Ocean Way Studios
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Welcome to Ocean Way Studios — the world’s first dynamic room modeling plug‑in.
Developed by Universal Audio and Allen Sides, the Ocean Way Studios plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces rewrites the book on what’s possible with acoustic space emulation.
By combining elements of room, microphone, and source modeling, Ocean Way Studios moves far beyond standard impulse response players and reverbs — giving you an authentic replication of one of the world’s most famous recording studios.Record live or mix through Ocean Way Recording’s legendary Studio A and Studio B
Use “best of the best” vintage microphones from Allen Sides’ world-renowned collection
Choose among Allen Sides’ favorite room positions with 8 source types, for stunningly accurate sound dispersion behaviors
Position, blend, and process three mic pairs (Near / Mid / Far) in real time
Retain mic bleed, proximity, and other naturally occurring behaviors for realism far beyond other reverb/ambience plug-ins
Re-mic loops and soft synths to bring them to life
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Grammy-winning engineer Vance Powell (Jack White, The Dead Weather) and the Ocean Way Studios and the Neve 33609 Compressor plug‑ins.
The Legendary Rooms of Ocean Way
From the opening of Bill Putnam’s United Recording in 1957, to the annexing of neighboring Western Studio in 1961, to their reinvention as Ocean Way Recording under Allen Sides — the famed “Studio A” and “Studio B” at Ocean Way Studios have shaped the sound of countless classic records. From Ray Charles and the Beach Boys, to the Rolling Stones, and Radiohead, music creators have sought out the sound of these beautifully balanced rooms for more than five decades.
Dynamic Room Modeling
Ocean Way Studios reinvents ambience processing with UA’s proprietary Dynamic Room Modeling technology, an exclusive combination of signal processing and advanced measurement techniques. Whereas standard convolution reverbs only provide a sonic snapshot, Dynamic Room Modeling offers the full spectrum of a studio’s ambience possibilities. Specifically, Dynamic Room Modeling provides the unique dispersion properties of various sources, as recorded through various vintage microphones that can be positioned in each room — in real time — via a simple click-and-drag interface. This technology gives the Ocean Way Studios plug-in a shocking level of sonic realism.
An Unrivaled Microphone Collection Under Your Control
With virtual access to $250,000 of hand-picked, vintage microphones, Ocean Way’s microphone setups and Distance controls are the centerpiece of the plug-in. The setups capture the ideal microphone selections and placements for each room and source type.
Up to three vintage microphones pairs (Near, Mid, Far) are available in each setup, allowing for creative sonic blending. Click-and-drag the microphones to position them in the room, then EQ and filter their sound as desired — complete with mic bleed and proximity effects.
Transform Tones With Reverb and Re-Mic Modes
Ocean Way Studios offers two modes of operation: Reverb mode, using send/return paths to mix wet and dry signals; or Re-Mic mode, to fully immerse the original source audio within Ocean Way’s rooms. Re-Mic mode is by nature “fully wet,” and can be used to entirely replace your original room and microphone sounds with the fabled sound of Ocean Way.
“Ocean Way Studios instantly adds incredible depth, size, width, and vibe to your music. It's like owning a re-amp box for one of the best sounding studios in the world.”
– Jeff Juliano (John Mayer, Shinedown, Train)
“The Ocean Way Studios plug-in sounds so good and has the right amount of flexibility. The workflow mimics the actual choices at the studio very nicely…it sounds authentic and rich — like those rooms with those mics.”
– Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Beck, Other Lives)
“The Ocean Way Studios plug-in lets me mix with a new sense of space, adding a whole new level of depth to my mixes.”
– Andrew Dawson (Jay-Z, Fun.)
“Every session I've done at Ocean Way has been an unparalleled experience with amazing results. The plug-in offers an incredible opportunity to realistically add those sonics to any musical project with stunning realism.”
– Richard Chycki (Rush, Aerosmith, Dream Theater)
“It’s great to finally be able to add a real room vibe to sounds that otherwise didn't have one. The Ocean Way plug-in helps bring a mix together with depth and space.”
– Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers)
“I assumed the UAD Ocean Way Studios was a reverb, but it's way more than that. I've been down the rabbit hole since I installed it and I'm not ready to come out yet.”
– Andrew Scheps (Adele, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Duke Spirit)
“Hearing drums through Ocean Way Studios plug-in is like being transported to Ocean Way! The true sound of Studio A or Studio B applied to anything I want.”
– Chris Dugan (Green Day, Iggy Pop, U2)
“The Ocean Way Studios plug-in allows me to get the tone of two great Bill Putnam rooms, with the ability to customize the mic choices and distance options. It’s the next best thing to actually being there.”
– John Paterno (Robbie Williams, Badly Drawn Boy, Bonnie Raitt)Watch The Reviews
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Customer Reviews
M. Elliott
May 17, 2018
Recorded and co-produced two albums, rock and symphonic, in the real thing, early 70's
I purchased this product partially motivated by nostalgia for my fantastic experience recording and mixing in all of these rooms and was not disappointed. Except, that is, for noticing in...
Read MoreE. Herbst
April 20, 2018
Amazing tool
I use it a lot on instrument tracks in re-mic mode to model the room setup for the instruments. Amazing Plug In but DSP hungry.
