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4.8/5
(27 reviews)

Retro sounds to shock your mind‑brain.

PolyMAX is our vintage-inspired synth that gives producers, sound designers, and musicians fat analog tones from the golden age of polysynthesis. PolyMAX's warm, analog-modeled oscillators and filters, professional UA effects, and curated presets easily fit into any genre — with album‑ready sounds instantly.

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UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA 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.

  • Get rich, sit-in-the-mix analog sounds from an inspiring polyphonic wonder synth
  • Use fat-sounding analog modeled oscillators and filters to demolish creative barriers
  • Add studio-quality UA effects like vintage spring reverb, tape delay, and modulation textures
  • Dive into lush poly synth sounds with album‑ready presets and simple, intuitive controls

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Your New Wonder Synth

Your New Wonder Synth

PolyMAX's analog bona fides pull from the golden age of polysynthesis. Think early Jupiters, Oberheims, and Prophets with fat sounds that sit perfectly in any mix.* A modern synth with retro roots, PolyMAX takes you from celestial to cinematic and beyond.

Experience Magic with Premium UA Effects

Experience Magic with Premium UA Effects

With onboard studio-quality UA effects like legendary digital "Hall B" reverb and analog phasers, flangers, and tape delay, PolyMAX makes any production shine with old‑school synth cool.

Get Instant Inspiration with Album‑Ready Presets

Get Instant Inspiration with Album‑Ready Presets

Discover the perfect sound using PolyMAX's curated presets, handcrafted by the synth nerds at UA. Designed for fast use across genres, PolyMAX presets and intuitive knob‑per‑function layout means no menu diving, ensuring you'll get the right sound, right away.

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*All product names used here are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated with Universal Audio Inc. and the PolyMAX Synth.

Customer Reviews

PolyMAX Synth

Overall Rating

4.8/5
(27 reviews)

S. El Hammami

April 9, 2023

My new Monark

This synth is real. It is so close to hardware device. I bought this one and Opal because after testing both they provide different textures. I like both in fact.

g. poulin

April 4, 2023

So analog

Arturia have good synth, not as smooth, soft,.

J. Eggers

April 3, 2023

Fun and Efficient

I have a number of VST synths, so why did I buy this one? Well, I demoed it. I had a lot of fun with the arpeggiator and tweaking sounds--and it does sound great. Among my other synths, this is one that I can get the fastest results for certain sounds I'm looking for often. Demo it and see.

G. Scharmer-Choi

March 29, 2023

One of the best analog synths… wait-WHAT?!!

It’s incredibly to have this thing as a Plug-in. The sound is bigger than most analog synthesizers. U can save it. Use multiple instances.. it’s awesome

B. Peker

March 16, 2023

Love the sound!

The synth designed very well. It feels like programming a hardware unit. I love the voice panning feature. Also love the sound. Totally recommended.

J. Zapata

February 11, 2023

Gooddd

Muy buen plugin

G. G

February 10, 2023

Badly needs machine activation

Was playing with my band and had no reliable internet connection at the moment. This and the some other UA softsynths could not go online to check the activation. Because of this Studio One could not function and the music was dead. To band, because this is a good plug-in when it functions.

Can you change to an activation that is more friendly to musicians and composers on the go? Would be 5/5 with a better system for activation. Please ditch the internet authorization or dongles. Just do a machine activation like Arturia, XLN, Softube etc.

I would have written this customer feedback to the support but last time I kindly asked the for the support to please forward a suggestion to the development team the UA support answered that No we do not take suggestions.

P. Jonsson

January 30, 2023

BEEFY

BEEFY SOUNDS - I LIKE IT

J. Vaassen

January 18, 2023

PolyMax synth

Verder good sounding plugin!

D. Uznik

January 17, 2023

Pretty Good Experience

This plugIn synth has great presets and tweaking them is intuitively, straightforward and lots of fun with cool results and very good sound.

When fader settings hit threshold, a small yellow light turns on - makes it very simple to find sweet spots!

Testing spark at the moment

UAD User

January 15, 2023

like a hardware synth !!!

Wow this is a software synth and it sounds like Hardware ! really great job. crisp , good looking surface. easy to use. more than 5 stars for this little beauty.
thx !

R. Peterson

January 14, 2023

Amazing Modern/Retro Synth

It has everything from big fat 80s sounds to new modern pop synth sounds. Lots of great presets for an almost endless stream of inspiration. Golden Warm Analog Goodness!

D. Baker

January 14, 2023

Easy To Listen To

Easy to use, great presets and very easy to listen to.

D. Fore

January 11, 2023

Awesome analog-style synth that's not a model of something that already exists.

I love the fact that UA is creating synths from scratch. PolyMAX is a great addition to the toolkit with a warm, vintage vibe reminiscent of classic analog synths from the 80's. The UI is great and is easy to navigate. Looking forward to more new creations from UA. Keep an eye out for a new preset pack for this one and also be sure to check out "SYMBOLS - The Lost Preset Pack for OPAL" on killerpresets.com .

V. József

December 30, 2022

The new modern-retro feel

Superbly hit character collection like jupiter, juno, oberheim....etc. Reworked modernized retro soundscape with uniquely effective "osc mod"feature and "modern-vintage" sound image emulation. Awesome !

C. Domenico

December 29, 2022

PloyMax Synth

An interesting feature for me is the voice panning to generate wide stereo sounds and the entire handling of the plugin is very structured and correspondingly clear even for someone like me who is not a synth nyrth ... THANKS UAD

J. Newman

December 28, 2022

Polymax is a must!

I have owned a lot of synth software. I own komplete and I have several hardware units from Roland and yamaha. Polymax has become the most used synth in my arsenal.

First, it’s incredible! It sounds like exactly what I’m looking for, hi quality lo-fi and saturation. It does chill wave sounds and has a very simple and clean look. The presets are phenomenal! I will say this every time- I like Polymax more than using native instruments komplete. Not to mention the fact that other companies don’t answer emails. UA has had amazing customer service on every product I’ve ever bought. 5 stars! check it out in a demo and see for yourself!

G. G

December 21, 2022

Sounds vintage and warm!

Really really good for a software synth. As easy to tweak as a physical synth. Great presets.

I like it so much I wish it will become available in a tiny tiny roadworthy standalone DSP box for Fly-rig touring. For example I would love to see Polymax live in a UAFX casing with two midi IN for keyboard and a midi controller.

J. Sanchez

December 21, 2022

Los 80 han llegado

Sonido muy orgánicony clásico, perfecto para cualquier estilo electrónico que quieras afrontar.

C. Özdemir

December 20, 2022

Powerfull

To be honest, I'm overwhelmed with enthusiasm. Powerfull. Magic. And easy to handle.