UA Release Two New UAD Plugins

Universal Audio have released two new plugins, the first emulates the legendary Fairchild 670 and 660 tube limiters. The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection is a new recreation of both the highly revered limiters, modelling the complete electronic path of the devices. Including tube-powered amplifier and transformer sections.

Also released today is the Brainworx developed Maag EQ4, a transparent 6-band EQ featuring Maag’s propietory “Air Band” EQ – adding air and presence without hiss or sharpness.

Both look fantastic and we’re looking forward to reviewing them soon. Read below for the full press release.

November 14, 2013 — For a half-century, the Fairchild 670 and 660 tube limiters have defined many of popular music’s most revered vocal and drum sounds, from Pink Floyd and the Beatles to classic Motown singles. Now, Universal Audio has fully captured Fairchild’s revered tube character with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform and Apollo audio interfaces.

In 2004, Universal Audio released the Fairchild 670 legacy plug-in, which was quickly heralded as the best Fairchild 670 emulation available. Today, UA’s team of DSP experts have improved the original time constants and gain reduction curves while modeling — for the first time ever — the complete tube-powered amplifier and transformer sections of their hardware counterparts. Far beyond other Fairchild emulations, only the new UAD Fairchild Limiter Collection is based on an accurate circuit model of Ocean Way Studio’s “golden-reference” units.

The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection also offers “digital only” features such as sidechain filtering, dry/wet parallel blend, and headroom controls, giving owners of Apollo audio interfaces and UAD-2 DSP Accelerator hardware modern workflow appointments.

Available for purchase via UA’s Online Store, the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection is selling for $299US, or $149US for current owners of the legacy Fairchild 670 compressor plug-in. This new collection is part of the new UAD Software v7.4, which also includes the Maag EQ4 plug-in.

Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection Features:
1.    Includes the Fairchild mono 660 and stereo 670, each with their own sonic attributes and feature sets
2.    Models entire electronic path, including tube amplifiers and transformers for complete analog color and behavior
3.    Based on Ocean Way Studio’s famous, meticulously maintained Fairchild “golden units”
4.    Lateral-Vertical mode for stereo imaging and balance control
5.    Includes all-new “digital only” features such as sidechain filtering, dry/wet parallel blend, and headroom controls
6.    Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide.

Download UAD Software v7.4 here:
http://www.uaudio.com/support/uad/74.html

Learn more about the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection here:
http://www.uaudio.com/store/compressors-limiters/fairchild-tube-limiter-collection.html

Learn more about award-winning Apollo audio interfaces here:
www.uaudio.com/apollo

Learn more about the award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins:
www.uaudio.com/uad-plug-ins.html

UNIVERSAL AUDIO ANNOUNCES MAAG EQ4 EQ PLUG-IN FOR
UAD PLATFORM AND APOLLO AUDIO INTERFACES 

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA • November 14, 2013 — In partnership with direct developer Brainworx, Universal Audio have added the Maag EQ4 Plug-In to the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform.

In a self-professed quest for “audio perfection,” Cliff Maag designed the EQ4 to provide unparalleled transparency and top-end presence while maintaining a true, natural sound. Based on his classic — and long-discontinued — NTI EQ3 from the ’80s, the EQ4 features Maag’s legendary Air Band control, a major component to the vocal mix chain on Madonna’s Ray of Lightas well as Celine Dion’s Taking Chances. Now, owners of Apollo Audio Interfaces and UAD-2 DSP Accelerator hardware can record and mix with an exacting digital emulation of this unique EQ.

Available for purchase via UA’s Online Store, the Maag EQ4 plug-in is part of the new UAD Software v7.4 — which also includes the Fairchild Tube Limiter Plug-In Collection.

Maag EQ4 Plug-In — $229
7.    Adds presence to vocals, acoustic guitars, and overheads
8.    Elevates treble frequencies without harshness or hiss
9.    Five-position Air Band control
10.  Adjusts overall EQ level with an added Trim control
11.  Developed for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform by Brainworx
12.  Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide.

Download UAD Software v7.4 here:
http://www.uaudio.com/support/uad/74.html

Learn more about the Maag EQ4 plug-in here:

http://www.uaudio.com/store/equalizers/maag-eq4.html
Learn more about the award-winning Apollo audio interfaces here:

www.uaudio.com/apollo

Learn more about the award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins:

www.uaudio.com/uad-plug-ins.html