Read MoreI. Brooks
April 8, 2018
Great plugin
Very useful plugin. I use it to give my drum mixes and vocals character that my rooms can't provide.
Read MoreC. pena
April 1, 2018
Love it
Ocean Way studio is good but it takes to much DSP power but defenetly good
Read MoreS. Hammel
March 23, 2018
PLEASE MORE OF THIS - GET INTO THE ALTIVERB ARENA
I use my stuff for post production 97.3452465 percent of the time. This is a lot of fun to bust out as a serious convo reverb and room effect. It would be nice to be able to keep all...
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Key Features
Breakthrough acoustic emulations of Ocean Way Recording’s legendary Studio A and Studio B
Dynamic Room Modeling combines room, microphone, and source models for unprecedented realism
Incorporates sonic profiles of vintage microphones from Allen Side’s world-renowned collection
Includes mic bleed and mic proximity effects for stunning accuracy
Choose from eight instrument / vocal source types with unique dispersion patterns
Position and blend between three vintage mic pairs (Near / Mid / Far) in real time
Use in “Reverb” mode, mixing wet and dry signal; or “Re-Mic” mode, replacing your original room and mic sounds altogether
Preset mic selections, placements and creative direction by Ocean Way’s Allen Sides
Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
Ocean Way Studios
M. Elliott
Recorded and co-produced two albums, rock and symphonic, in the real thing, early 70's
I purchased this product partially motivated by nostalgia for my fantastic experience recording and mixing in all of these rooms and was not disappointed. Except, that is, for noticing in the plugin the same lack of high end I heard in the actual rooms, which may explain the inclusion of EQ controls in the plugin... This is my first choice out of MANY reverb plugins for a true room sound.
E. Herbst
Amazing tool
I use it a lot on instrument tracks in re-mic mode to model the room setup for the instruments. Amazing Plug In but DSP hungry.
I. Brooks
Great plugin
Very useful plugin. I use it to give my drum mixes and vocals character that my rooms can't provide.
L. Moore
Having Trouble Using
Not the best plugin for the Arrow, would trade for another plugin if allowed to. I have used this plugin reliably on PCI-Card systems.
C. pena
Love it
Ocean Way studio is good but it takes to much DSP power but defenetly good
j. osorno
the best rooms
the best rooms in my mix
S. Hammel
PLEASE MORE OF THIS - GET INTO THE ALTIVERB ARENA
I use my stuff for post production 97.3452465 percent of the time. This is a lot of fun to bust out as a serious convo reverb and room effect. It would be nice to be able to keep all the dialogue / ADR reverb corrections on one plug-in platform. Would love to have more of an "in-plug in" control of A/B and A transforming into B sort of thing....have to rig it manually to simulate walking and such. Cheers.
C. Jordan
Great Rooms!
I love the way this plugin helps provide some real character to D.I.'d tracks. Highly recommended.
S. Burke
Love it.
I find this extremely useful to give life and 'feel' to in the box instruments that Im sometimes forced to use due to space or time restraints. The presets sit things in a great spot in the mix, but once you start playing around with the settings the possibilities are endless.
V. HERRERA
Inigualable
Es un plugins que no se compara con ninguno, yo que grabo baterias en un lugar pequeño en mi home studio es ideal para darle una sensación de mayor espacialidad y profundidad usandolo en los mic room y overhead.
S. Sitnitski
Home studio producer’s dream come true.
If you’re like me, using sampled drums, this plug-in will bring life to your midi drum set. I had drummers asking me all sorts of technical questions about how I miced or where did I record my drums, this is how believable that thing is. I use it on everything, I make one send-to channel with this plug-in and eq and send everything to it in needed quantities and it sounds like a live band recording. I use other reverbs for special effects only.
J. Parris
UAD oceanway
The close mic on the re-mic is hands down one of the best plugins I’ve ever used.
O. Tewes
Bester Reverb aller Zeiten!
Fantastisches Reverb, toll steuerbar. So soll es sein. Ich glaube nicht, dass ich bislang alle Elemente erforscht habe, da dieses Tool einfach sehr vielseitig ist und dementsprechend auch vielseitig einsetzbar ist. Es macht sich toll auf Drums, und Vocals. Super!!!
H. Zimmerman
I just had to have it after demo'ing this one.
If you ever need to re-mic a recording in a beautiful room with a fantastic microphone, this one has it all. It's also super useful as a versatile room simulator reverb.
A. Mtz
LIFE CHANGER
all AU products that i have are life changers for me , very thank you ! there’s no words , thanks for the effort . I used recently to remic a drum set and a guitar and i couldn’t believe it ; the sound was really transformed to something beautiful
T. Broscoff
Colors too much
Eh.. so pretty disappointed in this plug in. I've worked with it for a week. Colors too much, not great reverbs imho.. Maybe I'm using it wrong but I've spent countless hours tweaking on both remic and verb. If I could do it over I wouldn't spend the money. All it does is muddy everything up on drum bus.
L. Roccatagliati
amazing
great reverb. I frankly need to explore more of what it do, but just using the presets, it's very very useful
A. Mtz
SIMPLY AMAZING
all i have to say to Universal Audio is THAKN YOU VERY MUCH for this effort !
you got the sound of my dreams宣. 丹治
Incredible
It's totally changed my mix. Awesome!
c. snider
Fantastic
Really amazing perspectives and depth.
Love it...
