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Supercharge your music with legendary sound.

Start recording right out of the box with a high-quality 2-in / 2-out USB audio interface, award-winning DAW, and suite of UAD plug-ins and instruments including classic Teletronix LA‑2A compressors and Pultec EQs, plus new favorites like PolyMAX Synth, Century Tube Channel Strip, and Oxide Tape Recorder.

Built with timeless UA analog sound, Volt 2 USB Recording Studio gives you the sound of your favorite records.

Get the rich, full album-ready sound of UA’s classic 610 preamps with Vintage mode

Capture every detail and nuance of your performance with up to 24-bit / 192 kHz quality and crystal clear converters

Record and mix with the award-winning LUNA Digital Audio Workstation, giving you the sound and workflow of a real analog studio

Create using the same UAD plug-ins and instruments trusted by top industry pros for the sound of your favorite records

Level up your recording and mixing skills with tips and tutorials for beginners to advanced users

Take Volt anywhere with support for MacOS, Windows, iPad, iPhone (iOS 14+) for laptops, desktop, and mobile recording

Record with Studio-Quality Sound at Home

Record with Studio-Quality Sound at Home

Powered by Universal Audio’s award-winning preamp and converter technology, Volt elevates any recording with pro studio sound, even for those just starting.

Get Analog Warmth with Vintage Mic Preamp Mode

Get Analog Warmth with Vintage Mic Preamp Mode

Plug in your mic or instrument, press the Vintage button, and experience the rich, full sound of the renowned UA 610 tube preamp — one of the most recorded mic preamps of all time.

Sound Like Your Favorite Records

Sound Like Your Favorite Records

We designed LUNA to bring the sound of classic tape machines and analog mixing consoles into a modern DAW, with intuitive workflows and unlimited track counts to capture your wildest ideas.

Record & Mix with Premium UAD Plug-Ins

Mix like the pros with a suite of UAD plug-ins and instruments including classic Teletronix LA‑2A compressors and Pultec EQs, plus new favorites like PolyMAX Synth, Century Tube Channel Strip, Galaxy Tape Echo, Pure Plate Reverb, Oxide Tape Recorder, and Verve Analog Machines Essentials.

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Level up Your Production Skills

From beginner tutorials to advanced techniques, Volt 2 USB Recording Studio includes tons of helpful content to get you up and running fast, plus a 3-month trial of PureMix Pro.

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      Desktop 2-in / 2-out USB audio interface with 2 preamps and class-leading 24-bit / 192 kHz audio conversion

      Vintage Mic Preamp mode for recording your voice, guitar, or any instrument with the rich, full sound of an iconic UA tube preamp

      Listen in realtime as you record with Direct Monitoring for latency-free recording

      Bus-powered and class-compliant for hassle-free set-up with Mac, PC, iPad, and iPhone using the included USB-C to USB-A cable

      Studio-quality headphone amplifier for loud, clear monitoring

      48V phantom power for condenser microphones

      Stylish, rugged construction built to withstand years of use

      Connect MIDI controllers, synths, and drum machines through the onboard 1-in / 1-out MIDI connection


      UA Connect App & Owners Manual


      Download App Manual





      *Requires external Volt power supply and an Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (except iPads with USB-C).

      Included Software for Mac & PC

      With UA's award-winning DAW software, 12 premium UAD plug-ins and software instruments, and much more, Volt gives creators everything they need for pro sound, right out of the box

      LUNA Digital Audio Workstation

      Get your songs sounding like the records you love with LUNA – a next-generation DAW that makes it easy to record, edit, and mix your music. LUNA is the only recording software with the sound of classic studio equipment like analog console summing and tape machine emulations, built right in.

      PolyMAX Synth

      Our vintage-inspired synth gives producers, sound designers, and musicians fat analog tones from the golden age of polysynthesis. PolyMAX's warm, analog-modeled oscillators and filters, professional UA effects, and curated presets easily fit into any genre — with album‑ready sounds instantly.

      Century Tube Channel Strip

      Enhance your vocals, guitars, synths, and more with a vintage-style tube mic preamp, simple three-band EQ, and optical compressor designed to give you everything you need to capture "first take" magic.

