Verve Analog Machines Essentials


Four retro-futuristic tone machines, packed with analog magic

Give your recordings the colorful saturation and effects heard on countless hip-hop, lo-fi, electronic, rock, and experimental tracks. Designed for the modern musician, beatmaker, and producer — Verve Analog Machines puts a sandbox of playful analog sounds right in your DAW. 


4 Magical Machines to Unleash Your Creativity 

With four colorful UA-designed effects, giving you glossy tape warmth to gritty lo-fi saturation, Verve Analog Machines Essentials adds energy to drums, guitars, vocals, synths, or your whole mix.

Included Machines

Sweeten

Add warmth to anything with classic reel-to-reel sound that can be gently overdriven. 

Great for: Getting studio-grade tape sound on vocals, instruments, or your entire mix.

Warm

An older and bolder tape machine. It’s similar to Sweeten, but with a deeper warmth and warble.

Great for: Getting tape sound with added movement.

Thicken

Hop in your time machine and explore gritty lo-fi textures from half a century ago.

Great for: Giving any track some added vibe and dimension.

Vintagize

Need a tone that’s all your own? Score thriftstore tape machine sound that’s older than your grandparents. 

Great for: Making modern recordings sound old.

Features

• Add analog sound to your recordings with four easy-to-use machines
• Give kicks, snares, and synths gritty tape textures or add warmth to vocals, guitar, bass, or your entire mix
• Make mixes sound instantly more expressive and alive with retro-futuristic analog sounds crafted by UA

System Requirements

• macOS 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura
• Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit only Editions)
• Intel, AMD, or Apple silicon processor
• Internet connection to download software and authorize UADx plug-ins
• Free iLok account with iLok Cloud or iLok USB (2nd generation or higher)
• A physical iLok dongle is NOT required to activate this product

You can activate this software on an online system (using iLok Cloud) or an offline system (using an iLok USB):

1. Online: an active internet connection and a FREE iLok account are required to authorise UAD Plug-ins using iLok Cloud

2. Offline: you will need a physical iLok USB (2nd generation or higher) to authorise this software

Important note: UAD plugins do not work in Apple's Garageband DAW