UAD Custom 10 Plus

Special Custom 10 Bundle with an additional 10 plug-ins on Universal Audio! Pick any 20 UAD plug-ins to build your own Custom Bundle.

• Apollo and UAD-2 hardware owners – can pick from the entire UAD library of around 150+ titles that run on Apollo or UAD-2 hardware.
• Native Users that don’t own Apollo or UAD-2 hardware  –  can pick from a growing range of UAD Native titles.

Now compatible with any soundcard on Mac and PC

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These are just a few of the highly regarded plugins available to choose from:

Topline Vocal Suite

Flawless Modern vocals with analog soul

Topline Vocal Suite gives you all the tools you need to easily record and mix flawless professional vocals in any genre, from hip hop to pop to R&B. Topline Vocal Suite is the only plug-in of its kind — perfectly marrying modern vocal tuning with best in class UAD analog studio effects. So you get everything you need to create perfect vocal mixes, effortlessly.  Packed with professional presets, Topline Vocal Suite is like having a seasoned engineer in a classic analog studio, crafting tuned, radio-ready vocals just for you.

Features

• Get an all-in-one vocal chain combining our most popular analog tools with state-of-the-art pitch correction, so your vocals are perfectly in tune
• Add warmth to your recordings with a UA channel strip, compressor, and EQ inspired by vintage analog gear
• Use classic reverb, tape delay, and modulation to make your vocals sound like they were recorded in a pro studio
• Explore professionally-designed presets and a modern, sleek interface to get radio-ready vocal sounds in any genre 
• Quickly identify the key and scale of any song with Topline Key Finder 
• Work in low-latency mode for real time inspiration 

SSL® 4000 E Channel Strip

Turn Your DAW into a Classic SSL Console

Unlock the iconic sound of the SSL 4000 console with the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip, now available as a UAD Native plug-in. This authentic British channel strip brings the warmth, punch, and unmistakable analog character that has shaped countless hit records from Nirvana’s “Nevermind” to Bruno Mars’ - "24K Magic".*

With precise EQ, dynamic control, and the classic VCA compressor, the SSL 4000 Channel Strip provides unparalleled versatility and sonic excellence. Whether you're mixing vocals, instruments, or entire sessions, the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip delivers the unmistakable SSL sound.

Features

• NEW! UAD Native plug-in with external side-chaining capabilities — no Apollo required
• Track and mix through a stunningly accurate emulation  of SSL’s vintage analog channel
• Get the full character of SSL’s Jensen transformer-based preamps with Unison technology, when paired with an Apollo audio interface
• Sculpt your sources with both Type E “black” and “brown” knob EQ and filters
• Harness the famous SSL VCA Compressor and Gate for incredible dynamics control
• Explore creative sounds by swapping Dynamics routing, and placing EQ/Filters in the Dynamics sidechain
• Mix with artist presets from Just Blaze (Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar), Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers), Ian Boxill (Prince, Tupac), and more

Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

It's not a record until it's mastered on an Ampex tape machine

The Ampex ATR-102 UAD plug-in and LUNA Extension provides the final “analog glue” for your music, turning your recordings into records. 


The only emulation that’s fully authenticated by the Ampex Corporation, and trusted by producers and engineers the world over, the Ampex ATR-102 UAD plug-in puts the colorful saturation, warmth, and harmonics of this industry-standard tape machine at your command.

Features

• Mix and master your music with the most popular professional 2-track tape machine ever made
• Get classic Ampex tape saturation, selectable tape types, and color to "glue" your mix together
• Use the entire ATR-102 circuit, including its transformers, amplifiers, Repro, Sync, and Input paths
• With Auto-Gain, make adjustments to Repro/Record levels while maintaining perfect gain staging
• Enjoy enhanced retina GUI with interactive tape reels and controls true to the original hardware
• Use the ATR-102 LUNA Extension to produce with rich, analog tape sound right in LUNA’s mixer

Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor

Get The Colorful Sound Of The World’s Most Popular Compressor

The Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor is revered in studios the world over as the modern, “must-have” compressor. Versatile with tons of color, the Distressor picks up where the legendary UA 1176 and Teletronix LA-2A compressors leave off — giving you a modern tool that’s equal parts utilitarian and creative, as heard on thousands of hit records.