      Pultec Passive EQ Collection

      Featuring three astonishingly accurate Pultec EQs that are indistinguishable from the original analog hardware, get the same silky curves used by the engineers of John Mayer, Daft Punk, and Mariah Carey, on your vocals, drums, keys and more.

      Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection

      Get smooth, radio-ready vocals, guitars, and bass with three highly sought-after versions of the most famous optical tube compressor ever made — and the go-to for professional mixers worldwide.

      Galaxy Tape Echo

      Add subtle tape delay and colorful cacophony to drums, vocals, guitars, and synths with the definitive emulation of an iconic analog contraption used by everyone from Pink Floyd and David Bowie, to King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee “Scratch” Perry.

      Pure Plate Reverb

      Experience UA's revolutionary plate reverb emulation in a simple, easy-to-use package — with all of the essential features — and give your vocals, guitars, strings, and synths lush, satisfying ambience.

      Oxide Tape Recorder

      Based on our award-winning Ampex and Studer tape machine emulations, Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster and make everything "sound like a record."

      Verve Analog Machines Essentials

      Verve Analog Machines Essentials

      Give your recordings the colorful analog saturation and effects heard on countless hip-hop, lo-fi, electronic, rock, and experimental tracks. Designed for the modern musician, beatmaker, and producer — Verve Analog Machines Essentials puts four playful vintage sounds right in your DAW.

      Marshall Plexi Classic Amp Bundle by Softube

      Marshall Plexi Classic Amp Bundle by Softube

      Create with an expertly modeled version of the iconic British amp that invented the sound of rock. Plus, shape your tones further with the included Softube Time & Tone Bundle, featuring additional reverb, delay, compression, and saturation plug-ins.

      Ableton Live Lite

      Ableton Live Lite

      Packed with all the effects, instruments, and features you need to make professional music productions, Live is fast, fluid, and flexible software for music creation and performance.

      Melodyne Essential by Celemony

      Melodyne Essential by Celemony

      Easily correct the pitch of recordings and samples with quick, intelligent note-based processing, and tune vocal and instrument tracks for more professional-sounding recordings and mixes.

      Ampeg<sup>®</sup> SVT-VR Classic Bass Bundle by Plugin Alliance

      Ampeg® SVT-VR Classic Bass Bundle by Plugin Alliance

      Get all the massive, earth-shaking tube tone of Ampeg’s iconic bass amp. Plus, use the bx_tuner for quick tuning and the powerful bx_masterdesk plug‑in to add the final touch to any source.

      LX480 Essentials by Relab Development

      LX480 Essentials by Relab Development

      Add lush dimension and ambience with Relab's expert model of this classic '80s digital reverb unit. You can also add complex delay and modulation textures for space and movement to your tracks.

      Virtual Drummer DEEP by UJAM

      Virtual Drummer DEEP by UJAM

      From classic soul and funk rhythms of the ‘60s and ‘70s to contemporary pop and rock styles, DEEP sports UJAM’s dynamic "round-robin" algorithm, giving you drum tracks that sound like the real thing.

      Virtual Bassist DANDY by UJAM

      Virtual Bassist DANDY by UJAM

      Get classic flatwound bass sounds for soul, pop, blues, and rock tracks with UJAM's custom-made DSP algorithms. DANDY automatically follows the key and chord you play, intelligently selecting musical bass articulations to make your tracks shine.

      LABS by Spitfire Audio

      LABS by Spitfire Audio

      Delivering on-the-spot inspiration for music productions, soundtracks, and podcasts, LABS is a curated virtual instrument library that features strings, pianos, percussion, synths, guitars, and more.

      Customer Reviews

      Volt 2

      Overall Rating

      4.2/5
      (120)

      S. Kormendy

      September 7, 2024

      So far, my new UAD Volt 2 has been working great.

