Pro Tools users should now find UVI Falcon Avid Edition 2.0 in their Avid Accounts, providing they are on a valid rental subscription plan OR an active Upgrade Plan for a perpetual license. There was some debate when Falcon 2 was released by UVI as to whether Pro Tools users would get Falcon 2 as an update to the included Falcon VI. The good news is that we have just learnt that Pro Tools users now get it.

How Do I Get Falcon 2 from UVI?

You need to go to your Avid Master Account and look into your current Pro Tools software entry, in my case it is listed as Pro Tools Ultimate, then scroll down to the UVI Plug-ins section and providing you have a current Avid Pro Tools subscription plan or an active Avid upgrade plan for a Pro Tools perpetual license you should see the same as I see in my Avid Master Account…

You can download and install the software and providing you have a valid Avid Falcon AAX iLok Asset on a connected iLok or in the iLok Cloud, Falcon 2 should run.

UPDATE: Falcon 2 Plugin Missing A File

Please be aware that currently when you instantiate the Avid edition of Falcon 2.0.0, you may see the error message above saying “Unable to mount the Volume from ‘/Library/Application Support/UVI/Falcon/FalconResources.ufs’”.

As a result of our investigations, bizarrely the file is there as you can see below…

On a thread on the DUC, Rick has posted a link to the V1.6 FalconResources.ufs, which gets round the error message shown above BUT because it is the V1.6 file it doesn’t have any of the 2.0 presets.

As part of our investigations, we discovered that if you double click on the v2 FalconResources.ufs in its correct location you get this error message, whereas if you double click on the V1.6 FalconResources.ufs, again in its correct location, you do not get any error message.

This suggests that the file is damaged or incomplete rather than missing as some reports have stated.

We understand that UVI and Avid are aware of this and are working to resolve it as soon as possible.

Consequently, you may not be able to access your Falcon Factory sounds. We understand that UVI and Avid are aware of this and are working to resolve it as soon as possible.

Avid has now removed the ‘UVI Plug-Ins’ section completely from Users accounts.

UPDATE 10th November at 08:00 GMT: Avid Release Falcon V2.0.3

Overnight Avid has released Falcon 2.0.3 which accordingly to reports on the DUC has fixed it. ‘Digiot’ says…

“Looks like Avid fixed it by releasing the FalconAvid 2.0.3 installer. All seems to work after installing 2.0.3, no more error messages and after a quick scan all presets seem to work.”

‘musicman691’ replied…

“I don't think that's a full installer, at least what's in my account. The full Falcon 2.0.3 installer for Macs is 884.78 MB in compressed RAR format. I still say there's something weird going on with Avid user accounts.”

When I went to look in my Avid Master Account, it wasn’t back in the regular position in a separate section labelled UVI Plug-Ins. Instead, as you can see above, I found it in the Avid Complete Plug-In Bundle section, listed as AvidFalcon-2.0.3-Mac.dmg and Falcon-2.0.3-Avid.exe. There is still no sign of the other Falcon components in my Avid Master Account yet. So it looks like Avid have still got some work to do.

UPDATE 11th November 2019 at 15:30 GMT: UVI Plug-Ins Section Restored To Avid Master Accounts

Avid has restored the UVI Plug-Ins section in users Avid Master Accounts following the damaged version and then a fixed 3.0.3 version showing up in a Complete Plugin Bundle section.

UPDATE 13th November 2019: Falcon Factory Finally Updated To Falcon 2 Factory

A few days ago, we also learnt that the Falcon Factory file was still the one from Falcon V1 despite the installer being updated to v2.0.3.

We now understand that the Falcon Factory file has been updated, as you will see it is a slightly larger file and it is the last item in the list. We believe this is the last piece of the jigsaw in the UVI Falcon Avid Edition V2 saga and that we can all get on with using a working version of Falcon 2 with all the necessary files.

It’s a shame that it has taken Avid nearly a week to fully resolve this issue. Let’s hope their QA checks will be a little more rigorous in future.

What Is UVI Falcon 2?

There isn’t much on the Avid site, other than the files that appear in Avid Master account. Turning to the UVI site there is this introductory video from UVI on Falcon 2…

What’s New In Falcon 2?

New And Enhanced Oscillators - UVI have added the Additive oscillator, FM support in the Wavetable oscillator, and they have improved IRCAM Stretch, FM and Pluck oscillators.

New & Enhanced Modulation Sources - A new Parametric LFO and improved the Multi Envelope modulator to allow creation with MIDI and audio sample drag-n-drop.

New & Enhanced Effects - UVI have added Tape Echo, Sallen Key Filter, Formant Crusher, Track Delay, Digital Filter, Digital EQ, Frequency Shifter, Rotary, Phasor, Phasor Filter, Diode Clipper, Thorus and new effect racks such as Fuzz4 and MaxMS. And we’ve also improved Redux, 3-Band Compressor, Dual Delay, Xpander Filter, UVI Wide and Tilt.

New MIDI Processors - Event modules using the Script Processor such as Step Sequencer, Euclidean Drum and Euclidean Tonal sequencers, Chord Bank, Range Limiting, MIDI Delay, Velocity Remapper and more, and have added support for AnaMark tuning.

Enhanced Workflow - New functionality and optimizations have been implemented such as Favorite tagging, user interface scaling, Search tab in the right panel, and MPE devices support.

New Sounds And Wavetables - Hundreds of factory presets, wavetables and even exclusive presets from Expressive E and dedicated MPE presets have been regularly added.

Want To Know More About UVI Falcon?

Check out this selection of our reviews as well as articles from Production Expert and Pro Tools Expert Blogs…

Want To Know More About UVI Falcon 2?

The best thing to do is to check out the UVI Falcon 2 page as it has lots of detail and loads of audio examples demonstrating the different new features