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UAD Spark Studio

Name: UAD Spark Studio
Brand: Universal Audio
SKU: UAD-SPARK-MONTHLY
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.6 (1174 reviews)

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UAD Spark Studio is a music production subscription to Universal Audio’s full native plug-in library, plus the LUNA Studio DAW for macOS and Windows.

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Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection

Get authentic Neve punch on everything.

The world’s only authentic and licensed plug-in emulation of the classic Neve 1073 Channel Amplifier

Paradise Guitar Studio

Turn your riffs into records.

An entire pro guitar recording chain in your DAW — complete with classic amps, cabs, mics, pedals, studio effects, and more

Topline Vocal Suite

Flawless modern vocals with analog soul.

An all-in-one vocal chain combining our most popular analog tools with state-of-the-art pitch correction, so your vocals are perfectly in tune

EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator

The most impressive plate reverbs ever made.

The essential plate sounds heard on recordings from The Beatles to Radiohead*

A-Type Multiband Dynamic Enhancer

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SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor

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Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor

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API 2500 Bus Compressor

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Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection

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Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor

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dbx 160 Compressor / Limiter

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UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection

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Capitol Mastering Compressor

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Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler

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Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection

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1176 Classic Limiter Collection

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Paradise Guitar Studio

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UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier

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UAD Enigmatic '82 Overdrive Special Amp

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UAD Woodrow '55 Instrument Amplifier

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UAD Lion '68 Super Lead Amp

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UAD Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier

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UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp

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Anthem Analog Synthesizer

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Moog Minimoog

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Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio

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Opal Morphing Synthesizer

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Waterfall B3 Organ

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Ravel

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PolyMAX Synth

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Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder

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Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

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Vibe Analog Machines

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Oxide Tape Recorder

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Topline Vocal Tune

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Topline Vocal Suite

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Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip

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LUNA Studio

Turn your ideas into records.

Smart Tools. Create music with cutting-edge tools like chord extraction and lyric transcription, powered by Moises.
ARA Integration. Edit, mix, and master directly in the timeline with tools like Melodyne, VoiceAssist, and Wavelab Go.
UAD Plug-Ins. Get the same plug-ins used by chart-topping artists for decades.
LUNA Extensions. Mix with built-in tape and console emulations from API, Studer, and Ampex.
Works with Any Audio Interface. Accelerated on Apollo and Volt.

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.

The Universal Audio Legacy

Seven decades of inspiring sound.

Founded in 1958, Universal Audio is synonymous with innovative recording products. Our founder, Bill Putnam Sr., was a favorite engineer of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Ray Charles. And his innovations like the modular mixing console, 1176 compressor, and artificial reverb have shaped the sound of countless records. That legacy lives in every UAD plug-in.

We've spent more than 30 years modeling the world's most coveted studio gear, working with original manufacturers and using their exact schematics, golden units, and experienced ears. The result is the most authentic and musical plug-in collection in the industry.

To say that UAD plug-ins are a big part of my sound would be an understatement. In Spark, you have everything you need to do a professional mix from top to bottom.

Eric J

Flume, ODESZA, Sabrina Carpenter

My go-to vocal chain is: Neve 1073 for tone shaping, followed by the LA-2A Silver for smooth leveling, then the Capitol Chambers for rich depth.

Karriem Riggins

Common, J Dilla, Kaytranada

I’m a bit obsessed with the Fairchild 670. You can put it on almost any mix bus and it instantly adds the perfect touch of "analog" glue!

Erin Tonkon

David Bowie, Grace Ives

Just like the DSP versions, the Spark plug‑ins do an excellent job of bringing the character of the hardware they are emulating.

UAD Spark provides a comprehensive tool-kit with a wide variety of preamps, EQs, compressors, channel strips, amp sims, tape machines, virtual instruments and a suite of time-based effects...In other words, you’ve got all your bases covered and then some!

The plug-ins and instruments in UAD Spark are all undoubtedly superb. If you don’t already have these tools, this is a fantastic way to access and explore some exceptional analogue plug-ins and find out what all the fuss is about.

No one else gives you a library this comprehensive with this level of high-quality modeling. It’s really like having a research library of classic signal processing, tape, and studio tools.

Everything you need to make hit records.

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Frequently Asked Questions

UAD Spark Studio is Universal Audio's music production subscription, covering the full library of UAD native plug-ins and instruments plus LUNA Studio, our DAW for macOS and Windows. It handles the whole path from recording your first idea to making a finished record, so writing, recording, mixing, and producing happen in tools built to work with each other. One subscription takes the place of software bought from half a dozen different companies.

UAD Spark Studio is worth it if you want a complete production setup without assembling it one purchase at a time. The subscription includes 60+ UAD plug-ins and instruments along with LUNA Studio, so the DAW, the mixing tools, and the sounds all arrive together and stay current. For most people making records at home, that covers the entire software side of a studio.

