SPL® TwinTube Processor
-
Easily add warm tube saturation, harmonics, and presence to your sources.
Professional mix engineers have long employed the SPL TwinTube hardware for its ability to make vocals and instruments pop, emphasizing select harmonics to add presence and dimension without impacting dynamic range. The SPL TwinTube Processor plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces brings the distinctive features, sound, and character of the the original high-end SPL hardware directly to your DAW.
The SPL TwinTube Processor plug-in expertly combines two essential tube effects, Saturation and Harmonics, in a single processor. Its designed as two fully independent stages — which can be run together or separately — each providing its own unique character. The result is an exceptionally wide-ranging palette of sonic shaping, from smooth and creamy overdrive to deep, growling saturation, with a range of harmonic overtones to add warmth.Boost presence and spatial imaging without increasing overall dynamic range
Add analog tube warmth, saturation, and rich harmonics to instruments and vocals
Easily beef up soft synths while adding air and imaging
Shape and define signals way beyond traditional EQ and compression
Customer Reviews
M. Narain
March 27, 2018
SPL Tube Enhancement
I used to own an Avalon 737 & sold it & then regretted. I then bought an Avalon M5 & it’s not the same it was way more transparent than I wanted. I wanted that roundness back...
Read MoreB. McDade
February 20, 2018
Very useful on transient design and sound shaping.
try and you will buy!
Read MoreJ. Kervinen
December 23, 2016
Excellent for many sources
I'm personally using this for Basses. I don't know why, but it gives the magical character I have always been looking for. Subtle roughness and pushes the edges if you want so. I also have...
Read MoreG. Hout
December 4, 2016
Awesome on sampled keyboard sounds
For keyboards I use only stereo samples (electric and acoustic piano) and I was surprised how much life and shine this little plugin can bring to the sampled sounds. Helps them to cut...
Read MoreM. Sylvin
November 6, 2016
Vocals without SPL Twintube? No thanks
Perfect. pick a preset & tweek it a bit...or go from zero to 100 on your own. You can not go wrong. I am trying not to use it everywhere:-)
Read Morep. desgreniers
October 11, 2016
808 wow
This on a Tr-808 will do magic. Snare, Bass Drum, etc.
Read More -
Key Features
Authentic plug-in version of the world-class SPL TwinTube tube effects processor
Adds analog tube warmth, saturation and harmonic distortion to instruments and vocals
Boosts presence and spatial imaging without increasing overall dynamic range
Easy, intuitive interface and simple workflow
Developed for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform by SPL
-
Customer Reviews
SPL® TwinTube Processor
M. Narain
SPL Tube Enhancement
I used to own an Avalon 737 & sold it & then regretted. I then bought an Avalon M5 & it’s not the same it was way more transparent than I wanted. I wanted that roundness back my vox & I wanted to doit during the trackin phase. I demoed the TwinTube & WaveArts which I had to use after trackin. Both good but the TwinTube sounded better on vox & the WaveArts sounded better on Instruments. I’m very please with my choice for vox. To me it was very close if not indistinguishable to a multiple tube unit.
B. McDade
Very useful on transient design and sound shaping.
try and you will buy!
J. Kervinen
Excellent for many sources
I'm personally using this for Basses. I don't know why, but it gives the magical character I have always been looking for. Subtle roughness and pushes the edges if you want so. I also have the native version, but somehow I always turn to the UAD version.
G. Hout
Awesome on sampled keyboard sounds
For keyboards I use only stereo samples (electric and acoustic piano) and I was surprised how much life and shine this little plugin can bring to the sampled sounds. Helps them to cut through when the mix is getting a little cluttererd.
M. Sylvin
Vocals without SPL Twintube? No thanks
Perfect. pick a preset & tweek it a bit...or go from zero to 100 on your own. You can not go wrong. I am trying not to use it everywhere:-)
p. desgreniers
808 wow
This on a Tr-808 will do magic. Snare, Bass Drum, etc.
R. Trinabhametr
The most beautiful harmonic enhancer ever heard
The saturation is warm and easily to manipulate, two types of harmonic sequences is well balanced in musical way. The overload detector is more useful than one might think, a little of unwanted distortion or bad noise may make a mix bad undetectably, but it's possible to forget about them, if using this plugin in the right manner. Worth expense!!
V. Azevedo
Natural and harmonical
Will be my next plugin from UA.
I tried it on a Mix and on a Master. It's the kind of plugin that we don't need to spend much time to hear the purpose.
It gives Life to the Vocals, Acoustics, Brass, Strings, almost everything, because it's harmonical, natural, musical.
Try it before finish your mixes.S. Tib
Great for vocal, bass and electric piano !
Twintube is an easy solution to add warm and harmonics distortion, to vocal, bass, and electric keys.
It's easy to use, the presets are pretty good for a starting point if you don't want to fiddle !R. Olivier
Chaosthetic Cosmos premastering
Sound engineer for CrossAngel:The album "Chaosthetic Cosmos" has been fully treated with UAD2 in 2014.
Neve 88RS channel strip for the mix then Studer A800, SPL TwinTube and Precision Equalizer for the premastering.
Effective tools that helped keep the analog sound throughout the project.Thanks!.
Great for adding some bite to cut through mix
I saw a video with a high profile engineer/mixer (might have been Warren Huart) using this on a bass track to get it to cut through the mix better. I have a lot of UAD plugs and never considered this one, but it looked like it made it really easy to add some sizzle and life to an otherwise dull track in a way not possible with simple EQ. Well, it does. I'm loving it so far. I can imagine using it on more than just bass, maybe even guitars, vocals. Might be one of those things I want to use a lot, but need to be careful not to overdo it.
F. PdC
Indispensable
A great tool for popping up any element on a mix or if You want to crush things just a little bit.
I've compared It with an AU version owned by a colleague and the UAD version sounds much better.
Besides It's great on vocals, try It on horns and harmonica too..
Indispensable
A great tool for popping up any element on a mix or if You want to crush things just a little bit.
I've compared It with an AU version owned by a colleague and the UAD version sounds much better.
Besides It's great on vocals, try It on horns and harmonica too.R. Wydh
nice plug for snare and timbale
like this plug in my collection special for timbale and snare
a plug one must have
coolL. Leal
Great saturation product
This is a great way to add some color to your mix. With tons of options to fine tune your saturation sound. A must have plugin for your DAW.
K. Lofaro
Crisp and Saturated
A perfect quality plug in to enhance the sparkle and/or rumble when you need it. Use it in line with the 1176 and do some parallel compression.
J. Hammad Magnusson
Allround champion!
Using this fella all over the place!
D. Keldie
Useful tool
I love it, for a variety of things, but especially great for vocals.
c. yeorae
i love uad
i love uadi love uadi love uadi love uadi love uad
C. Rogers
gooey goodness
Great sounding plugin. Does what it says it does and does it well. Really enjoy using on vox especially!