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4.7/5
(29 reviews)

Our infinite, larger-than-life synth that always sounds like a record.

Opal is our epic-sounding flagship synth that's perfect for producers, sound designers, and musicians. This analog-meets-wavetable synth gives you huge-sounding morphing filters and powerful UA effects — yet always keeps you close to album-ready sounds, no matter how deep you explore.

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UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA 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.

  • Get giant, inspiring sounds from the world's best-sounding analog‑meets‑wavetable super synth
  • Use morphing filters, oscillators, LFOs, and noise to unlock new creative paths
  • Add studio-quality UA effects like vintage spring reverb, tape delay, modulation, and authentic 1176 compression
  • Go deep into synthesis without getting lost, thanks to impeccably crafted presets

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Fire Up a Super Synth

Fire Up a Super Synth

Opal's unique analog-meets-wavetable synth engine lets you create epic sounds and craft songs within minutes. With morphing filters, oscillators, LFOs, and noise, Opal is a modern soundscape maker with deep analog roots.

Create with World-Class UA Effects

Create with World-Class UA Effects

With onboard studio-quality UA effects like ambience and vintage spring reverbs, tape delay, modulation, and authentic 1176 audio compression, Opal makes any production fuller, and more professional sounding.

Find Inspiration Fast with Album‑Ready Presets

Find Inspiration Fast with Album‑Ready Presets

Get just the right sound using Opal's gorgeous presets, lovingly crafted by the synth geeks deep within the halls of UA. Curated for fast use across genres, Opal's presets ensure you'll capture inspiration the moment it strikes.

Customer Reviews

Opal Morphing Synthesizer

Overall Rating

4.7/5
(29 reviews)

Z. Abresch

February 17, 2023

Good sounding synth but has a lot going on

I don't use this much but it has some fantastic pad sounds. The interface is a bit daunting and the presets are a bit all over the place but there are good starting points. 4 oscillators gives you lots of runway for sound design too.

D. Gilden

February 15, 2023

Opal, What A Gem

What a treasure, this synth is deep!

s. nomura

January 26, 2023

beyond any words

One of the best synthesizer Morphing make anything in japanese call Yugen

A. Portillo

January 17, 2023

Simple and still powerful

I like simplicity! Having a basic understanding About synthesis, you should be able able to make great and useful sounds. Buy it!

T. Salt

January 14, 2023

Fell in love with three

1st purchased the Ravel piano. Definitely blown away. Opal & Polymax purchased at end of Dec. Glad I did, as super sounds & very easy to use. Songwriters tool kit.

V. József

January 6, 2023

The sound design is with you.

Unusual hybrid synthesis, ingenious sonic possibilities, impressive filter unit, quality effects section.

A. Bertók

January 4, 2023

Great synthesizer!

Cool synth. Very easy to use and sounds awesome.

V. German

January 2, 2023

Great synthesizer!

Cool instrument, interesting presets, easy to manipulate. Very clear sound. Thanks UAD!

J. Maasakkers

January 1, 2023

Opal-Good sounding synth!

Straightforward user interface and can easily and quickly navigate around and get some great sounds.

S. Campbell

December 21, 2022

Needs Organisation!

I was absolutely blown away by how good this sounds. I'm still not the best at sound design, so many of the presets aren't really what suit me. Non the less, its sound and versatility is really impressive. My main issue is how presets are organised. You can't filter certain types of sounds such as keys or bass - you have to scroll through them all...

D. Fore

December 19, 2022

Cool synth with very playable, ready-to-go sounds.

I like Opal's straightforward user interface and can easily and quickly navigate around and get some great sounds. Especially funk synth basses! The matrix is essential in dialing in everything just right. I enjoyed this synth enough that I made a preset pack for it on killerpresets.com. I hope UA continues to release original synths that aren't emulations of existing products. Well done!

J. Sanchez

December 9, 2022

Sintetizador muy versátil

Gran sonido y múltiples atmósferas gracias a sus facilidad de combinar sus osciladores…. Un sinte con carácter y sonido de gran calidad atemporal

W. Simpkins

December 6, 2022

Flawless

I literally just scored 95% of a short film score on this plug in. It’s my favorite synth plug in right now! So well designed!!

j. nilsson

November 29, 2022

Awesome!!

Very easy to use and sounds awesome.

j. nilsson

November 29, 2022

Awesome!!

Very easy to use and sounds awesome.

C. Domenico

October 11, 2022

Opal Synth

i like the combination of the virtual analog and wavetables synthesis ... it sounds just wonderful.

UAD User

September 1, 2022

Modern classic

Moder but classic with very good options to modulate the nice (but not so many) presets

C. Valle

July 28, 2022

Very Good

It is an easy synth to understand. Creating new and interesting sounds can be achieved with a few parameters being changed. It has a rich and deep sound. It is a very good synth.

R. Holladay

July 23, 2022

Amazing

Was so happy they finally released this as a non exclusive for Spark. It’s a fantastic synth, combining analogue warmth from their built in plugins with wavetable capabilities, at the price, it’s a great buy.

C. Calinescu

July 18, 2022

It's Okay

This is an okay synth. Nothing really ground breaking here. The sound is good but the interface doesn't really live up to modern standards. Modulation is done through a matrix rather than drag and drop, there is no MIDI learn functionality, UI is non re-scalable, the ensemble option only includes two voices with no ability to modify the stereo spectrum. If you compare this to Serum it pales. What I like about it is the filter morphing and the decent sounding oscillators. This is simply okay overall. I was expecting something great from UAD.