Manley® Massive Passive EQ
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Get mixes and masters with sweet tube clarity.
Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- 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
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UAD Quick Tips
Learn how to add clarity to a muddy acoustic, give body and weight to a drum bus, and add pro sheen to your entire mix with the tube-driven Manley Massive Passive EQ.
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 or whole mixes, now you can add presence and sizzle without harshness to drums and vocals, or add weight and heft to an entire mix with clear, punchy 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
C. Morales Prats
July 23, 2024
Stunning
Amazing , Save me Thousands euros , plugin version is amazing I love it
Read MoreD. Clements
July 19, 2024
The Manley Massive Passive EQ
What a fantastic transparent sounding EQ. Very precise. You cannot go wrong with any of the Manley products! I'm using mine on both bus and individual channels for precision EQ....
Read Morej. schwart
July 15, 2024
Professional. perfect
Manley Massive Passive EQ. My first experience using this tool in mastering prooved why this plugin is used by so many professionals worldwide. ..incredibly good!...
Read MoreC. van Caine
July 11, 2024
Incredible stuff
So far the best software sculpting-EQ I've ever used. Smooth saturation that definitely can be over-used, but is second to none in taming and enhancing anything when used with sound...
Read MoreC. Lees
July 9, 2024
Must have
I'd only ever seen this thing (hardware version) used in mastering studios and heard the results. Now as a plugin and affordable, how lucky are we! Not just great on mix/drum busses but on...
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Customer Reviews
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
C. Morales Prats
Stunning
Amazing , Save me Thousands euros , plugin version is amazing I love it
O. Viamontes
Can’t go wrong with Manly
i’m a blind producer and it works great with Apple‘s Voiceover screen reader. No matter what you throw at this, it will enhance the audio amazingly. This is why UA is such an amazing company. I don’t care what anyone says UA Apollo line is the way to go because not all plug-ins are native and I don’t think they will make all of them native so you will still need DSP power, regardless if you have a MacBook Pro Max, or any topline Apple base computer, also recommend the satellite OCTO thanks for another wonderful plug-in
D. Clements
The Manley Massive Passive EQ
What a fantastic transparent sounding EQ. Very precise. You cannot go wrong with any of the Manley products! I'm using mine on both bus and individual channels for precision EQ.
j. schwart
Professional. perfect
Manley Massive Passive EQ. My first experience using this tool in mastering prooved why this plugin is used by so many professionals worldwide. ..incredibly good!
R. Martin
Amazing
My master bus now makes sense!!
C. van Caine
Incredible stuff
So far the best software sculpting-EQ I've ever used. Smooth saturation that definitely can be over-used, but is second to none in taming and enhancing anything when used with sound judgement. It can really make dull sounds pop nicely!
C. Lees
Must have
I'd only ever seen this thing (hardware version) used in mastering studios and heard the results. Now as a plugin and affordable, how lucky are we! Not just great on mix/drum busses but on individual tracks too. Unique the way it all interacts, that unusual bandwidth control. Read the hardware manual to dive deeper into trying to figure out how it all works, but you know what? It's probably better that you don't know how it works, switch off the left brain, just close your eyes, open your ears and tweak those knobs.
k. kotcharut
So Good.
I love UAD.
P. Hill
Sounds great as expected
The Manley® Massive Passive EQ has been one of those plugins that I have nearly purchased many times. I finally added it to my toolset and it hasn't disappointed me. Sounds great and easy to dial in great sounds.
J. Romero
Colorful and very musical
It is an equalizer with soft curves that is very musical and colorful. It is excellent both in mixing and mastering.
Combined with the Manley Complete Bundle, it generates spectacular results.J. SUROWIEC-BROMIRSKI
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
Works ! :)
K. Rivero
de lujo
increíble plugin
d. Music
One of the best eq
Very musical and great equaliser, with Mastering version, much more Love it !!!!
M. Breu
Definitely Massive
I love EQs, I'll admit that. I have almost every EQ that UAD offers, and this Manley plugin would definitely be among the top 3 I'd suggest. It just "does the thing"..it's fantastic and I really love having this in my arsenal of EQs.
J. MDSP
This sounds just like something else.
This sounds just like something else. Better than any EQ I ever had. Now, this is 100% of the time in my master bus.
Y. BODO
Mastering
Je m'en sers uniquement en mastering associé à Tonal Balance Control d'Izotope pour affiner un rendu. Excellent soft, Très efficace dans ses réglages. A recommander.
P. Fiore
Hermoso
Hermoso en todos los aspectos suena muy parecido al hardware
D. Black
Manley Massive Passive EQ
First off, this is almost exactly the Manley hardware as a plug-in. A great shaping EQ, it forces you to tune by ear, and really that's the best way. You'll get your choice of standard and master versions to use, and audio instantly is better just for inserting Massive Passive in your mix. No regrets here with this one.
y. kelly
Massive passive
Very musical eq with nice color sounds good on everything!!!
U. Soto
IT'S A NO BRAINER! GOTTA GET IT!!!
I HAVE SO MANY EQs BUT THIS ONE JUST LIVES IN MY MIX BUSS. AMAZING TONE AND EASY TO USE. MANLEY PRODUCTS ARE HIGH QUALITY AND REALLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR THE MASTERING STAGE.
