The UAD-2 Quad Core is a DSP Accelerator card designed to give musicians, producers and engineers huge power for running UAD plug-ins on Mac and PC.

The UAD-2 Quad Core includes four SHARC processors on a single PCIe card that can easily be installed on your PC or Mac providing serious mixing firepower and increased sound quality.

The UAD-2 Quad Core comes with Universal Audio’s UAD Analog Classic Plus bundle which includes Legacy versions of the LA-2A, 1176LN Limiting Amplifiers, Pultec EQP-1A and more. It also gives access to the extensive library of over 90 plug-ins through the UAD online store including emulations of classics by AKG, Neve, SSL, API, Ampex, Studer, Manley, Fender, Helios and many more. The vast range of plug-ins covers everything you need to make high-quality productions from preamps, EQs and compressors, to musician’s dream amps, reverbs and mic collections.

Best Emulations of Analogue Equipment

The go-to plug-ins for countless producers, engineers and recording studios worldwide, UAD-2 plug-ins are the result of intensive research and attention to detail. Working in close collaboration with hardware manufacturers whose units, Universal Audio’s engineers analyse original schematics and source the best-sounding units to emulate the exact sound and behaviour or these hardware classics.

Universal Audio uses physical modelling to recreate with incredible accuracy the exact behaviour and idiosyncrasies that make these pieces of equipment so special.

Analogue Ears, Digital Minds

The UAD-2 Quad Core is fully Mac- and Windows-compatible, with support for VST, Audio Units, AAX and RTAS. Just install the PCIe card and associated software, and start mixing with some of the world’s finest audio plug-ins.