Universal Audio UAD Signature Edition

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1176 Classic Limiter Collection

With the 1176 Classic Limiter Collection, you have access to three iconic versions of the 1176 compressor: Rev A, Rev E, and AE. Each version brings its own unique sonic characteristics to your tracks and mixes. The 1176 Classic Limiter Collection offers expanded controls for Headroom, Mix, and a custom Sidechain Filter, allowing you to tailor the compression to your specific needs.

API 2500 Bus Compressor

The Universal Audio API 2500 Bus Compressor is a meticulously crafted emulation of API's flagship compressor. The API 2500 Bus Compressor offers a range of options to enhance and fine-tune your mixes. Choose between "Old" and "New" compression modes, each with its own distinct feedback or feed-forward sounds. New features to improve workflow include Mix and Headroom controls along with L/R links for stereo interaction.

Brigade Chorus Pedal

The Universal Audio Brigade Chorus Pedal is an indistinguishable recreation of the legendary Boss CE-1 chorus pedal. Faithfully emulating the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble pedal from the 1970s, this plug-in offers a rich analog chorus effect and lush vibrato that will elevate your guitars, vocals, and synths with dreamy textures.

Capitol Chambers

The Universal Audio Capitol Chambers is a remarkable plug-in that faithfully recreates the world's finest echo chambers. Renowned for shaping the sounds of countless artists from Ray Charles to Frank Sinatra, and from Beck to Muse. These subterranean spaces offer an unparalleled level of hi-fi ambience that is simply unmatched. Through extensive research and a close partnership with Capitol Studios, Universal Audio has gained unprecedented access to four of these iconic echo chambers.

Capitol Mastering Compressor

The Universal Audio Capitol Mastering Compressor is an indistinguishable recreation of the legendary mastering compressor used in the world-famous Capitol recording studios. Its versatile features include the ability to compress your mix in stereo or switch to mid/side operation to adjust the centre and sides of the stereo image independently. You can also control the amount of processed material with the mix control, reduce the stereo width of low bass signals with the post-compression mono fold feature, and add weight to your mix with the saturation control.

Century Tube Channel Strip

The Universal Audio Century Tube Channel Strip is a custom-designed channel strip comprising a vintage tube-style preamp, optical compressor and three-band EQ. The Century Tube Channel Strip also offers seamless integration with Apollo interfaces using Unison technology. This means you can directly control gain staging and impedance from your interface, giving you complete control over your sound. Additionally, the modular design of this plug-in allows you to pick and choose which aspects of the channel strip you need for your processing.

dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter

The Universal Audio dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter is a fully licensed plug-in that faithfully emulates the iconic studio hardware, capturing the quirky sonics of its vintage VCA compression while offering additional controls for modern workflows. Additionally, the Dry/Wet mix control enables quick parallel compression, allowing you to dial in the perfect balance of dynamics and sustain.

Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio

The Universal Audio Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio is a deep-sampled, hand-picked Fender Rhodes MK1 emulation. This electric piano captures every nuance and quirk to deliver a dynamic and tonally responsive experience that feels just like the real thing. Additionally, this powerhouse offers a fully stocked "vintage" studio of pro production tools. Immerse yourself in a curated analog environment packed with vintage mics, classic amps, and more. Get creative with legendary rack effects and stompbox emulations, allowing you to craft professional-quality sounds.

Empirical Labs Distressor

The Universal Audio Empirical Labs Distressor is a true end-to-end digital recreation of a famous studio compressor. Designed in collaboration with Empirical Labs' founder Dave Derr, the UAD Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor is the only authentic plug-in emulation of this legendary hardware. With an attention to detail that is second to none, every aspect of the Distressor has been meticulously recreated. From its unique sonic characteristics to its intuitive controls, this plug-in faithfully captures the essence of the original hardware.

Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection

Known for their silky warmth and unmistakable tone, the Fairchild 670 and 660 vintage compressor/limiters recreations offer the most accurate emulation of the original Fairchild compressors, allowing you to add harmonics and punch to your recordings with ease. Adjust the Wet/Dry, Sidechain Filter, and Headroom settings to customize your sound and achieve the perfect balance. Additionally, the collection includes circuit-modelled recreations of the compression sound from Ocean Way Studios, adding another layer of versatility to your mixing palette.

Galaxy Tape Echo

The Universal Audio Galaxy Tape Echo is a stunning recreation of the iconic Roland RE-201 Space Echo unit from the 1970s. Faithfully recreated, the Galaxy Tape Echo features all the parameters found on the hardware counterpart, including the input drive control along with the ability to access seemingly infinite wow, flutter, and pitch-shifting combinations. In addition to its faithful recreation, the Galaxy Tape Echo features modern enhancements. With Tempo Sync and Pan controls for the reverb and delay portion of the plug-in, you have even more control to shape and manipulate your sound.