UAD Spark Studio includes a full DAW alongside the plug-in library, which most production subscriptions do not. The plug-ins come out of decades of circuit modeling work on the original analog hardware, and LUNA Studio is built around that same sound, so the console, the tape, and the processing behave as one system instead of parts sourced from different places. You get all the software tools you need to record amazing-sounding music in a single subscription.

UAD Spark Studio includes 60+ UAD plug-ins and virtual instruments, LUNA Studio, and LUNA Play. The plug-in library spans preamps, EQs, channel strips, compressors, tape and saturation, reverbs, delays, modulation, and guitar amps, with instruments like the Minimoog, PolyMAX, and Electra 88 for writing and production. New plug-ins are added regularly at no extra cost.

UAD Spark Studio replaces UAD Spark as Universal Audio's production subscription. Everything that came with UAD Spark is still included, and LUNA Studio now comes with it as well. Current subscribers move to UAD Spark Studio automatically with no change to what they pay.

UAD Spark Studio makes sense if you want the full plug-in library along with the DAW, while buying LUNA Studio outright makes sense if the DAW and its built-in tools are all you need. LUNA Studio purchased on its own stays yours forever, with its own set of UAD plug-ins, ARA tools, and extensions. The subscription adds the rest of the UAD native library plus every new title as it is released.

UAD Spark Studio plug-ins sound the same as their UAD DSP counterparts, because both run the same models of the original hardware. The difference is where the processing happens: UAD native plug-ins run on your computer's CPU, while UAD DSP plug-ins run on the processors inside Apollo interfaces. In your DAW, the sound is the same either way.

UAD Spark Studio lets you run as many plug-in instances as your computer can handle, since every title runs natively on your CPU. No processing limit is tied to hardware, so the only ceiling is your system and how heavy the session gets. Large mixes with processing on every channel are well within reach.

UAD native plug-ins run on your computer's CPU, and UAD DSP plug-ins run on the dedicated processors inside Apollo interfaces. UAD Spark Studio is built around UAD native plug-ins, so it needs no UA hardware and works on any Mac or Windows system. UAD DSP plug-ins add realtime processing and near-zero latency monitoring through an Apollo, which is why plenty of studios keep both in play.

UAD Spark Studio works on both macOS and Windows. The plug-ins, the instruments, LUNA Studio, and LUNA Play all run on either platform, so you can build your studio around whichever computer you already own.

No, UAD Spark Studio requires no Apollo interface and no UA hardware of any kind. Everything runs on your computer, so you can work with any audio interface, or with the audio built into your machine while you get started. If you do own an Apollo, it fits into the same sessions and adds realtime tracking through its onboard DSP.

UAD Spark Studio plug-ins work in all major DAWs that support the VST3, AU, and AAX formats. Using LUNA Studio is not a requirement, though the two are designed to work together. The plug-ins also support Native Kontrol Standard, so they map to compatible keyboards and controllers for hands-on control.

UAD Spark Studio covers tracking and mixing, with LUNA Studio handling recording and arrangement and the UAD plug-in library handling the processing. Because the plug-ins run natively, you monitor through them at your interface's normal latency while recording. For near-zero latency monitoring through modeled preamps on the way in, an Apollo interface adds realtime DSP.

UAD Spark Studio works alongside an Apollo audio interface, and the two cover different halves of a session. Many engineers track through Apollo's DSP for low latency monitoring, then mix with UAD native plug-ins from the subscription without loading down the interface. LUNA Studio is built to work with Apollo as well, so recording and monitoring run through the interface directly.

LUNA Play is a fast way to capture ideas inside LUNA, and it comes with UAD Spark Studio. It works like a voice memo app made for music: it detects the instrument you are playing, sets your levels, and suggests presets in UAD plug-ins, so a take happens in seconds. Anything you capture in LUNA Play expands into a full LUNA session when you are ready to build it out.

A production subscription like UAD Spark Studio is worth it when you want a complete music-making toolkit rather than a fixed set of titles bought over the years. UAD Spark Studio bundles the DAW, the plug-in library, and the instruments together, and every new native plug-in is added to your subscription as it’s released. For anyone building a studio from scratch, that is a faster route to a full setup than piecing it together one purchase at a time.

Yes, the UAD Spark Studio library grows regularly, with new plug-ins and instruments added at no extra cost to subscribers. LUNA Studio picks up new features on an ongoing basis too. The longer you stay subscribed, the more the subscription holds.

A home studio needs three pieces of software: a DAW to record and arrange in, plug-ins to mix with, and instruments to write with, and UAD Spark Studio covers all three. LUNA Studio handles recording, editing, and mixing, the UAD plug-in library handles the processing, and the included instruments cover keys, synths, and more. On the hardware side you still need a computer, an audio interface, a microphone, and headphones or monitors.

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*All trademarks are property of their respective owners, and used only to represent the instruments modeled as part of UAD Spark.

**Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of UAD Spark Studio.

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Reverbs, Delays & Modulation

Tape & Saturation

Vocal & Pitch Correction

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