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
R. Amor
July 31, 2023
Great !!!
Me Encanta este EQ en el Master Bus , Muy Limpio y con Muchas Posibilidades...
Read MoreJ. Santos
July 25, 2023
Not Just Another EQ
I thought "do I really need another EQ?" After using one this I do! It's hard to make adjustments that sound bad, it's so smooth. What do I do with all my other eq's?...
Read MoreW. Manke
July 10, 2023
EQ Thank you!
It makes you sad when you turn this plugin off. I pair it with the Vari Mu for great at home "mastering" It's really fun to push your sounds around with this eq, because it is...
Read MoreW. Manke
July 10, 2023
EQ Thank you!
It makes you sad when you turn this plugin off. I pair it with the Vari Mu for great at home "mastering" It's really fun to push your sounds around with this eq, because it is...
Read MoreJ. Mateo
June 28, 2023
Worth every penny
I LOVE this eq its so musical and so smooth. It's basically the ultimate pultec. and that's pretty much what the hardware is supposed to be. when I get the budget for a real hardware unit I...
Read MoreE. ARRUDA
April 17, 2023
Indispensable tool for MixBus and master.
Great for fine-tuning mixBus and shaping Bus-tracks!
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Customer Reviews
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
R. Amor
Great !!!
Me Encanta este EQ en el Master Bus , Muy Limpio y con Muchas Posibilidades...
J. Santos
Not Just Another EQ
I thought "do I really need another EQ?" After using one this I do! It's hard to make adjustments that sound bad, it's so smooth. What do I do with all my other eq's?
W. Manke
EQ Thank you!
It makes you sad when you turn this plugin off. I pair it with the Vari Mu for great at home "mastering"
It's really fun to push your sounds around with this eq, because it is never wrong, just different.W. Manke
EQ Thank you!
It makes you sad when you turn this plugin off. I pair it with the Vari Mu for great at home "mastering"
It's really fun to push your sounds around with this eq, because it is never wrong, just different.J. Mateo
Worth every penny
I LOVE this eq its so musical and so smooth. It's basically the ultimate pultec. and that's pretty much what the hardware is supposed to be. when I get the budget for a real hardware unit I can still see myself using this in my mixes
E. ARRUDA
Indispensable tool for MixBus and master.
Great for fine-tuning mixBus and shaping Bus-tracks!
A. Portillo
Lovely
This EQ is smooth, transparent and subtle, as it should be. It is a mastering EQ. I am in love with this EQ mastering should be better with this state-of-the art device. I cannot do anything else but love it! you will too! I recommend it. As to whether it sounds similar to the hardware, I would not know, because I do not own or have ever worked on it. However, I know that this is one of the best EQs out there!
M. Grodzki
Fat!!
Mostly use it on the Master Chanel. Sounds true. I love the High Pass section. Souns really directly and clear. incredible. Worth every cent.
F. San Filippo
It's the only one
I tried to save some money on an unnamed company's Massive plugin, and it's good -- but it's not this. UA captures the sound of outboard gear really well.
T. MATSUMURA
make a miracle!!
This plugin is very important for my works!
i. ramos
A true sound candy
The closest emulation of Manley's massive passive that I've tried. I use it for both mastering and individual tracks
R. Dann
Good master eq
Good eq but hard to read some of the settings without a resizing option
A. Smith
A beast
A beast on the master channel.
R. Mangile
Great Passive Plugin
After trying the trial version I finally decided to buy it. Great Plugin
W. Krol
Great and
the sound is deep but not so warm. Feel like real thing :)
L. Spilger
Sounds great but GUI is too tiny
No Doubt: It‘s a great eq, but please make the GUI scalable - it‘s visually just a pain to work with this tiny display…
M. Hout
Amazing
Wish i had it before. This is now permanently on my master.
Just insanely good.P. Sviyazov
Old but great
This silky top end is something.
Wish UA update GUI and put this in the Spark!E. Kushch
sounds like iron
I have a feeling that I bought a piece of iron that gave sound to my songs, there is no difference, oh my God, in my studio it will sound amazingly
G. Gulyás
Wonderful eq
It really glues the whole track together on the mix bus, however I use it on individual vocal tracks as well and I really like how it sounds. It's very easy to target certain ferquency's with the help of the Massive Passive. I love it.