Hitsville EQ Collection

This collection includes custom-built graphic equalizers that were used by iconic artists such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and The Jackson 5. With seven overlapping bands you can shape your tracks with precision. Each band provides +/- 8 dB of boost or cut, giving you full control over your sound. It also includes a mastering EQ that offers full stereo control and expanded frequency options. With this EQ, you can process stereo channels individually or link them together. You can even switch to mid/side operation to adjust the center and sides of the stereo image independently.

Hitsville Reverb Chambers

Exclusively licensed by Hitsville U.S.A this plugin gives you access to the legendary attic reverb chambers that shaped the sound of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and The Supremes. Featuring two custom-built chambers, you have complete control over the richness and depth of your reverbs. What sets this plugin apart is UA's Dynamic Room Modeling. This innovative feature allows you to reposition the microphones in real-time, giving you the flexibility to explore different soundscapes and create unique textures. It's like having the ability to physically move your mics within Hitsville U.S.A's iconic attic reverb chambers.

Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb

This breakthrough emulation faithfully captures the essence of the original hardware. The precise algorithms and control processor code from the Lexicon 224 have been recreated, ensuring that all eight legendary reverb programs and the chorus program are at your fingertips. The plug-in even incorporates the original hardware's input transformers and early AD/DA 12-bit gain stepping converters, delivering unparalleled authenticity.

Massive Passive EQ

Endorsed and officially licensed by Manley Labs, this ultra high-end tube EQ plug-in flawlessly emulates the behaviour of the original hardware. With the option to select between the standard and mastering versions, you have even more flexibility in your workflow. The mastering version features stepped bandwidth controls, ensuring precise adjustments and repeatability. This EQ also excels at harnessing the complex interaction between the bands, as well as the unique tube amplifier distortion, to create organic and musical textures in your audio.

Manley Tube Preamp

The Universal Audio Manley Tube Preamp is an emulation of a boutique microphone preamplifier. The Input control acts as the primary "clean" input level control, while the stepped Gain control allows for adjustment of negative feedback within the preamp circuit. This unique feature not only adjusts the amount of amplification but also affects transient response, harmonic structure, clipping, and other sonic characteristics.

Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip

The Universal Audio Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip is a plug-in emulation of a classic all-tube vocal processor. Experience the richness thanks to Manley's high-fidelity Class-A tube mic preamp. This preamp perfectly captures and enhances the nuances of your vocals, adding warmth and depth to every note. Sculpt your vocals further with Manley's Pultec-style passive EQ, offering 33 selectable frequencies to bring out the best in your sound. With perfectly tuned Attack and Release combinations, you can dial in your signals effortlessly, ensuring optimal clarity and balance.

Moog Minimoog

Developed exclusively for Universal Audio in partnership with Moog Music, this software instrument captures every nuance of the original hardware. With its precise modelling of the classic Moog oscillators and ladder filters, as well as discrete transistor VCA modelling, the Minimoog UAD Instrument faithfully reproduces the fat and musically expressive analog synth sounds. Not only does it offer ultra-realistic and responsive Minimoog sounds, but it also provides a range of advanced features. From Moog's signature self-oscillation and extreme resonance to switchable note priority, legato, velocity sensitivity, and more, this instrument allows for endless sonic possibilities.

Opal Morphing Synth

The Universal Audio Opal Morphing Synth is a powerhouse of a synth that blends analog tones with modern digital wavetable processing. With Opal, you'll have access to morphing filters, oscillators, LFOs, studio-quality UA effects and noise that will open up a whole new world of creative possibilities. Shape and sculpt your sound with precision, and unlock the secrets of synthesis without ever feeling lost. And with its hardware-inspired controls and layout, navigation and sound sculpting have never been easier.

Oxide Tape Recorder

The Universal Audio Oxide Tape Recorder is a groundbreaking plug-in that brings the sound of tape to your digital productions. Developed by the same team behind UA's renowned Ampex and Studer tape machine plug-ins, the Oxide Tape Recorder delivers the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape. With two tape speeds of 7.5 and 15 IPS, you can achieve distinctive frequency shifts, "head bump" effects, and distortion characteristics.

PolyMAX Synth

The Universal Audio PolyMAX Synth is a vintage-inspired synthesizer. With its warm, analog-modelled oscillators and filters, this synth can sound both retro and modern, adding life, vibe, and emotion to your music. Enhance your music with studio-quality UA effects like vintage spring reverb, tape delay, and modulation textures. With its lush poly synth sounds and simple, intuitive controls, the PolyMAX is your go-to instrument for creating captivating music.

Pultec Passive EQ Collection

Built to emulate the original analog hardware, these EQs are astonishingly accurate, providing you with the same rich tones used by renowned producers like John Mayer, Daft Punk, and Mariah Carey. The EQP-1A allows you to sculpt fat and punchy bass, synths, and drums, while the MEQ-5 brings out rich midrange textures in your guitars, vocals, and keys. Additionally, the HLF-3C enables you to create retro filter effects or reduce unwanted frequencies with surgical precision.

