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
J. Makhaisingh
April 10, 2024
Beautiful sounding & very Elegant EQ
As an owner of the Massivo Mastering version, I can only say that this plug in is very very close to the real hardware unit. May a 10% less than the character of the hardware, but just...
Read MoreR. Vosbury
April 2, 2024
Great plugin
Great, musical, plugin, but it has a learning curve for newer engineers and mixers. Not a simple plugin, but sounds amazing.
Read MoreT. VELLY
February 20, 2024
Very efficient and obvious improvement on my main Output Bus
Too many knobs for me maybe… But very efficient with useful presets that I immediately adopted on the Output Bus of my Cubase mixing Template !!
Read MoreA. Zerbi
February 17, 2024
The last touch
I'm not making professional mixes, but I like my home recordings having a good sound. I sing and play acoustic and electric guitar. I like to spend my spare time experimenting and trying...
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Customer Reviews
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
K. LIN
Sound quality is good, but the UAD support service experience is terrible!
There's a problem with MIDI Learn; the Output Knob doesn't work. I've reported and provided system information to the customer service team, but they said they couldn't reproduce the problem and froze my ticket.
Remember to use the Trial version of UADx to ensure everything works before making a purchase!K. LIN
The sound quality is good, but the UAD support service experience is terrible!
There's a problem with MIDI Learn; the Output Knob doesn't work. I've reported and provided system information to the customer service team, but they said they couldn't reproduce the problem and froze my ticket.
Remember to use the Trial version of UADx to ensure everything works before making a purchase!K. LIN
The sound quality is good, but the UAD support service experience is terrible!
There's a problem with MIDI Learn; the Output Knob doesn't work. I've reported and provided system information to the customer service team, but they said they couldn't reproduce the problem and froze my ticket.
Remember to use the Trial version of UADx to ensure everything works before making a purchase!J. Makhaisingh
Beautiful sounding & very Elegant EQ
As an owner of the Massivo Mastering version, I can only say that this plug in is very very close to the real hardware unit. May a 10% less than the character of the hardware, but just really close in every character. The option to avoid the transformers by using the jack outs on the hardware unit I'm missing in the plugin. But at the end; This plugin is killer !!!
Mus admit, I just love it, its just easy to dial in on a bus or entire mix...a really game changer!
JimmyR. Vosbury
Great plugin
Great, musical, plugin, but it has a learning curve for newer engineers and mixers. Not a simple plugin, but sounds amazing.
P. Ferro
impressive!
I use it for vocal, really cool
L. Leonard
Creamy EQ
Creamy mastering EQ.
Good on drum buss as well.T. VELLY
Very efficient and obvious improvement on my main Output Bus
Too many knobs for me maybe… But very efficient with useful presets that I immediately adopted on the Output Bus of my Cubase mixing Template !!
A. Zerbi
The last touch
I'm not making professional mixes, but I like my home recordings having a good sound. I sing and play acoustic and electric guitar. I like to spend my spare time experimenting and trying to reach a well balanced result. This equalization has a lot of options and good presets.
F. ZANELLI
A real Must-Have
This is the plugin that really gives you the extra step on your Mix/Master even when you think you're done. Amazing.
C. Bauer
Gorgeous Hi End
Love this EQ!!
t. fassbender
a beauty colouring tool
loving to boost frequencies with this one. using the EQ version on nearly all tracks, plus the Mastering version on my stereo-bus.
P. Nguyen
Use it in every mix
This plugin easily makes my track sound great. It includes boost/cut/leave out, which makes it very convenient to hear the impacts of every adjustment. Just turn the knobs and listen then adjust accordingly and you'll never ruin your mix.
T. Don
Manley MP EQ
I use it sometimes and always surprises me Thx!
A. Santana
santana
love eq my favorite
R. The New Age
Clean
I was debating if I needed this plugin for eq, and I’m glad I purchased it as it achieves a balance and clean sound that I haven’t been able to achieve with any of my other eq’s.
L. PATRICK
Cut and Boost
Very Musical. The cut and boost to different frequencies makes this plug-in work great on about anything you put it on. I have found myself bouncing back and forth between it and the Pultec EQ on almost every vocal I have processed lately. Nice tube vibe.
S. Nakajima
Natural,so good
It can naturally improve muffled sounds to clear sounds.
A. pc
la mejor selección para un eq
para el mix bus y drums bus
C. Tabatadze
awesomeee tubeee
thankss a lot