Precision K-Stereo™ Ambience Recovery
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Widen your mixes and recover the natural ambience of your recorded sources.
The Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery plug-in for UAD-2 and Apollo interfaces allows you to precisely enhance the stereo depth and imaging of your mixes without unwanted artifacts.
Created for the UAD platform with famed mastering engineer Bob Katz, the Precision K-Stereo plug-in is designed for critical 2-track mastering applications — from jazz to rock to hip-hop — and is the natural-sounding cure for busy or narrow-sounding mixes.Add depth and imaging to instruments and vocals without adding artificial reverb
Extract ambience from source material, naturally, adding depth and width to the stereo field
Harness Mid/Side gain controls adjust the center-to-side balance of mixes
Tweak further with powerful three-band Ambience Filter EQ
5-Min UAD Tip
In this video, learn how to widen your mix and give a drum overhead mic more of a room sound with the UAD Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Plug-In.
“The Precision K-Stereo ambience recovery plug-in has the ability to widen an image without the typical phasing. This process has won me over.”
– Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)Customer Reviews
c. Lawrence
October 12, 2022
Great
I use this for mastering, adds great width to the music
Read MoreJ. Dagan
September 3, 2022
Brilliant.
Precise subtlety is not something companies usually focus on when making a new plugin. Lots of elegance and musicality in the design of this. a rare kind. Thanks Bob and UAD
Read MoreG. Schwab
August 23, 2022
Very good tool!
I use this tool to design the stereo depth and stereo width. A few subtle attitudes already lead to fine results and success. The user interface is very clear and explains itself. The sound...
Read MoreK. Holley
July 29, 2022
Works don’t over saturate the signal
Like all signal processors via hardware or software it depends solely on the goal of the mixing engineer. This has a place in my...
Read MoreH. Studios
July 13, 2022
Must have plugin.
This is a very unique plugin but extremely helpful help enhance ambience. Of course the ambience and room had to already be there. It doesn’t create ambience but enhances what you’ve...
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Key Features
Unique ambience recovery and stereo processing tool, created and patented by famed mastering engineer Bob Katz
Extracts ambient cues from the source material, naturally adding depth and width to the stereo field
Perfect for fixing busy or “narrow” mixes at the mastering stage
3-band Ambience Filter EQ for further shaping the effect
Mid/Side gain controls adjust the center-to-side balance
Left/Right Gain controls for final stereo image balancing and leveling
Custom user presets created by Bob Katz
Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery
c. Lawrence
Great
I use this for mastering, adds great width to the music
J. Dagan
Brilliant.
Precise subtlety is not something companies usually focus on when making a new plugin.
Lots of elegance and musicality in the design of this. a rare kind.
Thanks Bob and UADG. Schwab
Very good tool!
I use this tool to design the stereo depth and stereo width. A few subtle attitudes already lead to fine results and success. The user interface is very clear and explains itself. The sound results are very good!
UAD User
Wish I never bought it
Snake Oil
K. Holley
Works don’t over saturate the signal
Like all signal processors via hardware or software it depends solely on the goal of the mixing engineer. This has a place in my toolbox.
H. Studios
Must have plugin.
This is a very unique plugin but extremely helpful help enhance ambience. Of course the ambience and room had to already be there. It doesn’t create ambience but enhances what you’ve already recorded so it breathes more life into said recording. Love it!
S. Gauri
Sounds nice
I only know that it sounds nice.
J. Carr
Another Golden Moment
UAD Killed it again ... Thank You!
E. Green
I LOVE IT!!!
I’m creating some very nice depth with this! It’s the plug-in I’ve been waiting for! Thank you UA!!!!
l. jeffries
Love it!
Brilliant bit of kit
О. "Комаров"
Many thanks!
I feel deep respect and gratitude to the person who created this device. Many thanks!
F. Trentini
Very useful
Thank you Bob Katz and Universal Audio for this brilliant plugin. It sounds smooth and natural, I personally love it especially for mastering. Very useful tool.
S. Harris
Like magic
doesn't seem to work on every type of material, but when it does, it's like magic. widening is subtle, but extremely natural and doesn't mess with the stereo image.
C. Szekely
A Little Goes A Long Way
This is one of those products where just a little bit goes a long way. I use this plug-in as a stereo widener only, I don’t use the ambience recovery feature at all. Maybe I will down the road. I compared this plug to several other stereo wideners Including the JST Sidewidener, Izotope’s Stereo Imager, Goodhertz Mid-Side Matrix and Logic’s native stereo directional plug among others and this one did the best job of making it sound huge while still being undetectable unless you A/B it with the unprocessed audio. I just lower the mid a decibel or two, raise the sides a half decibel or so, set gain compensation and BOOM! This plug will most likely be on all my master chains from now on. Love it.
Z. Mo
Secret Weapon
Superb, spot on controls , but beware , you'll so love that you'll over abuse it easily .... i did lol
c. siebert
Skeptical at first...but
I wasn't quite sure about this , I'm a bass player and after using it boom instant depth and width
UAD User
great
nice plug to get more clear
V. Pop Hristov
glowing cherry
if u ask me,when u r making a cake,this is the cherry that u put on the top
A. Lindelöf
Great polish
I think this plugin is great for adding that final subtle polish to a master. I use it together with the Precision Maximizer to create the master tracks, and it makes a good mix even better. Highly recommended.
J. Reichert
Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery!
The Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery is the secret weapon I didn't know I needed until I tried it.
