I have owned Unify since day 1 of release. What is not mentioned here is that the Plugin Guru team continues to upgrade and improve their product regularly, adding features and improvements that often are astonishing. Not an exaggeration. Astonishing. Joy to use, with an incredible stock library and presets, included with plugin. It is also a tweaker's dream for those who want to craft their own sounds. Everyone should own this. One last thing: John at Plugin Guru's RU-vid videos are a sound design masterclass. Again, not an exaggeration. I encourage you to check it out!
You didn’t even open the Gurusampler or checked the CC-rider … Unify is nothing less than a very powerful patch-DAW. If you had to chose only one plugin beside your stock-stuff, this would be it 😉 The deeper you dive into it, the crazier it becomes. By the way, today is Skippy‘s Birthday, so Happy B-day-shout-out to the Pluginguru. Not to forget Shane, the code magician behind it. Gurunation rules!
I can't speak for Ambient Dreams, but I've had Unify for years and I use at least one instance of it in every song. You are definitely under-stating its functionality and versatility. It can do things that my DAW alone either can't do at all, or can do only with significant midi-routing and head-scratching. Two of my favorite "tricks" are 1) using wave sequencing to route each note of an arp or melody to a different sample/synth to really add some diversity and 2) Routing each voice in a chord to a different synth (sometimes randomized, sometimes static) to create a unique pad sound. And those two things are barely scratching the surface.
I own Unifiy for a while. Unify is a gem and worth every penny. I made 2 years ago a track with only one patch from Unify. This patch had everything I needed for this track. I mean, I can do most stuff as well with my DAW Ableton Live. But in Unify it is much easier. Especially the Midi routing is much more powerful in Unify. Sometimes I open only Unify instead of my DAW to make sound designs. Unify works as well standalone.
I've been using Unify for years, and it is my go to plug-in. If I have a song idea or some chords I want to try out, Unify loads in seconds and I'm able to quickly find strings, keyboards, textures, basses, etc. I've created patches in Unify using Omnisphere patches and Kontakt keyboards and vocals, plus Unify textures all in one Unify patch. It really is a ground breaking VST. The program is a simple or complicated as you want it to be. Don't want to go under the hood? You've got an enormous selection of patches all ready to go in Unify. But you can also tweak them in many different ways. Great program.
Just wow.... I think unify looks to be a bit of a must have for any ambient producer or aspiring producer, I have started doing live ambient shows at electronic open mic sessions and the amount of pre show work a vst / plugin like this could dramatically change anyone's workflow. Imho that is. I stumbled on this channel a few months ago I have to say love what your doing and the amount of premium content you offer is amazing. Keep doing what your doing S1gns Of L1fe :)
Yeah, i bought Unify with Ambient Dreams... What should i say... AMAZING !! So inspiring and inviting to compose "Dreambient". I love it. Some of my best plugins right now.. The latch mode is bit buggy, but hope there will be some upgrades in the future. Hey Chris, just a suggestion...can you maybe make a video where you explain how you connect all your effects devices and synths to your hardware? And what settings you have to make in Ableton. I would be very grateful for that. Greetz and Beats from Switzerland
Can't express enough how useful saving patches for my entire VST library to be instantly recalled in one place actually is. I can't stand NI user interfaces (among others), but with Unify I can find some obscure Reaktor synth patch and get it setup exactly as I like, save it in Unify and mark it as favorite. Boom one click it's there whenever I need it in a new project, across my 2 DAWs FLStudio and Reaper. Among the countless other things it does, Unify fixes all the broken preset browsing and bad UIs of other plugins.
Without doubt, the best plugin I own. It is endess, whether it is used for inspiration, or set up for live performance. The best part of Unify is the team behind it, always evolving.
By far the best plugin on the market. John and team organize weekly live sessions using the plugin, explaining its functionality and create patches. I have over 15 libraries and each is unique and super useful.
Oh yeah. Unify is an amazing plugin instrument. Your reactions fall right in line with all of us who love using Unify. Bob's libraries are incredible. Great walkthrough 😀😀
Not going to lie, I was concerned this was going to be a bit embelished due to the sponsoring. But damn, this is actually something I need in my workflow and seems to work well. I'm sold and look forward to spending hours creating and saving crazy combos.
