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LUNA Studio

The World's Smartest, Best-Sounding DAW

Turn Your Ideas Into Records

LUNA Studio, the successor to LUNA Pro, is the fully equipped version of our award-winning DAW for macOS and Windows. Create without limits using smart tools, essential UAD plug-ins, and powerful extensions.

Runs natively on your macOS or Windows computer, or accelerated on Apollo audio interfaces or UAD Accelerators. View full system requirements.

What’s in LUNA Studio?

LUNA Extensions

Mix with built-in tape and console emulations from API, Studer, and Ampex.

Smart Tools

Create music with cutting-edge tools like stem separation and audio-to-MIDI.

UAD Instruments

Produce with expertly-voiced instruments, not stock VIs.

UAD Plug-Ins

Get the same plug-ins used by chart-topping artists for decades.

ARA Plug-ins

Use powerful tools from Celemony, Steinberg, and Noiseworks directly in LUNA’s timeline.

Hardware Inserts

Seamlessly integrate your favorite outboard gear.

Three Ways to Get LUNA Studio

Subscribe to LUNA Studio + more

UAD Spark Studio

$129 /yr

$129 billed upfront
- LUNA Studio included
- 70 UAD plug-ins
- New plug-ins added regularly
LIMITED TIME: Topline Vocal Tune is yours to keep with an annual subscription to UAD Spark.

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One time purchase

LUNA Studio

$199
- 30 UAD plug-ins
- 6 ARA plug-ins
- Advanced smart features
- Built-in console and tape extensions
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LUNA Studio + UAD Native Pro Bundle

$399

$798 when purchased separately
- LUNA Studio
- The Complete UAD Native Library
- Save 50% compared to purchasing separately
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LUNA Play

Start Creating in Seconds

LUNA Play is a fast new way to record. Like a voice memo app designed just for making music, it automatically detects your instrument, sets levels, and suggests great presets with UAD plug-ins. You can isolate tracks and jam along with songs or capture your original ideas.

Smart Features

Produce with Cutting Edge Tools

Use stem separation to split any song into individual elements, lyric transcription powered by Moises to navigate your session with lyrics instead of waveforms, tempo detection to have LUNA follow along with your playing, and much more.

Audio to MIDI

Transform audio into MIDI to add virtual instrument layers.

6-Track Stem Separation

Separate stereo mixes into six stems then jam along, or remix.

Lyric Transcription, Powered by Moises

Automatically transcribe vocals into a time-aligned lyric browser.

Chord Extraction, Powered By Moises

Automatically detect chords from audio and map it to the chord track.

Instrument Detection

LUNA, color-codes and adds icons to your tracks by instrument type. So you can keep your session organized without breaking your creative flow.

Voice Control

No more going back and forth between your drum set or guitar rig and DAW. Start and stop your recording session with your voice, from anywhere in the room.

Smart Tempo Tools

Create a tempo map from any recording or play freely without a click. LUNA listens to your performance and sets the metronome to match.

Get Celemony Melodyne Essential and Much More Included

LUNA Studio doesn’t only come with UAD plug-ins. It also includes industry standard tools like Celemony Melodyne Essentials to help you write, edit, mix, and master your next track.

Celemony Melodyne Essential

Tune vocals directly inside the LUNA timeline for instant, intuitive edits, without ever leaving your session.

Celemony Tonalic Essential

Get access to real acoustic and electric guitar performances, recorded and made for professional productions, played to your chords, tempo and groove, right inside the LUNA timeline.

Synthesizer V Studio 2 Core

Write vocal melody ideas with MIDI, add lyrics and turn them into lifelike vocals and harmonies

Noiseworks VoiceAssist Basic

With ARA and AI, VoiceAssist balances dynamics so your vocals sit perfectly in the mix without the need for tedious manual edits.

Steinberg SpectraLayers Go

Remove clicks, pops, and low end rumble with advanced spectral editing and restoration tools.

Steinberg WaveLab Go

Master full tracks or albums with streamlined editing, loudness normalization, and dedicated metering and analysis tools, all directly in LUNA.

ChordAXE Lite

Create inspiring chord progressions by ear and feel for any virtual instrument — no theory required.

Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

$199

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Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

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Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder

$199

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Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder

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API Summing

$149

API Vision Channel Strip Collection

$149

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API Vision Channel Strip Collection

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API 2500 Bus Compressor

$199

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API 2500 Bus Compressor

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Oxide Tape Recorder

$49

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Oxide Tape Recorder

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Frequently Asked Questions

LUNA Studio is the full version of Universal Audio's DAW for macOS and Windows, with premium UAD plug-ins, instruments, and Extensions built in. It is the new name for LUNA Pro and includes everything that came with it. LUNA Studio is available on its own or as part of the UAD Spark Studio subscription.

