Manley® Massive Passive EQ
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Get mixes and masters with sweet tube clarity.
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.
- Expertly shape tracks and masters with Manley’s ultra-boutique tube EQ
- Dial in punch, air, sizzle, and clarity without adding harshness
- Add weight and heft to an entire mix without adding mud
- Harness complex band interaction and tube amp distortion for organic, musical textures
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UAD Quick Tips
Learn how to add clarity to a muddy acoustic, give body and weight to a drum bus, and add pro sheen to your entire mix with the tube-driven Manley Massive Passive EQ.
Add Effective, Musical Tone Shaping
The two-channel, four-band Manley Massive Passive tube EQ utilizes design strengths from choice console, parametric, graphic, and Pultec EQs — delivering sweet curves with unparalleled clarity and headroom. The Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in expertly emulates these tone-shaping elements, giving you the same natural and organic sound as the hardware.
Experience Finished Pro Productions
The Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in gives you a Standard version with continuous bandwidth adjustment, and a Mastering version with 16 steps of easily recallable selections. Perfect for subtle or broad strokes to individual instruments or whole mixes, now you can add presence and sizzle without harshness to drums and vocals, or add weight and heft to an entire mix with clear, punchy bottom end.
“I can't hear any difference between my hardware Manley Massive Passive and the UAD plug-in on any instrument I've A/B'd. It's that good.”
– Michael Brauer (Rolling Stones, Coldplay)“The bottom-line to me is, the UAD Massive Passive sounds @#$%ing great! This is my new buss EQ.”
– Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers)“It's amazing how accurately the UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ captures the subtle EQ sweeps of the hardware. ”
– Jason Schweitzer (Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Ciara)Customer Reviews
l. esturao
December 22, 2023
Excelente sonido y claridad
Excelente representación y calidez de sonido
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December 15, 2023
Awesome
Great sounding master EQ and also works great on the 2 bus! Gets me where I’m going quickly.
Read MoreE. Zorgman
December 13, 2023
Big Beauty
This is a unique and beautiful EQ. From the middle cut knobs to the cut and boost per frequency band, the choices between shell and bell boost and cut (ohhh my the amount of volume you can...
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Customer Reviews
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
V. Stepanski
Great
absolutely great classic
l. esturao
Excelente sonido y claridad
Excelente representación y calidez de sonido
B. Lehaney
Amazing
Great sound, I'll be using this plugin alot.
C. Gutierrez
Awesome
Great sounding master EQ and also works great on the 2 bus! Gets me where I’m going quickly.
E. Zorgman
Big Beauty
This is a unique and beautiful EQ. From the middle cut knobs to the cut and boost per frequency band, the choices between shell and bell boost and cut (ohhh my the amount of volume you can add or remove). FLEXIBLE. The cross over points from the frequencies. This is really a great plugin with so much to offer. It works beautifully on bass… clear transparent and musical. I use this on multiple other instruments as well…
j. roe
Best EQ
Massive Passive sounds great
J. Soto
La excelencia
Un eq sutil que realmente hace la diferencia.
F. Verjux
Transparency or not, it’s your choice
I use it mainly on buses to clean some frequencies and on synths to help some frequencies to be less sharp
s. ermolaev
magnificent
I have wanted it for a long time and now I am the owner of this unsurpassed warmth)
E. Nerva
Love it
Sounds great. The user interface is responsive. Some of the buttons (boost/cut switch) are quite small and fiddly, but otherwise a nice plugin.
j. paredes
Great sound
Great sound
c. rosario
My permanent Master EQ
The most amazing master EQ I use on my master bus .
simply clean , even the presets are amazing.
Just a small adjustment you could hear the difference.J. Davies
Massive Master
My favorite "go to" mastering eq.
A. Grujic
Great
Unique sound, easy to use. I am using it on master bus
P. K
Does it pass the blindfold test against the hardware? Oh yes....
I used to regularly hire the actual hardware Massive Passive to finish my mixes back in early to mid 2000's ..... I know the original unit well. This emulation is ridiculously good and an accurate rendition of the original.... I called the original hardware the "silk machine" . This plug-in allows you to impart the same subtle luxurious definition in the low frequencies without overwhelming the mix, and a trademark gossamer sheen - "air" - around the top end. The "silk" metaphor especially applies to the magic this EQ imparts to vocals. Purchase with high expectations and you wont be disappointed.
N. Martens
Interesting understanding of customer orientation
UAD waits until you have bought a plugin for full price and sends you exactly one day later a loyality price offer for same plugin. I like their sense of humour :-D
A. Sanchez
Mix bus and master
Great on mix bus and for mastering
T. Fuxa
Why I waited?
I can not understand, why I waited so long wuth buying this beast. One of the best plugin from UAD
O. Seiffert
Manley Massive Passive EQ
Great transparency for mastering!
A. Kose
Very close to the hardware!
I have the real thing but this is a pretty good plug-in if you’re looking for that similar mojo. On some applications you can barely hear the difference!
It takes some getting used to but when you know this unit - it can be a tasty little tool. Very clean and a unique modern Pultec style Eq!