      Prior to ordering my new UAD Volt 2 online from my local JB HiFi store, I had been using audio interfaces manufactured by Focusrite, a Saffire Pro 40 and two Scarlett 2i2, all three of them had been giving me tech problems ever since I had bought them, so, I thought that I would try an audio interface from a different manufacturer, so glad I did because so far my experience with my new UAD Volt 2 has been a really good one, the Volt 2 has been working perfectly ever since I started using it with my new Acer Nitro V 16 gaming laptop, I had practically zero-issues getting the driver installed after installing the UAD Connect app, fortunately I already had an existing account with iLok so that was no biggie, I'm not sure why some users have had issues trying to get their Volt 2 working in Windows 11, and with computers using AMD CPUs/Hardware, my new Acer Nitro V 16 gaming laptop uses an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8-Core CPU, the laptop is running Windows 11 23H2, I've got my sample rate/buffer set as follows 48,000/128 and I'm getting 3ms latency in FL Studio 2024, which is barely even perceptible, my new Acer laptop seems to be handling it really well, so I'm very happy with the performance I'm getting, as far as I can tell with my ears there's practically zero-noise, audio is crystal clear, I've got the Volt 2's main monitor line-outs connected to the line-ins of an OTL (Output Transformerless) Tube Headphone Amplifier I built myself, and I have my Audio Technica ATH-M50X plugged into the OTL Headphone Amplifier, sounds wonderful, so far performance has been rock-solid with none of the issues I've experienced with my old Saffire Pro 40 or the two Scarlett 212s, I can highly recommend checking out the UAD Volt 2, so happy with my experience that I've decided to stay with UAD for the rest of my career as a musician/producer so UAD have my continued patronage, I'm done with Focusrite.

      E. Anolue

      August 31, 2024

      It have quick pauses

      When I use this on my MacBook Pro running Ventura it keeps having annoying cracks and quick pauses for like a second or 2 second and it’s annoying I’ve done everything I can but it still happens I’ll just have to sadly return it

      J. Sanchez

      August 22, 2024

      Muy recomendable

      Ya confiaba en la marca, porque he sido usuario de la Apollo twin thunderbolt, y queria una tarjeta para poder trabajar desde el iPad y en sitios que fuera mas exteriores. Todo bastante bien la calidad, el diseño, el botón "vintage" que le da un extra a la toma.... y una cosa que tambien me ha sido muy util es la entrada midi de 5 pin, que no es tan facil de encontrar. Un acierto siempre UAD

      N. Miller

      July 6, 2024

      Returning

      Bought it because i was sold on the software it comes with. Oh what's that... the software isn't compatible with AMD, ASMedia*, Etron, Fresco, Logic ,Nvidia
      Texas Instruments??????

      2 of the 3 biggest brands in the tech industry.

      Good Job.

      C. Nardi

      June 29, 2024

      Poor manufacture

      I bought a Volt 2 without asking, as I have always trusted UA. I therefore had no detailed knowledge of its specifications. I was a bit disappointed that it didn't have DSPs, as I own a lot of UAD plugins, but it was enough for me that it was light, had two inputs and was portable. The MIDI input was also a great feat. OK, but why am I talking in the past tense? Because, sadly, this piece of hardware has revealed itself of very poor manufacture.
      I used it a few times at home mostly to try it out and only once outside for a theater show where I was doing some sound design. Back home I put the card back in the drawer as I normally use an Apollo. Today I wanted to try it out to see if everything's OK as I have another show tomorrow but it did not power on.
      Next thing I know, I try to contact support and fall prey to the automated bot, which not only doesn't know how to help me but also repeats the same questions over and over again, like a broken record. Of course, I have more interesting things to do than converse with a stupid bot.
      UA, if there is any human out there, help!

      E. Diaz

      June 26, 2024

      Not to happy

      I bought volt to get rid of my other audio interfaces that I've used in the past. come to find out it does not work with my Mac. I had to connect to a PC to update the firmware. not pleased about the product

      K. Sumner

      June 8, 2024

      Volt 2 / SD7

      Absolutely brilliant. The quality I've been wanting for years and to find it at a very affordable price just makes the whole thing superb. I'm having issues with the plugins not wanting to render but I'm thinking it's an ilok issue. If it isn't, I know I can call on the team for help.

      W. Boyd

      May 19, 2024

      Sounds Awesome!

      Very clear and worth the upgrade!

      Y. Deneth

      May 13, 2024

      Loved it

      It's a good interface. There is a bit of noise but it's not that drastic for a home studio.

      s. saidi

      April 26, 2024

      WOW

      An experience that has added an extra touch of professionalism, very satisfying.

      Z. Arechiga

      April 4, 2024

      Solved a long standing nightmare for me!