Features

• Track and mix with the only authentic emulation of the EL8 Distressor — the world's most sought-after modern compressor
• Radically shape guitars, drums, and vocals with nearly infinite gain reduction variations
• Harness plug-in-only features like Dry/Wet parallel processing and Headroom for user‑customizable operating level
• Creatively color instruments and vocals with famous “Dist 2” and “Dist 3” modes
• Embellish, pump up, or destroy bass, synth, and room mics with custom detector filtering
• Mix with presets from Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes), Vance Powell (Jack White), Jacquire King (Kings of Leon), Jimmy Douglass (The Rolling Stones), and more

UAD Sound City Studios Plugin

Get The Authentic Sound Of The World's Most Famous Rock & Roll Studio

Sound City Studios lets you produce music in one of the most famous recording studios in history — including the same room, mics, iconic console, and outboard gear — as heard on classic records from Nirvana, Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Rage Against the Machine, and more.*

Available only from UA, Sound City Studios lets you add the vibe and character of this legendary space to your drums, guitars, vocals, synths and more — right in your own bedroom or home studio.

Features

• Place your drums, guitars, vocals, and more inside Sound City's famous Room A 
• Transform your sources with the magic mic locker of Sound City
• Sculpt perfect guitar tones with expertly placed cabinet and mic setups
• Get the authentic tone of Sound City's iconic British console, including 3-band EQ and inline compression
• Sculpt your sounds with Sound City's collection of analog outboard gear including "secret weapon" Dolby A-style effects, 1176 limiting, and more
• Bathe your sources in Sound City's lush-sounding echo chamber

Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb

An Era-Defining Digital Reverb

From the moment it was unleashed in 1978, the Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb — with its tactile, slider-based controller and famously lush reverb tail — single-handedly defined the sound of an entire era.

From Talking Heads' Remain In Light to U2's The Unforgettable Fire, the Lexicon 224 remains one of the most popular digital reverb units of all time. Now you can track and mix with this singular piece of audio history with the Lexicon 224 Reverb plug-in.

Features

• Use any audio interface, with both UAD Native and Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions included
• Track and mix with the legendary Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb, using the same algorithms as the original hardware
• Employ eight classic reverb programs and one chorus program on drums, vocals, guitars, and more
• Use the Plate and Concert programs for vintage '80s sounds
• Mix with presets from famous Lexicon 224 users Chuck Zwicky (Prince), Kevin Killen (Peter Gabriel), and others

UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier

Get the classic American tube amp — now in a plug-in

The native UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier plug-in gives you the essential American tube amp sounds used by artists and producers for more than 60 years, from Muddy Waters to The Beatles to Elvis Costello*.

Based on the award-winning UAFX pedal, the Dream '65 plug-in perfectly captures the timeless sound and feel of a "golden unit" 1965 reverb amp, with its bold cleans, sweet tube breakup, and divine spring reverb and vibrato. Plus you'll get built-in boosts, famous amp mods, and a collection of perfectly mic'd speaker cabs.

Features

• Get the most authentic emulation of a mid‑'60s American tube amp in your DAW — no Apollo required
• Immerse yourself in vintage tube‑powered spring reverb and vibrato effects    
• Professionally capture world-class studio amp sound, complete with classic mic/speaker pairings and boosts
• Take your tone a step further with custom mods and drive sounds made famous by artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Steve Lukather

SSL® 4000 G Bus Compressor

The ultimate “glue” for your mix bus

Discover the rich sound of legendary British compression with the authentic SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor — now available as a UAD Native plug-in, no Apollo required! 

Integral to the hit-making SSL sound, the G Bus Compressor has been a secret weapon for artists like Michael Jackson on "Thriller" and modern stars like Adele on "25," making mixes bigger, more powerful, and punchy while enhancing cohesion and clarity. 

Features

• (NEW) UAD Native version with External sidechaining capabilities for even more dynamic control over your mixes — no Apollo required
• Give power, cohesion, and drive to mixes, buses, or any source
• Harness features like Side Chain Filtering, Mix, and Headroom controls
• Mix with artist presets from Just Blaze (Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar), Peter Mokran (The Flaming Lips, Mary J. Blige), Ian Boxill (Prince, Tupac), and more

Capitol Chambers

Get The Sound Of The World's Finest Echo Chambers

Capitol Chambers plug-in is a startling end-to-end recreation of the most popular echo chambers ever created, giving you gorgeous hi-fi ambience that is simply unmatched.