Pure Plate Reverb

The Universal Audio Pure Plate Reverb is a plate reverb plug-in, that accurately reproduces the tone of classic studio units from the '50s. It delivers a shimmering and authentic sound, effortlessly adding natural depth and shimmer to your recordings. The plug-in provides essential features like mechanical damping and Low and High EQ controls, allowing you to sculpt the perfect reverb tone for your tracks.

Ravel Grand Piano

The Universal Audio Ravel Grand Piano is a groundbreaking software piano that sets a new standard for expressive and realistic piano emulations. An indistinguishable replica of the breathtaking sound of a Steinway Model B, this software piano goes beyond traditional sampling techniques with Universal Audio's advanced physical modeling and UltraResonance technology, resulting in unparalleled realism and responsiveness.

Sound City Studios

The Universal Audio Sound City Studios is a state-of-the-art reverb plug-in which lets you place your instruments in the recording room of one of the world's most famous rock and roll studios. Take advantage of Sound City's renowned mic locker with expertly placed cabinet and mic setups, you can sculpt the ideal guitar tones and capture the essence of your instruments with precision. Harness the power of Sound City's iconic British console, complete with its 3-band EQ and inline compression. Additionally, Sound City Studios includes a range of analog outboard gear, including the "secret weapon" Dolby A-style effects and the renowned 1176 limiting.

Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder

Authenticated by Studer, the Studer A800 plug-in faithfully reproduces the entire multitrack tape circuit path and electronics of an A800. The plug-in seamlessly integrates with LUNA, allowing for simultaneous tweaks across all channels. It offers versatile sound options, from clean to harmonically saturated, and includes original IPS control and multiple magnetic tape formulas. With augmented controls for modern producers, including Noise, EQ, and Bias, you can customize your sound to perfection. Choose between NAB and European EQ settings for different tape head modes, and experiment with HF Bias control to achieve warm and vintage sounds or heavily distorted effects.

Studio D Chorus

The Universal Audio Studio D Chorus is an exceptional plug-in that faithfully recreates the renowned Roland Dimension D. This emulation captures the "secret sauce" of analog widening effects that have been utilized by musical legends such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian Eno, and M83. The Studio D Chorus plug-in features four push buttons, allowing you to create a diverse array of subtle thickening effects.

Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection

Boasting an array of impeccable models, the LA-2A Classic Leveler Plug-In Collection offers the most authentic emulations of this iconic compressor. Featuring the three most illustrious variations of this legendary levelling amplifier, the LA-2A Silver delivers flexible compression with fast time constants, while the LA-2A Gray offers a consistent time average for medium-speed compression. Furthermore, the Mellow original LA-2A sound provides a slower attack and release, making it ideal for vocal sources.

Teletronix LA-3A Audio Leveler

Modelled from a unit in UA's vintage collection, the Teletronix LA-3A Audio Leveler plug-in provides you with all the tone and dynamics control of the rare hardware. It offers faster limiting than the smooth-operating Teletronix LA-2A and the clarity of the iconic solid-state 1176. With its bold, mid-forward compression, this plug-in is guaranteed to make your sounds pop.

UA 175B and 176 Tube Compressor Collection

These authentic plug-in emulation captures all the ultra-musical harmonics and colourful saturation of the original units, including their magical feedback compression circuit. The UA 175B and 176 Tube Compressor Collection also provides a range of controls for creative enhancement. Choose from 2:1, 4:1, 8:1, and 12:1 ratio controls to dynamically enhance your most important sources. Additionally, the Dry/Wet Mix parallel processing and Headroom controls make it easier than ever to achieve perfect drum and vocal sounds.

Waterfall B3 Organ

The Universal Audio Waterfall B3 Organ is an emulation of the iconic Hammond B3 organ and its companion Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet. Complete with a three-dimensional emulation of the classic rotating speaker and perfectly positioned vintage microphone setups, you'll have an exceptional level of control over your sound. With features like onboard vintage spring reverb, authentically emulated tube power amp saturation, and keyboard split functionality, the Waterfall B3 Organ offers endless possibilities for creative expression.

Waterfall Rotary Speaker

The Universal Audio Waterfall Rotary Speaker is a stunning recreation of the iconic Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet, delivering mesmerizing modulation effects for your guitars, vocals, keyboards, and more. This plug-in goes beyond the typical chorus and flange effects, immersing your sound in a chewy, three-dimensional texture that has graced legendary albums for decades.

Specifications

• Operating system:
  • Mac: 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, or 13 Ventura
  • Windows: Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit editions)
• Processor: Intel, AMD or Apple silicon processor
• Activation:
  • Internet connection to download software and authorize native UAD plug-ins
  • Free iLok account with iLok Cloud or iLok USB (2nd generation or higher)
  • Free UA Connect application for managing native UAD plug-ins
• Product code: 1172-88