Manley® Massive Passive EQ
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Ultra high-end tube EQ for mixing and mastering.
Officially licensed and endorsed by Manley Labs, the Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in expertly captures the behavior of the original hardware, from the unusual filter curves, to the multiple band interdependencies, right down to the tube amplifier distortion, and all-important transformer/inductor hysteresis.
Expertly shape tracks and masters with Manley’s ultra-boutique tube EQ
Dial in punch, air, sizzle, and clarity without adding harshness
Select between standard and mastering version with stepped bandwidth controls
Harness complex band interaction and tube amp distortion for organic, musical textures
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Featuring the Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in
Massive Reputation
The two-channel, four-band Manley Massive Passive tube EQ utilizes design strengths from choice console, parametric, graphic, and Pultec EQs — delivering sweet, musical curves with unparalleled clarity and headroom. The “Passive” in the Manley Massive Passive refers specifically to the tone shaping elements of the equalizer, which use only resistors, inductors, and capacitors to create all frequency changes. Its Frequency controls intentionally interact with one another, as do the Gain and Bandwidth controls, allowing for the Massive Passive’s natural and organic sound.
The Only Authentic Massive Passive Emulation
Painstakingly modeled by Universal Audio and rigorously scrutinized by Manley Labs for authenticity, the Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in captures the hardware’s unique filter curves and musical distortion.
Mix or Master
The Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in offers a Standard version that offers continuous Bandwidth adjustment, and a Mastering version that includes 16 steps of easily recallable Bandwidth selections. Perfect for subtle or broad strokes to individual instruments or whole mixes, you can add presence and sizzle without harshness to drums and vocals, or add weight and heft to an entire mix without muddying the bottom end.
“I can't hear any difference between my hardware Manley Massive Passive and the UAD plug-in on any instrument I've A/B'd. It's that good.”
– Michael Brauer (Rolling Stones, Coldplay)
“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)
“It's amazing how accurately the UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ captures the subtle EQ sweeps of the hardware. ”
– Jason Schweitzer (Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Ciara)Customer Reviews
E. ARRUDA
April 17, 2023
Indispensable tool for MixBus and master.
Great for fine-tuning mixBus and shaping Bus-tracks!
Read MoreA. Portillo
April 4, 2023
Lovely
This EQ is smooth, transparent and subtle, as it should be. It is a mastering EQ. I am in love with this EQ mastering should be better with this state-of-the...
Read MoreM. Grodzki
March 20, 2023
Fat!!
Mostly use it on the Master Chanel. Sounds true. I love the High Pass section. Souns really directly and clear. incredible. Worth every cent.
Read MoreF. San Filippo
January 14, 2023
It's the only one
I tried to save some money on an unnamed company's Massive plugin, and it's good -- but it's not this. UA captures the sound of outboard gear really well....
Read MoreT. MATSUMURA
January 14, 2023
make a miracle!!
This plugin is very important for my works!
Read Morei. ramos
January 14, 2023
A true sound candy
The closest emulation of Manley's massive passive that I've tried. I use it for both mastering and individual tracks
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Key Features
Highly coveted stereo 4-band passive tube EQ plug-in, both standard and mastering versions
Painstakingly modeled over a six month period and rigorously scrutinized by Manley Labs for authenticity
Filter curves, band interdependencies, distortion and hysteretic behavior all represented in UA’s most ambitious EQ model to date
Every band switchable to shelf or bell, each band can be bypassed or set to boost or cut
Specially tuned, overlapping and interleaved Frequency choices
Disabling channel EQ via ‘In’ (bypass) retains desirable system filtering and coloration
Convenient “digital only” Link feature allows for continuously matched L/R settings
Requires a UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
E. ARRUDA
Indispensable tool for MixBus and master.
Great for fine-tuning mixBus and shaping Bus-tracks!
A. Portillo
Lovely
This EQ is smooth, transparent and subtle, as it should be. It is a mastering EQ. I am in love with this EQ mastering should be better with this state-of-the art device. I cannot do anything else but love it! you will too! I recommend it. As to whether it sounds similar to the hardware, I would not know, because I do not own or have ever worked on it. However, I know that this is one of the best EQs out there!
M. Grodzki
Fat!!
Mostly use it on the Master Chanel. Sounds true. I love the High Pass section. Souns really directly and clear. incredible. Worth every cent.
F. San Filippo
It's the only one
I tried to save some money on an unnamed company's Massive plugin, and it's good -- but it's not this. UA captures the sound of outboard gear really well.
T. MATSUMURA
make a miracle!!
This plugin is very important for my works!
i. ramos
A true sound candy
The closest emulation of Manley's massive passive that I've tried. I use it for both mastering and individual tracks
R. Dann
Good master eq
Good eq but hard to read some of the settings without a resizing option
A. Smith
A beast
A beast on the master channel.
R. Mangile
Great Passive Plugin
After trying the trial version I finally decided to buy it. Great Plugin
W. Krol
Great and
the sound is deep but not so warm. Feel like real thing :)
L. Spilger
Sounds great but GUI is too tiny
No Doubt: It‘s a great eq, but please make the GUI scalable - it‘s visually just a pain to work with this tiny display…
M. Hout
Amazing
Wish i had it before. This is now permanently on my master.
Just insanely good.P. Sviyazov
Old but great
This silky top end is something.
Wish UA update GUI and put this in the Spark!E. Kushch
sounds like iron
I have a feeling that I bought a piece of iron that gave sound to my songs, there is no difference, oh my God, in my studio it will sound amazingly
G. Gulyás
Wonderful eq
It really glues the whole track together on the mix bus, however I use it on individual vocal tracks as well and I really like how it sounds. It's very easy to target certain ferquency's with the help of the Massive Passive. I love it.
p. albert
Exellent
Pluging à la hauteur de ses fonctions
j. nieva
Absolutely amazing!
I was wondering how good was going to be the Massive Passive plug in version vs the real hardware.Very very close to it.It sounds very smooth and natural in each frequency range, even with high amount of processing.Incredible game changer!!!
T. Yoshida
great plugin!
I should have used this sooner. This plugin works great in Master. Even a bus truck is good enough. Simple to use and very musical. Great!
V. Ruzicic
Essential part of my master channel
So much realistic colours…great one!
O. Levi
Best eq for bassically everything
If you like going crazy with eq to make you’re songs smooth.
That’s the way.
Use it in your master and everything sound alive instantly.
