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
I. Brooks
April 23, 2018
Fairchild Glue
It does what they say it does very well. The first time I used it I said, “Is that my mix?!” A lot of fun putting the final touch on something I didn’t think could be any better.
Read MoreM. Maimone
April 23, 2018
Most Flexible Fairchild Plugin
I've never used a hardware Fairchild but I have used all of the plugins. I should've just went straight to this one. Does all that good gluing but gives you more control with the high pass...
Read MoreS. Bakas
April 22, 2018
Top level compressor!!
Unreal warmth and everything gets so clear in the mix!Love it!
Read MoreK. Lima
April 16, 2018
UNFAIR...this is too much...
Amazing collection, warm, fat, FAIR....CHILD.
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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
I. Brooks
Fairchild Glue
It does what they say it does very well. The first time I used it I said, “Is that my mix?!” A lot of fun putting the final touch on something I didn’t think could be any better.
M. Maimone
Most Flexible Fairchild Plugin
I've never used a hardware Fairchild but I have used all of the plugins. I should've just went straight to this one. Does all that good gluing but gives you more control with the high pass filter and a mix control.
S. Bakas
Top level compressor!!
Unreal warmth and everything gets so clear in the mix!Love it!
b. gabrielli
Fairchild that life
good job ;)
B. Mansion
Excellent!
On croirait le vrai ;-)
K. Lima
UNFAIR...this is too much...
Amazing collection, warm, fat, FAIR....CHILD.
R. Invernizzi
Simply TOP!
Amazing plugin. Very soft and creamy! I love how it works. Easy to use and very powerful.
On busses and on single tracks... It works perfectly everywhere!!!L. PERONI
This is a beautiful plugin
This is a beautiful plugin...
N. Gonzalez Cabrera
The best Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection EVER
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection THE BEST EMULATION EVER I USE IN VOCALS TO CHANGE THE COLOR AND THEY WORK LIKE MAGIC
J. Welsh
Just "Ok."
These are so subjective that I hate to leave my .02, but for my money this is not as good as the original TDM Fairchild plugin.
It's "ok", but nothing more. I updated, loyally. But not impressed.P. Gharapetian
fantastic
as good as you're going to get to the real deal.
H. Kim
실제로 보기는 매우 힘들어진 컴프레서를 플러그인으로 훌륭히 재현해냈습니다.
일반적인 음악 제작 환경에서는 실제로는 보기가 거의 불가능해진 컴프레서인데 좋은 상태를 유지하고 있는 실기를 거의 가깝게 재현해냈습니다. 드럼 버스의 컴프레싱이나 앰비언스 채널 등에 항상 사용하고 있습니다.
a. clark
30-50k
If you don’t have 30-50 then you need to jump on it
C. Taylor
Sounds like the real one
It’s getting way to easy to make great records now. This is a good thing because you can have a great artist record or mix at home for 1/16 of the price then in a major studio with this compressor.
H. Puhakainen
Amazeballs
It is pure magic. Buy it!
M. Curnow
Epic Circuits!
Adds awesome colours, even when not dialled in, it just kisses everything the right way and I love it!
j. elliott
i keep coming back to these fairchilds...
sometimes i forget how great these are... and then i pull them out for a mix and they are still satisfying all these years later. truly quality emus!
D. Tobon
Add color and depth to your projects
Absolutely love this compressor and the color it gives anything I put it on.
R. Olivier
Fairchild 670 Legacy: amazing musical tool !
Sound engineer for CrossAngel:
The album "INTERSTITIUM" has been fully treated with UAD2 in 2017.
Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb and EP-34 Tape Echo give amazing sound for the mix then Precision Multiband, Studer A800, Fairchild 670 Legacy and SPL TwinTube for the mastering. Effective tools that helped keep the analog sound throughout the project.Thanks!-. Trips
Does what you would expect a FC emulation to do!
Definitely digging this over the Waves Puigchild variant. Like all UA plugins, I find this gets me where I am trying to go socinally much faster than other emulation. Typically I start out with a preset that is ballpark what I'm looking for, and then tweak from there. Save a new preset, and repeat next time! And dont think its just bus glue! Use it on everything! Dont sleep on the mono 660 either!