The question I cant seem to get a clear answer on: does it load instrument plugins that are not listed among it's free libraries? For example, can I load a plugin like Waldorf Nave, or Renoise Redux? Or the Roland Cloud stuff? Or Reaktor? I'm looking for a plugin where I can host and layer soft synths for use in Renoise, which does not offer this natively
Yes. All vst2, vst3 and Apple's au format instruments and effects are usable inside Unify. (I have encountered no exceptions to its universality, and a own a ton of plugins.)
Unify can also be set up so that each key that you press will trigger the "next" layer... so you could have different sounds on each layer and it will cycle through the sounds as you press keys... also very useful for selecting a monosynth patch and place it on several layers and voila... you now have a poly synth patch that is playing your favourite monosynth. Unify is by no means perfect - I really wish they would have installed a midi editor and a drum machine editor but that doesn't seem to be important or it's too difficult for the programmers to incorporate using the current technology that unify gui is built around. Also some kind of basic sequencer would be nice for the stand alone version of Unify, but I guess if you use Unify as a VST then you would write sequences using your own DAW.
Unify is my go-to soundbank every time, but the only thing I like more than the plug-in itself is the company's customer support backup. Second to none !
Any parameter in any plug-in you can automate in your DAW can be assigned to our Macro Knobs. In fact there is no limit to how many parameters one knob can control and every parameter can have different Min/Max parameters, even curvature for the parameter change AND multiple break points so you can pretty much make a knob do anything you want. I did factory voicing many years ago on the Korg Z1 and wanted that level of control over every parameters (only had 6 on the Z1) and so our knobs do far more than even the Z1 could do. :D
@@PlugInGuruVideo You can have a one-key-song going in just a minute...it's crazy what it does when you get to know it. You did great here! :D Have a nice weekend all!
I DO NOT WANT IT EVEN FOR FREE ! why ? simply because I cannot read those gloomy, dark and small fonts on a black background. This GUI really, really sucks. IT is not even about the screen design and functionality. It is simply readability. I tested this on a laptop - it's barely OK. On the 4K screen ? COMPLETELY USELESS I asked a year ago for some color improvements and I do not see any :-( rather pathetic.
The point of Unify is it is NOT built in. Mad respect for Bitwig but we are both unique in different ways. Nothing else can load multiple patches into itself without cancelling notes that are currently playing. Also, it’s cake to set up one linear MIDI layer of 3 MIDI effects and have them talk to 16 different plug-ins. And Unify isn’t even breaking a sweat yet. 😊
@@PlugInGuruVideo Modulation in Unify is done via MIDI CC. And CC can't control VST parameters in relative mode. So, the user cannot use more than one modulator at the same time for one VST parameter, since the new MIDI CC signal would just cancel the previous one. Depending on the user's needs, Unify may be useless. While in Bitwig modulators are relative to parameter values and the user can put several modulators on one parameter. Until relative mode is introduced in Unify, it can't compete with Bitwig. Also, Unify's UI scaling does not work when use Unify is run as a VST, high-ppi monitor owners can't use your plugin.
I installed the UNITY demo. While the concept mightbe nice, and I really wanted to buy this plugin. GUI really, really sucks. I use 4K monitors, and 90% of it is unreadable. To dar, to small, no font or background customization. Obviously whoever developed this has no idea how to build usable interface. This GUI is designed for laptop only (yes it looks OK on my laptop, altough still to dark and gloomy). Not for desktop computers. Chriss I am disapointed with your presentation. You got it free? Not even one word of criticism ? Is it so perfect for you ? Obviously it is because you earn by advertising it....and you obviously about the comission. I will neveeer buy this plugin untul the interface is re-designed. I also have lost trust in you 90% plugins are prized only because RU-vidrs gat a comission.... so sad.... There are very few RU-vidrs which are still trustworthy, and unfortunately I have to sratch you off that list.
Your comment does not do any justice for the quality of this plugin. I have no problem with a large screen. Perhaps you need to adjust your windows font settings. There is a reason why so many are extremely positive about this plugin. You are missing out if you are not using Unify for serious sound design and music production.
I've owned it since day one, and it's been useful from day one. If you're dry for ideas, load up a preset, replace some of Skippy's instruments with your own, and you're on your way! And they're constantly adding new, breathtaking functionality.