The Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin brings the acoustic environment of the legendary Abbey Road Studio 3 control room to your headphones, so you can always trust the production and mixing decisions you are making.  For the first time ever, you can produce, mix and hear music inside the world's greatest studio control room - no matter where you really are.  Abbey Road Studio 3: The Perfect Control Room The Abbey Road Studio 3 control room is Abbey Road Studios" flagship mix room, designed by the world…

Musical analog saturation & distortion from the legendary Abbey Road Studios: The sound of classic tubes and transistors, driven hard from subtle to extreme, and excited by the ultra-rare EMI TG12321"a secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers. Saturation is the heart and soul of analog recording and mixing"from the subtle soft clipping of a tube preamp, which adds warmth and pleasing harmonics to a drum or vocal part; to full-blown console distortion that makes a synth, bass or guitar part 'sing" i…

A passive equalizer with powerful sound-shaping capabilities, the RS56 Universal Tone Control was originally introduced in the early 1950s and used in Abbey Road Studios to prepare recordings for the record-lathe, as part of the process we now know as "mastering." Later, Abbey Road's pop engineers began using the RS56 for studio recordings because of its abilities to dramatically manipulate sound " unlike the basic treble and bass EQs found on the mixing consoles of the time. This earned it the …

Video of Introducing the Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor Plugin Give your music the sound of silky-smooth Abbey Road RS124 compression - the legendary velvety tones heard on every Beatles recording made at Abbey Road. With two distinct flavors to choose from, this classic tube model is the only software emulation of the ultra-rare RS124s, approved by Abbey Road Studios. Few pieces of gear define music history as the RS124 does. The custom-built RS124 compressors were the secret weapon of Abb…

State-of-the-art modeling of the four legendary EMT 140 reverb plates housed at Abbey Road Studios and used on recordings by the Beatles and Pink Floyd.   Introduced in the 1950s, plate reverbs have been a fixture of recorded music ever since. Used most prominently in the "60s and "70s by pioneering bands, including the Beatles and Pink Floyd, Abbey Road Studios" original reverb plates " four EMT 140 units " were first installed in 1957 to complement the fixed reverberation times of the studios"…

Waves/Abbey Road Reel ADT is the first plugin to successfully emulate Abbey Road Studios" pioneering process of Artificial Double Tracking. The effect that would become an integral part of Abbey Road's signature sound was initially created at the famed studios in the 1960s to meet the needs of some very special clients: The Beatles.   Reel ADT puts the magic of that era in your hands within seconds. Using its intuitive controls, you can advance or push back the doubled signal to achieve genuine,…

London's Abbey Road Studios were at the epicenter of a seismic shift that rocked the world of music during the 1960s, and changed the course of popular culture forever. The Beatles, The Hollies, Pink Floyd and countless other luminaries made musical history at Abbey Road Studios, trailblazing a revolution that resonates to this day.   And at the heart of it all: The REDD consoles, custom-designed, built by and named for Abbey Road Studios' in-house Record Engineering Development Department. Reno…

Waves and Abbey Road Studios present the J37 tape saturation plugin, a precision model of the very machine used to record many of the greatest masterpieces in modern music. With a variety of user-adjustable controls including Tape Speed, Bias, Noise, Saturation, Wow and Flutter, the Waves: Abbey Road J37 faithfully recreates the inimitable sonic signature of the original machine. In addition to the J37 itself, three exclusive oxide tape formulas have been modeled. Specially developed by EMI duri…

Waves and Abbey Road Studios bring to life the legendary TG12345, the first-ever solid-state console from EMI which epitomized the sound evolution of the late '60s and early '70s and helped shape groundbreaking recordings by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and many others.   Thanks to meticulous component modeling, the Waves/Abbey Road EMI TG12345 channel strip plugin captures every celebrated feature of the one-of-a-kind original console: the input mic preamp, down to every last detail of its harmonic…