      Since I already have an Apollo Twin USB as my main interface, I'm using the Volt 2 in a very unusual way. It is now serving as my default "soundcard". I like to keep my system sounds separate from my audio interface. The problem with my built-in soundcard was that it was NOISY. I'm not talking about noise floor. I mean that it was picking up dreadful noises as well as super fun whizzes and whirls when I moved my mouse! I would actually mute the output of that card on my monitor controller when I could. It was driving me insane! I even bought a fancy ground lift device from Rane. It didn't help. It wasn't a ground issue. Just a noisy-a$$ motherboard soundcard!

      My life is grand now. My DAW runs solely from my Apollo, and everything else is outputted through the Volt 2... IN SILENCE. Now for the bad...

      Installing this driver is WAY more difficult than it should be. Just put the driver out there UA! Some of us want to use this interface to simply capture sound on a laptop, for example. I'm not gonna mix there. I don't need Spark, etc. on every machine. Rant over.

      J. Sheets

      March 30, 2024

      I love My Volt 2

      I replaced my Focusrite with a Volt 2. I love my Volt! The only drawback is it has only 1 headphone out. I am used to 2. I

      P. Saltmarsh

      March 29, 2024

      Solid Unit!

      I had a Sc**let Solo and needed the extra balanced input. Running a split mono guitar rig. The VOLT 2 is great value and it was a super simple setup in Studio ONE and I am up and running in no time. Platform: Windows 11 PC. AMD R5, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD. M2 , NVidia 1050 Ti.

      M. Hejl

      March 24, 2024

      Excellent choice

      VOLT 2 is an excellent sound card. Vintage mod works great. The added package of plug-ins made the choice clear. I am extremely satisfied.

      b. ceballos

      March 12, 2024

      awesome device

      Excellent card because there is love in the sound. Most cards don't have this love. You can only find it in UA stuff! Thx UA! VOLT2 RULES! SWAG PLEASE!

      d. pach

      March 7, 2024

      MIXIN CRASHES

      SE TRABA MUCHO AL MOMENTO DE MEZCLAR EN ABLETON LIVE Y AVECES SE CONGELA NECESITAN CORREGIR SU FIRMWARE O SOFTWARE, HAGAN ALGO!

      k. holtz

      February 27, 2024

      Ya sure

      The volt 2 works fine but I use it on amplitude and over loud. The plugins were hard for me to set up and use especially with that ilok crap. So the licence part went through but by the time I almost figured I out how to use the plugins they were expired. The instruction videos were useless. the instructions on how to set it up only deals with each individual part .There was nothing I could find that puts the u.a download, the plugins from softube, and ableton all together so that people like myself (entry level at the best) can get everything configured correctly and actually try the trial plugins before the ilok crap shuts them down . Never again . And I bet this review doesn’t even get out there

      J. McFall

      February 24, 2024

      Leaders in recording

      Since I have been recording music I have always been a fan of UA’s top notch equipment. My Apollo was hands down the best audio interface I’ve ever used. I went through tough times and had to part ways with it unfortunately. Lucky for me UA had a great Black Friday deal which I got a still amazing sounding volt 2 free with my purchase of an amazing plug in package. I can finally record again and I am forever grateful for UA.

      P. Widdicombe

      February 22, 2024

      Volt 2

      After having problems with a previous interface after a failed firmware upgrade which the company has taken no responsibility for, I was directed to the Volt 2 by a salesman in a music shop. It has been easy to setup and has performed very well. A solid sounding machine that is well built and very fit for purpose. Very pleased.

      J. Moody

      February 14, 2024

      Fantastic audio interface

      After weeks of research I came to the conclusion that the volt 2 was the best all round audio interface for me and my home studio. The audio interface seems that of a great quality. Solid construction with good quality dials and knobs not to mention the fantastic bunch plug ins it came with. The preamps are good the headphone port works perfectly with a range of different ohm headphones. Also wasn’t sure if I’d use the vintage mode, but it seems to be that always on button.
      Anyone who is thinking of purchasing this will not be disappointed. Saw some negative reviews saying the volt 2 is difficult to set up. I found it quite the opposite. Any of the interfaces with free plug ins will require you to sign up. It has been 1 month since I bought the volt 2 and it’s been a fantastic bit of kit. Was extremely happy with my purchase