LUNA Studio is worth it if you want the mixing tools of a professional studio built into the DAW rather than bought separately. Console, tape, and summing extensions run inside the mixer, 30 UAD plug-ins and a set of instruments come included, and ARA tools for tuning, editing, and mastering open directly in the timeline. For anyone finishing records rather than only capturing ideas, that covers all of the software you would otherwise need to assemble piece-by-piece.

LUNA Studio is different because the emulation of an analog signal path is part of the DAW itself. Tape, console, and summing emulations are built into the mixer rather than inserted as plug-ins, so a session runs through modeled hardware from the first track through the mixdown. The UAD plug-ins included come from decades of studying the original gear, and they are the same titles engineers have used on records for years.

LUNA Studio adds the professional layer on top of the DAW you get in LUNA Free. That means LUNA Extensions with API console and summing plus Studer and Ampex tape, 30 UAD plug-ins and instruments, six ARA plug-ins, hardware inserts for your outboard gear, and advanced smart features including 6-track stem separation and lyric transcription, and audio-to-MIDI. Recording, arranging, and mixing work the same way in both.

LUNA Studio is the new version of LUNA Pro, and it includes everything LUNA Pro did and more. If you already own LUNA Pro, you can visit the product page to see your upgrade price. This is more than a name change, it’s a large update with many new features including Audio-to-MIDI, 6-Track Stem Separation, Lyric Transcription, and Chord Extraction, plus UAD Topline Vocal Tune, and new partner plug-ins, like Celemony Tonalic Essential, and Synthesizer V Studio 2 Core.

There are two ways to get LUNA Studio: buy it outright, or subscribe to UAD Spark Studio. Buying it outright means it is yours to keep, along with its UAD plug-ins, ARA tools, and extensions. Subscribing to UAD Spark Studio includes LUNA Studio plus the full UAD native plug-in library and every new native plug-in as they are released.

LUNA Extensions are analog emulations built into LUNA Studio's mixer rather than loaded as plug-ins. They include the API console channel strip and summing, along with Studer and Ampex tape, so your tracks run through modeled analog gear the way they would in a large studio. Because they are integrated with the mixer, the analog character is part of how the session sounds rather than something added at the end.

Hardware inserts let you patch your outboard gear into a LUNA Studio session as though it were a plug-in. LUNA handles the routing and the delay compensation, and you can save an insert as a preset for instant recall later. That keeps analog compressors, EQs, and preamps in the mix without re-patching by hand every time you open the session.

LUNA Studio includes ARA plug-ins that open directly in the timeline. Celemony Melodyne Essential handles vocal tuning and pitch, Noiseworks VoiceAssist Basic manages dynamics, Steinberg SpectraLayers Go repairs and edits recordings, and Steinberg WaveLab Go covers mastering. Because they run as ARA tools, you edit in place instead of exporting and reimporting.Included ARA Plug-Ins Celemony Melodyne Essential Celemony Tonalic Essential Noiseworks VoiceAssist Basic Steinberg SpectraLayers Go Steinberg WaveLab Go Dreamtronics Synthesizer V Studio 2 Core

LUNA Studio's smart features handle the slow parts of production. Stem separation splits a song into individual elements, lyric transcription powered by Moises lets you navigate a session by words instead of waveforms, and tempo detection has LUNA follow along with your playing. Audio to MIDI turns a recorded part into MIDI you can edit and reassign to any instrument. Included Smart Features: Tempo Listen Tempo Detection Extract Tempo Voice Control Instrument Detection 6-Track Stem Separation Audio-to-MIDI Lyric Transcription Chord Extraction

Stem separation in LUNA Studio splits a finished song into separate tracks, up to six at a time. You drop the song into a session and LUNA pulls out elements like vocals, drums, bass, and guitar, so you can mute, replace, or rebuild any of them. Producers use it for remixing, for practice, and for pulling reference elements into a working session.

LUNA Studio includes 30 UAD plug-ins covering preamps, EQs, channel strips, compressors, tape and saturation, reverbs, delays, modulation, and guitar amps. The collection is built to carry a whole record, from tracking to mixing to mastering. A UAD Spark Studio subscription expands this to the full UAD native library.

