So i m currently rebuilding my studio setup.
Uad satellite quad vs octo.
Octa is eight quad is four.
Uad 2 satellite usb is available in quad or octo models with either four or eight sharc processors respectively.
I have the satellite quad and rarely get into dsp trouble.
In the short term however there are a few strategies you can use to squeeze the most dsp power out of your existing setup as possible.
You can run a studer a800 on 24 tracks vs 48 or 12 tracks of a studer with an 1176 on the quad vs octo s 24 tracks.
The satellite quad can only get 4 5 if you are lucky ssl channel strips up at once vs 9 to 10 for the octo.
But then again i mostly use the 1176 a lot of them lexicon reverb and both emt.
It can also be integrated alongside uad 2 pcie dsp accelerator cards and thunderbolt equipped ua audio interfaces including arrow apollo twin and apollo x interfaces for truly scalable mixing power.
The audient id22 would be my pick if i didn t go with the apollo twin duo.
It can also be integrated alongside uad 2 pcie dsp accelerator cards uad 2 satellite firewire and apollo twin usb desktop interface for truly scalable mixing power.
It s not about power.
The terms octa core and quad core denote the number of processor cores in a cpu.
If i went with the satellite it wouldn t be until down the road some as my immediate need is a audio interface.
Uad duo vs quad vs octo.
From my personal computer i am primarily just doing mixing.
Expandable processing power from quad to octo.
That had me looking at the uad satellite quad even had me pondering the octo.
Answer to a question that i m often asked online and in person.
In the years since our review uad have released versions of the satellite which use usb and thunderbolt as their connection protocol in place of firewire in quad and octo varieties web ed to be accurate there are actually two new uad2 satellites as the latest dsp unit comes in both dual and quad processor versions.
I m running a macbook pro 2013 with 8 gigs ram with pro tools 12.
So far so obvious.
Uad 2 satellite thunderbolt 3 is available in quad or octo models with either four or eight sharc processors respectively.