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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 288 - Chapter 29: Ocean Way Studios
CHAPTER 29
Ocean Way Studios
Dynamic Room Modeling
Welcome to Ocean Way Studios — the World’s First Dynamic Room Modeling Plug-In
Developed by Universal Audio and Allen Sides, the Ocean Way Studios
plug-in re-writes the book on what’s possible with acoustic space emulation.
By combining elements of room, microphone and source modeling, Ocean
Way Studios moves far beyond standard impulse response players and re-
verbs — giving you an authentic dynamic replication of one of the world’s
most famous recording studios.
Ocean Way Studios allows you to virtually book unlimited time at Ocean
Way Recording in Hollywood, California (formerly a part of United/Western
Recorders). This plug-in provides everything you need to help make your mu-
sic sound as if it were recorded in the beautifully balanced, performance-in-
spiring rooms that were designed and built by modern recording pioneer and
Universal Audio founder M.T. “Bill” Putnam.
Additionally, the Ocean Way plug-in grants virtual access to $250,000
worth of hand-picked, vintage microphones from Allen Sides' personal collec-
tion – one of the largest in the world – all of which are capable of being
moved and changed dynamically within the studio spaces as three separate
stereo microphone pairs.
UA's proprietary Dynamic Room Modeling combines DSP and exclusive mea-
surement techniques to reinvent room ambience processing. The end result is
an uncanny recreation of Ocean Way's iconic studio rooms A and B. By na-
ture of its specialization, the Ocean Way Studios plug-in invites its users to ex-
plore the entire space of these never-before-available temples of legendary
sound.
Allen Sides’ microphone setups are the centerpiece of Ocean Way Studios.
They capture the ideal microphone selections and placements for each room
and source type, and create Ocean Way Studios' fundamental sound. Mr.
Sides' eight expertly chosen positions are featured per studio as discrete in-
strument or vocal source selections; each is designed to recreate its inherent