API 2500 Hardware vs Plugin Comparison!

Can you hear the difference?
In this video, we take look at the API 2500 compressor, comparing the hardware unit to the popular UAD plugin.
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00:00 - Start
00:35 - Intro
02:10 - Hardware sound example On/Off
03:53 - Drums Hardware Print
04:10 - Drums Plugin Print
04:31 - A/Bing the Hardware and Plugin Prints
05:36 - My thoughts on the drum example
05:59 - Guitar Bus Sound example
07:06 - Guitar Hardware Print
07:28 - Guitar Plugin Print
07:55 - Guitar A/B comparison
09:50 - Guitar discussion
10:36 - Final Mix Sound Examples
10:53 - Final Mix IN/OUT hardware sound example
12:18 - Final Mix Hardware Print
12:57 - Final Mix Plugin Print
14:21 - Final thoughts