UA ANNOUNCES A SLEW OF NEW PLUG-IN PARTNERS FOR EXPANDING UAD DSP PLATFORM

Media Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Marsha Vdovin
marsha@uaudio.com

NAMM, ANAHEIM, CA, USA-17th January 2008, Universal Audio, a manufacturer of high-quality vintage audio hardware and DSP software plug-ins for digital audio workstations, today announced new plug-in partners and forthcoming additions to the UAD DSP Platform for Mac and PC. Valley People (US), Sound Performance Lab (Germany) and Empirical Labs (US) join Roland (Japan) and Neve (UK) as the latest companies to sign licensing deals with UA to develop future plug-ins for the popular DSP platform which features the leading plug-in analog hardware emulations in the industry.

"I think our users will be elated by the latest partner additions to our portfolio of premium quality plug-ins. The UAD DSP platform has successfully established itself not only as a secure platform to do plug-in business for our partners, but also the best-sounding platform for hardware emulations in the business at any price." said Matt Ward, President of Universal Audio. "UA has been listening loud and clear to our thousands of loyal users and we are committed to evolving the UAD product family, delivering the best value DSP platform and broadening our select plug-in suite so that the UAD continues to set the benchmark as the best in-the-box mixing and mastering solution available for AU/VST/RTAS DAW users." added Mike Barnes, VP Marketing for Universal Audio.

UA also announced improved 2008 world-wide retail pricing on select UAD products. The following UAD bundles now offer even greater per plug-in value:

• UAD-1 Ultra PAK (PCI) moves from US$1199 to US$999 street price
• UAD-1e Expert PAK (PCIe) moves from US$999 to US$749 street price

UAD Platform Partners/Plug-Ins:

• Empirical Labs® (US)- Forthcoming Fatso plug-in mid-late 2008
• Neve® (UK) : 1073, 1081, 33609, 88RS, future plug-ins TBA
• Roland® (Japan) - RE-201 Space Echo, Dimension D, CE-1, future plug-ins TBA
• Sound Performance Lab (Germany) - Transient Designer, future plug-ins TBA
• Valley People (US) - future plug-ins TBA

About Universal Audio
Founded in 1999 and based in Santa Cruz, California, Universal Audio is best known for its vintage analog reproductions and advanced Digital Signal Processing technology. The company is focused on merging the best of analog and digital technology. The company is devoted to this endeavor, following its motto, Analog Ears, Digital Minds. http://www.uaudio.com

UAD-1, UAD-1e, UAD-Xpander, UAD-Nevana X2, "Powered Plug-Ins", "Universal Audio Intelligence", UAi and Helios are trademarks of Universal Audio, Inc. SPL and Transient Designer are trademarks of SPL electronics GmbH.

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