LUNA Studio includes UAD instruments that are voiced for records rather than left as stock sounds. The set covers synths, organ, and piano, with Opal, PolyMAX, Waterfall B3, and Ravel, plus ChordAXE for building chord progressions quickly. They load directly into a LUNA Studio session alongside the included plug-ins.

LUNA Studio runs on both macOS and Windows. The Extensions, plug-ins, instruments, and smart features are the same on either platform.

LUNA Studio works with Apollo audio interfaces and is accelerated on both Apollo and Volt interfaces. Tracking through an Apollo gives you realtime monitoring through UAD DSP while LUNA Studio handles the recording and arrangement. You record through Apollo's inputs and monitor with near zero latency while the session builds up around you.

LUNA Studio works with any audio interface on macOS and Windows, and UA hardware is not required. You select your interface as LUNA Studio's input and output the way you would in any DAW. Apollo and Volt interfaces are more deeply integrated with LUNA than others, which tightens tracking and monitoring, but they are optional.

LUNA Studio hosts VST3 and AU plug-ins and virtual instruments, so the tools you already own work inside it. Your existing plug-ins sit alongside the UAD titles and Extensions that come built in, in the same session.

If you buy LUNA Studio outright, it stays yours whether or not you subscribe to anything else. If you get LUNA Studio through a UAD Spark Studio subscription, your access to it is tied to an active subscription.

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Guillaume Z.
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Love Luna but AI features not really useful for me
I’ve updated to luna studio a few weeks ago
I must say the main page bothered me a bit but the overall is much quicker and smoother.
I like the new folder bus option.
I have to admit I didn’t spend much time looking at all the new features.
But I think for this upgrade the hardware input module should work properly with my apollo twin duo instead of having to do routing stuff in luna menu.
I’m just thinking why did I pay 70€ for just AI stuff that I don’t need ( maybe one day) !! ??
but thanks
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Hansjoerg B.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
3 hours ago
First Impressions
I am still a newbie re Luna. My main DAW is Ableton Live where I use a lot of UA plugins and some UA hardware with very good success. My main current usage of Luna is experimenting with guitar sounds and solo guitar recording. The overall tone quality is very good. Given the Studio version, I embraced the new stem function for transcriptions . IMHO it delivers the best results for me so far. - As I am still in an early stage of exploration I cannot say much more. Ask me later again. Since the last LUNA update, its stability on my otherwise robust and powerful desktop setup has improved significantly. Great!
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PANAGIOTIS T.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
15 hours ago
5 stars with an asterisk though...
Your DAW implementation is top notch. The way you incorporated the virtual analogue of console, tape and summing is truly USP, remarkable and unmatched.
I can't think of any other DAW for mixing stems and mastering BUT it seems you follow closely Pro Tools' architecture which is not a bad thing in general but it has its roots into 90s or even 80s.
What turned me off is particularly the way the buses (not the individual tracks) are routed to FX returns which is fine UNTIL you want to hear only the wet signal. It's a copy paste of Pro Tools' route and you must separate entirely the dry and wet signal (avoiding the Pre fader trick circulating the YouTube since it's a eehm...pre fader) before going to mix buss. That alone needs a sort of degree in mix engineering or in my case to be a Physicist to understand what has to be done and why. For the other major DAWs you simply press the Solo button on FX bus and boom! All the routing is baked in the code.
This was so far my whine and I've sent the relevant feedback to help less experienced users who would suffer when stumbled onto this trying to EQ or sidechain the wet signal of an FX bus.
Since I use multiple DAWs for different tasks (Ableton for complex automation through instruments and effect racks using macros knobs and the huge advantage for various and intricate and extremely complex AB testings through Key mapping , FL Studio for MIDI programming of chord progressions and arps, Fender Studio Pro for ARA implementation of…
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Corey H.
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Perfect DAW for my studio
I absolutely love using LUNA. Whether it's tracking a band or mixing or as an artist myself and looking to create it's fast to record, quick to make art and does everything that I need I it to and more.
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Best DAW
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LUNA Studio

The World's Smartest, Best-Sounding DAW

What’s in LUNA Studio?

LUNA Extensions

Smart Tools

UAD Instruments

UAD Plug-Ins

ARA Plug-ins

Hardware Inserts

Three Ways to Get LUNA Studio

UAD Spark Studio

LUNA Studio

LUNA Studio + UAD Native Pro Bundle

Start Creating in Seconds

Produce with Cutting Edge Tools

Get Celemony Melodyne Essential and Much More Included

Included UAD Plug-Ins

Included Extensions

Frequently Asked Questions

Reviews