Manley Tube Preamp
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Manley Tube Preamp
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R. Little
Surprisingly useful
I didn't expect much from this guy, to be honest, but the gentle tube saturation and beefy low end are super useful. I used to use Neve on almost everything, but lately it's about 50/50 with the Manley pre. It's not a fast pre (like API, etc.), but it has a certain swagger to it.
I see people complaining that Voxbox owners don't get it for free. I would certainly have appreciated that! But to be fair, we do get a nice discount, and it offers different features than the Voxbox. It's not just Voxbox minus the compressors & EQ.
K. Haritatos
Secret weapon!
Love it! Not only as unison preamp with my TLM103 but coloring tracks.
J. SALAZAR
Great for classical voices.
I have the avalon preamp and the manley, and as a classical singer, I find it worth to have both, tha manley specially dedicated to the more classically oriented vocals.
j. meza
Manley pre
I love it so much is the best and it works great with my TLM 102
N. sveinungsen
Meaty
Very nice round, soft sounding preamp for a silky touch..
A. Lopes dos Santos
Simply Beautiful
Classic tube preamp sound. Makes everything sound prettier, not just when used as an Unison pre, for tracking, but as a coloring tool, when mixing.
I. Voevodin
great preamp
Is this a great preamp, compared to voxbox? I didn't feel much difference. If you don't need compressor and equalizer sections, you can safely use it.
j. mora castillo
Genial
Es una emulación sencilla y rápida de gestionar me gusta mucho
V. Gasyuk
Very warm
Preamp really conveys tube magic, with it even mediocrity voice acquires character.
M. Clay
Excellent Preamp
I have not even tried it on unison yet. I have been using it as a preamp for all my hardware and software synths on a track. It is working so well on everything, from heavy deep house kick and basses to tops, keys and percussions. It seems to have a collective glueing effect when used on ever track and actually sounds like a very expensive and produced sound when used as subtle start to each separate track when combined as a mix placed first in the chain on the respective channels. I look forward to trying it as unison soon.
The Manley and Neve collections of plugins are by far my favourite. They are their own identity now and we are all very lucky to be living in this generation where we get to use all this amazing tech. I never expected to be able to do all this in my lifetime, not in my wildest dreams, yet here we are thanks to United Audio and all the other great creators of hardware andf software related gear in this digital age.
Yes, this Manley prmamp is fattening the whole track up no end. It seems to fluff it out and fatten it up while still maintaing sonic integreity and clarity in the top end. Well impressed and pleased.
S. Rico Hernandez
Un pre tremendo
Me encanta y es Una herramienta muy útil para toda la mezcla
S. Jones
Why pay for a mini version of Voxbox?
I own the entire Manley collection until this pre-amp came out. Why would an owner of Voxbox plugin want this? I can think of several other great plugins to spend 50 bucks on.
E. Jegu
Very good
Nice for DSP ressources and very good for guitar also.
H. Nguyen
Good
Good
s. fridburg
very good
In my opinion, it can be used very well on vocals, like all devices it has its own original color, it's nice to have it in your arsenal.
J. Brown
Easy to drive a good sound
Thanks for the discount and making digital sound more musical. Saturation sounds great.
P. Radivojevic
Manley sound straight to your Apollo
Same warm, silky sound as it's big brother but less DSP use. I have not regret having both. UAD nailed it on this one!
P. Radivojevic
Less DSP for authentic Manley Sound
I have Manley Voxbox already, but this has same great Manley vibe to it. Great for tracking in real time, only less DSP usage if you don't need EQ and Compression modules. Sounds great on vocals - well worth having it!
M. Hechler
not just for vox
I purchased this plugin exclusively for my guitar pedals. I have tried several different ways to use my guitars effect pedals going into my UAD Arrow, but nothing sounded right. The Manley Tube Preamp has brought out what the effect pedals are supposed to sound like.( sounds live through a amp) The rich tube sound without all the frills, was the answer I had been looking for. The guitar effect pedals now have both volume and a fullness they were lacking . Seems simple, yet very effective :)
E. Young
Sounds great with my SM7B
I’m a ManleyVoxBox owner as well, what I like about the Manley preamp is the minimalist feel and simplicity. I use it to obtain a lot of clean gain that’s needed for my SM7B. I usually use it as a channel input and not unison.