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Manley Massive Passive EQ

Manley Massive Passive EQ

4.8 (743)

Get mixes and masters with sweet tube clarity.

  • Expertly shape tracks and masters with Manley’s ultra-boutique tube EQ
  • Dial in punch, air, sizzle, and clarity without adding harshness
  • Add weight and heft to an entire mix without adding mud
  • Harness complex band interaction and tube amp distortion for organic, musical textures

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

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Add Effective, Musical Tone Shaping

The two-channel, four-band Manley Massive Passive tube EQ utilizes design strengths from choice console, parametric, graphic, and Pultec EQs — delivering sweet curves with unparalleled clarity and headroom. The Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in expertly emulates these tone-shaping elements, giving you the same natural and organic sound as the hardware.

Add Effective, Musical Tone Shaping

The two-channel, four-band Manley Massive Passive tube EQ utilizes design strengths from choice console, parametric, graphic, and Pultec EQs — delivering sweet curves with unparalleled clarity and headroom. The Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in expertly emulates these tone-shaping elements, giving you the same natural and organic sound as the hardware.

Experience Finished Pro Productions

The Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in gives you a Standard version with continuous bandwidth adjustment, and a Mastering version with 16 steps of easily recallable selections. Perfect for subtle or broad strokes to individual instruments, entire mixes, or final mastering, now you can add presence and sizzle without harshness or add weight and heft to an entire mix with clear, punchy bottom end.

What They Say

Is it live or is it UAD? I can't hear any difference. It's a bit scary how good this plug-in is.

Michael Brauer

The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket

The bottom-line to me is, the UAD Massive Passive sounds @#$%ing great! This is my new buss EQ.

Ryan Hewitt

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers

Reviews

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
Based on 743 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 655 Total 4 star reviews: 63 Total 3 star reviews: 11 Total 2 star reviews: 7 Total 1 star reviews: 7
97%would recommend this product
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743 reviews
  • RC
    Ray C.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Polished ✨

    It gives my mixes that polished and professional sound. I also really like how each band doesn't add to the next when boosting frequencies. That's a great feature of this unit because of how it's designed, the gain doesn't stack. It truly sounds great!

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  • WC
    warren c.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 weeks ago
    Very good plugin

    It does what they say it does

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  • WW
    William W.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 month ago
    Magic polish

    This is a beautiful plugin both visually and sonically. I now wont need to fork over 11 grand or what have ya for the real deal. This is a pleasure to my ears.

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    thatchaphol t.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    good

    effective

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  • MB
    Mat B.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Love This Thing

    Such a versatile EQ. I was looking at other clones of it, and while some had options that elevated the Massive Passive a bit to modern times, the UAD still sounded good and was on sale, it was just a no-brainer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. These plug-ins run natively on your computer. No UA hardware is required.

Yes, 14-day plug-in demos are available. Find eligible plug‑ins

We provide three activations per license. We support activation on your computer or on an iLok USB key.

For every UAD plug-in that supports native and Apollo/UAD-2 versions, you get a license for both upon purchase, or the option to get it through an upgrade.

Native plug-ins are supported on macOS and Windows systems. See our Native UAD System Requirements article for full system requirements. An iLok account is required for managing your native plug-in licenses. We support iLok USB keys for portability, but one is not required.

Check our Knowledge Base for additional questions

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