that is currently in
use. It indicates the total available UAD memory available, regardless of the
number of UAD processors that are installed.
Memory is used for echo, delay lines, reverb, and similar spatial processing.
When UAD plug-ins are disabled, memory requirements are
not
decreased.
In this case, memory remains loaded so that reverb tails and delay lines are
not cut off when the plug-in is disabled (if supported by the host).
UAD Control Panel
The UAD Control Panel is where detailed system information is displayed and
global UAD Powered Plug-Ins settings are modified. The UAD Control panel
has four panels, organized into similar areas of functionality: System Informa-
tion, Plug-Ins, Configuration, and Help & Support.
Accessing the
Control Panels
The main UAD Control Panel window is accessed from the UAD Meter win-
dow. To open the Control Panel, click the menu button in the UAD Meter win-
dow title bar (
Figure 8 on page 65
). After clicking the menu button, the avail-
able functions are listed in the drop menu.
