Universal Audio
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New Microphones From Universal Audio
Universal Audio have announced a major expansion of their microphone range with five new models. Here’s a rundown of the complete range… UA Bock Series Of most interest to our customers will be three new models from microphone guru David Bock. Bock was chief technician at Ocean Way (Los Angeles) and […]
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Gear Of The Year 2021
In our annual roundup, we take a look at the most in-demand studio gear from 2021. From customer favourites to the latest new releases, check out what made it onto our bestseller list... Back in January, Korg's ARP 2600 re-issue was met with a great deal of excitement – both from […]
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API VISION CONSOLE BUNDLE - Is This The Best Mixing Desk Emulation Yet?
We take a look at Universal Audio's ground breaking new API Vision console emulation... At first glance, this new release from Universal Audio looks like any other UAD plug-in announcement - always welcome, but there are already a number of good API-based plugins out there (not least from UA themselves). However, on closer inspection […]
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Understanding the UA Console Mixer Application
Universal Audio’s audio interface & UAD-2 powered plug-in platform has steadily taken the music production world by storm since the mid-noughties. Circuit-perfect modelling of the vintage processors we all know and love married with UA's excellent converter technology (particularly in the new Apollo X range) provides the kind of 3D depth and feel […]
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UAD Plugins: 6 Hidden Gems (That Don't Cost The Earth)
Many of Universal Audio's UAD powered plug-ins are very familiar - the likes of LA-2A, 1176, Pultec, SSL, Neve, Manley and their excellent tape emulations are amongst the most popular. As well as these well known names, there are many others that are also very useful - including some of the plug-ins included […]
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Upgrade to UAD-2 Ultimate 7 & Save Over £9000!
Universal Audio have reduced the price of their Ultimate 7 UAD-2 plug-in bundle from £2999 to £1899 when purchased with any UA audio interface or UAD-2 DSP Accelerator. This powerful collection contains all 99 UA-developed plug-in titles to give you all the warmth of classic analogue equipment in your DAW. When purchased individually, these […]
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Universal Audio | OX
Universal Audio | OX Amp Top Box The Universal Audio OX Amp Top Box was the first dedicated product from UA addressing guitarists needs within the studio recording environment. We still get asked what it does, and how it can be configured and setup into a workflow - so below are a few of the […]
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Double Down on Apollo X Interfaces and Get FREE Plug-ins
The Apollo X audio interfaces are arguably one of the best sounding audio interfaces available and with the addition of UAD plug-ins available in real-time during tracking, they certainly are also one of the most flexible. But what happens if you need additional inputs or need more DSP power? Up to four Apollo interfaces can […]
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UA : Winter Specials
NEW UA Plug-in Bundles with Apollo X Christmas is coming early from those good folks at Universal Audio with the introduction of new plug-in bundles starting today. The Apollo X is Universal Audio's flagship audio interface and has their best A/D and D/A conversion to date, with HEXA Core UAD plug-in […]
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UAD Lexicon 480L Review
Universal Audio has just released version 9.7 of their UAD software and as usual, have included five new plug-ins including an emulation of the Lexicon 480L digital effects system. A (Very) Brief history of the Lexicon 480L The Lexicon 480L was released in 1986 and rapidly became the ultimate digital reverb by […]