From Ray Charles to Frank Sinatra, Beck to Muse, the underground spaces below the iconic Capitol Tower in Los Angeles, have provided decades of gorgeous hi-fi ambience that is simply unmatched. After years of R&D and close collaboration with Capitol Studios, Universal Audio proudly presents the Capitol Chambers plug-in, a startling end-to-end recreation of the most popular echo chambers ever created. 

Features

• Record and mix with the world's only authentic plug-in emulation of Capitol Studios' prized underground echo chambers
• Add dense, natural reverberation to vocals or drums far beyond plate, digital, or simple convolution reverb
• Create new sounds by repositioning Capitol Chambers' microphones using UA's Dynamic Room Modeling
• Audition current and historical chamber configurations, plus all new setups 
• Harness the chamber's entire signal chain including amplifiers, speakers, custom preamps, and mics 
• Quickly pull up presets from legendary Grammy-winning engineers of Ray Charles, Radiohead, Steely Dan, Madonna, and more 
• Use with any audio interface, no UA hardware required

Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip

The Ultimate All‑Tube Vocal Processor

The human voice is the first, most natural musical instrument. It’s also the most expressive. Like the voice itself, Manley’s VOXBOX channel strip is a beautiful and evolved system — a high-end blend of tube-driven preamp, dynamics and EQ circuits, designed specifically for your all-important vocals.

Featuring UA’s groundbreaking Unison™ technology, the Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip plug-in is a stunningly faithful emulation of this premium vocal channel strip. One listen and you’ll hear why it’s the vocal choice of Beck, Rick Rubin, U2 and more.

Features

• Exclusively licensed by Manley Laboratories, modeled by Universal Audio
• World's only channel strip custom-designed for the ultimate vocal performance and production experience
• Best of Manley's designs: Tube mic preamp, optical compressor, limiter/de-esser, and three band passive EQ
• Feedback-style 60 dB tube mic preamp with Mic, Line, or Hi-Z input with Unison technology
• Models entire VOXBOX circuit path, including transformers, tube amplifiers, passive inductor based filters, and optical gain reduction
• Sidechain Unlink/Link, Output transformer bypass, plus final clean makeup gain or attenuation
• Physical input impedance and front panel control of Gain staging and other preamp parameters via Unison

Anthem Analog Synthesizer

Put the biggest, baddest analog sounds at your fingertips.

Anthem is built for sculpting thick bass, punchy leads, and expressive sequences — without the need for layering or complex plug-in chains. With its crunchy analog-modeled filter, fat oscillators, and lo-fi effects, you’ll make sounds that make statements.

Features

• Big Analog Sound: Designed for massive bass, punchy leads, and expressive sequences with no extra layering needed.
• Analog-Modeled Filter: Adds everything from subtle warmth to gritty, overdriven saturation.
• Lo-Fi Effects: Includes vintage-style chorus, flanger, spring reverb, and tape echo for instant vibe.
• Step Sequencer: Create evolving patterns, polyrhythms, and generative grooves with ease.
• Inspiring Presets: Hundreds of ready-to-use sounds, plus hands-on controls for fast custom tweaking.
• Paraphonic Chords: Combine fat mono tones with vibey poly-style chords for bold, unique textures.

A-Type Multiband Dynamic Enhancer

Your secret weapon for legendary mixes.

Unlock the enhancement tricks used for decades by pro engineers and producers. The first and only end-to-end emulation of the vintage multiband “compansion” processor found in some of the world’s biggest studios, Universal Audio’s A-Type UAD plug-in unlocks the presence and top end sizzle that’s perfect for pushing vocals and instruments straight to the front of your mix.

Features

• Iconic Studio Sound: Delivers the legendary Air, Excite, and Expand effects used by Queen, Fleetwood Mac, and more.
• Authentic A-Type Emulation: The only end-to-end model of the vintage multiband compansion processor, fully DAW-compatible.
• Crush & Gated Modes: Get gritty, analog saturation and punchy '80s-style gated effects on vocals, drums, and instruments.
• Custom Circuit Mods: Unlock expanded tone-shaping with multiband gains, subharmonics, transient controls, and more.
• Precision Tape Decoding: Faithfully restores encoded master tapes with obsessively accurate modeling of rare hardware curves.

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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

DAW Compatibility

• Pro Tools 2022 (AAX)
• Logic Pro (Audio Units)
• Ableton Live 11 (VST 3, Audio Units)
• Cubase 12 (VST 3)
• Studio One 5 (VST 3)
• LUNA Recording System

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