Fairchild® Tube Limiter Collection
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Get the rich sound of the world's most famous compressors.
The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection gives you the silky warm compression heard on hundreds of hit records from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to countless Motown classics.* Now you can add the same analog "glow" to your vocals, drums, and entire mix with the most accurate plug-in emulations ever made of these one‑of‑a‑kind tube compressors.
Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- Give your tracks and mixes classic Fairchild tube warmth and character
- Add harmonics and punch to vocals, drums, and more using Fairchild’s tube-driven gain control and transformer sections
- Control your compression easily with simple Wet/Dry, Sidechain Filter, and Headroom controls
- Enjoy the only accurate emulations of “golden-reference” vintage Fairchilds from Ocean Way Studios
TAKE A LISTEN
UAD Quick Tip
Learn how to thicken vocals, add aggressiveness to drums, and widen your mixes with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection.
Add the Iconic Tone of Two Compressors
The Fairchild 670 and companion, the Fairchild 660, have defined some of popular music’s most revered sounds. Renowned for its aggressiveness, the 660 punches up piano, bass, and guitar, tracks, while the flagship 670 is a full stereo compressor that injects vibe and color onto channels, final mixes, and even masters.
The Closest You Can Get to Vintage Fairchilds in a Plug‑In
Far beyond other Fairchild emulations, only the UAD Fairchild Collection is based on accurate circuit models of “golden‑reference” units from legendary Ocean Way Studios, giving you all the rich tube tone of the unattainable iconic hardware.
5-Minute Tip: Joel Hamilton
(Pretty Lights, Highly Suspect)
Add presence and texture to lead vocals with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection.
Blend Sounds with the Wet/Dry Mix Control
The Mix control lets you blend your unprocessed signal with the compressed signal, opening worlds of textural possibilities on everything from a drum bus to a mix bus.
Enhance Drums with Sidechain Filters
Punch up your drum bus without triggering the threshold of the compressor with the kick drum, for drums with max impact using the Fairchild's Sidechain Filters.
Add Grit with the Headroom Control
The Headroom (HR) control can be increased to make mastering applications a breeze, raising the gain reduction threshold and lowering distortion. Conversely, you can decrease headroom, lowering the gain reduction threshold and raising distortion for grittier textures that work on everything from vocals and drums to guitar and bass.
“If your drums, bass or vocals are lacking a little vibe, just grab the new UAD Fairchild 660 or 670, turn the input knob up, and listen to how much life your song has now.”
– Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg)
“The much sought after Fairchild 660 and 670 are now accessible to UAD/Apollo users, allowing them to enjoy an audio treat that had previously only been available to a select few.”
– Steve Levine (Culture Club, Beach Boys, Ziggy Marley)
“The UAD Fairchild 670 compressor is beautiful on drum subs, the mix bus, and pretty much anything else. It has a smoothness that's hard to beat.”
– Jacknife Lee (R.E.M, The Cars, Snow Patrol)Watch The Reviews
*Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection software.Customer Reviews
D. Beneke
December 27, 2023
Use it for Voice Over!
By far the best compressor/limiter for Voice Over and Audio Book Production! Smooths out those digital nasties in this type of audio work. Adds a soft fidelity to spoken word, as a...
Read MoreB. Baldwin
December 26, 2023
Interesting
Slightly odd layout, i appreciate the tone of this plugin so much though.
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Key Features
Includes the mono 660 and stereo 670, each with their own sonic attributes and feature sets
Models entire electronic path, including tube amplifiers and transformers for complete analog color and behavior
Modeled after Ocean Way’s famous, meticulously maintained golden Fairchild channels
Lateral-Vertical mode for stereo imaging and balance control
Includes custom hardware Stereo Sidechain Link mod
Six attack and release Time Constants (plus additional Time Constant variations with Sidechain Link)
Includes all-new “digital only” features: Sidechain filtering, Dry/Wet parallel blend and Headroom
Includes artist presets from Darrell Thorp, Michael Brauer, Ryan West, and more
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Customer Reviews
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
P. Bernardini
Excellent !!!
Je suis ravi il est vraiment au Top !
P. Bernardini
Excellent !!!
Je suis ravi il est vraiment au Top !
J. Ferge
THESE GUYS ARE HORRIBLE
MY ACCOUNT GOT DELETED BY AN ERROR IN THE COMPANYS RECORDS HAVE CARDS THAT ARE 8 YEARS OLD BUT MY ACCOUNT GOT DELETED 3 YEARS BACK I LOST ALMOST $2000 WORTH OF PLUGINS THEY DONT CARE UAD IS A JOKE DONT BUY THEIR GARBAGE ITS HYPE
D. Beneke
Use it for Voice Over!
By far the best compressor/limiter for Voice Over and Audio Book Production! Smooths out those digital nasties in this type of audio work. Adds a soft fidelity to spoken word, as a trick, use it with no compression, just going through the circuits and tubes, adds an beautiful ambient halo of sorts.......
B. Baldwin
Interesting
Slightly odd layout, i appreciate the tone of this plugin so much though.
T. Hodson
Excellent
Never used the hardware, but this a fine limiter
T. Hodson
Excellent
Never used the hardware, but this a fine limiter
A. Ogarev
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
super)
J. Romero Ruiz
La mejor version
He probado varias versiones de este mítico compresor y ninguna me resultaba llamativa
Sin embargo con esta versión fue todo lo contrario, probé la demo y el mismo día lo compré, lo utilizo en todos mis proyectos.
Es un plugin que hay que tener obligatoriamenteJ. Slack-Smith
Perfect for Vocals/Speech
The Fairchild 670 is my new got to compressor for speech. Try Time Constant 6.
e. pellegrino
Stupendo
La miglior emulazione in assoluto .
e. pellegrino
Stupendo
La miglior emulazione in assoluto .
T. Ferreira
A must have plugin.
If you don't have the budget to buy the real thing, you can't go wrong with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
N. Pongsuwan
110Studio
I really like it. The sound is thick and strong.
d. drula
beat maker et mixage
le Fairchild tube limiter collection est vraiment super.poser sur mon bus vocal et il fait des merveilles
L. Aguilar
Fantabulous!!!!
I have yet to see or hear the genuine Fairchild compressor in my lifetime. But this plugin glued my mix!!!!
G. Patro
Shape the Depth of 3 Dimensional Sound
Put it on any channel to process all kind of instruments to shape the depth of the 3 Dimensional Sound
U. Soto
I'D GIVE IT 10 STARS IF POSSIBLE!
I can't believe I got this plugin on a special sale! This limiter/comp is so good! Don't even hesitate to buy this, u won't regret it!
D. Armijo
Beautiful!!!
I just love my new tool, it's beautiful just beautiful!!!
j. choi
The best Fairchild compressor plugin.
Period.