Abbey Road Collection is registered to your account as single plugins.  Developed in association with Abbey Road Studios, Waves" Abbey Road Collection features a lineup of exquisite plugins that meticulously model the fabled studios" legendary rooms, microphones, consoles, tape machines and signature effects, as heard on countless historic recordings and pop masterpieces.  The Abbey Road Collection includes plugin models of the studios" famed REDD and TG12345 consoles, as well as RS56 Passive EQ…

Ravel is a breathtaking emulation of a Steinway Model B grand piano.* Building upon UA's industry-leading physical modeling techniques, Ravel goes far beyond other piano plug-ins and sample libraries with its unprecedented realism, giving you album-ready sonics and inspiring playability " perfect for modern music productions from pop to rock, R&B to hip-hop. *All trademarks are property of their respective owners, and used only to represent the instruments modeled as part of the software. The Ul…

In 1973, Roland created the RE-201 Space Echo* " a tape delay/spring reverb system that created warm, warped, unabashedly analog echo effects. From subtle tape textures to mind-bending chaos, this iconic contraption can be heard on classic Pink Floyd and David Bowie, to seminal dub sides from King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee 'scratch" Perry.* The Galaxy Tape Echo plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces is an exhaustive emulation of the iconic, legendary "70s unit, and expertly captures th…

The Hitsville EQ Collection gives you the soulful tone of the custom-built graphic equalizers that shaped the legendary Motown Sound. Available only from Universal Audio, the Hitsville EQ Collection gives your tracks the rich sound of secret-sauce EQs used by everyone from The Supremes to Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of Hitsville EQ Collection software. Get the Tone of the Historic Motown StudioThe custom-made gear built by Hitsvil…

Video of Hollywood Fantasy Strings Walkthrough BRING FANTASY WORLDS TO LIFE Introducing Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, a brand-new orchestra that includes everything you need to create fantasy film, television, and game soundtracks. Produced by sound titans Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra includes unique ensembles of world instruments that have been featured in the biggest movies and games in history, mixed with modern octave-doubled orchestral sections that perfectly c…

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. Use of artist names does not constitute an …

Manley tube mic preamps are a modern classic, adding unmistakable clarity and detail to any signal that passes through them. Now, you can easily get the harmonically "alive" Class"A sound in a simple plug-in. Add Clarity and Weight to Any SourceThe UAD Manley Tube Preamp plug-in gives you all the open sheen of a Manley hardware preamp, faithfully modeling every stage of its overbuilt circuit, so you can inject instant life to vocals and bass, punch up acoustic guitars and drums, or push synths f…

Video of UAD Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip Plug-In Record and mix with the ultimate all-tube vocal processor. Manley-s VOXBOX channel strip is a beautiful system of tube-driven preamp, dynamics and EQ circuits, designed specifically for your all-important vocal sources. The Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip plug-in gives you the same elevated, smooth sonics of this premium vocal channel strip. Get the Sound of Manley's Flagship Hardware The Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip plug-in thoroughly emulates the m…

Unquestionably the most iconic synthesizer ever made, the Moog Minimoog Model D changed the face of modern music. From Kraftwerk to Parliament-Funkadelic, Yes to Dr. Dre,* the Minimoog's fat, musically expressive analog synth sounds are the standard by which all other synths are judged. Developed in partnership with Moog Music, exclusively for Universal Audio, the Moog Minimoog thoroughly captures every nuance, anomaly, and quirk of the original hardware using Universal Audio's industry-leading …

Opal is Universal Audio's epic-sounding flagship synth that's perfect for producers, sound designers, and musicians. This analog-meets-wavetable synth gives you huge-sounding morphing filters and powerful UA effects " yet always keeps you close to album-ready sounds, no matter how deep you explore. Fire Up a Super SynthOpal's unique analog-meets-wavetable synth engine lets you create epic sounds and craft songs within minutes. With morphing filters, oscillators, LFOs, and noise, Opal is a modern…

Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the musical, mixable sound of tape, letting you quickly add clarity, punch, and warmth to vocals, guitars, drums, and more, so every track sounds like a record. Get Hit-Making Analog Tape SoundsDeveloped by the same team behind UA's industry-leading Ampex and Studer tape machine plug-ins, Oxide Tape Recorder gives your productions the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster. Explore Groun…