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The Bill Putnam Mic Collection

The Bill Putnam Mic Collection

Get the rich sound of hand‑picked vintage mics.

  • Get the classic microphone tones used on legendary records by Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, and more
  • Record through Bill Putnam Sr.'s hand-picked mics, including vintage models from Neumann®, RCA®, and AKG®, in real time with Apollo*
  • Audition classic mics before, during, and after recording with any interface, in any DAW
  • Change mic type or polar pattern, and reduce room sound, even after recording

Runs on macOS or Windows. Requires an Apollo audio interface or UAD Accelerator. Designed to be used with a UA Sphere modeling microphone. View software system requirements. View Sphere mic documentation.

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Get the Rich Sound of Hand‑picked Vintage Mics

The Bill Putnam Mic Collection plug‑in for the UA Sphere modeling microphone system gives you the glorious tones of the legendary Universal Audio founder's personal mic locker — including the jaw-dropping sounds of his prized Neumann U47, RCA 44, Sennheiser 405, and tons more.

Find your Perfect Mic in Realtime with Apollo

Audition classic mics before, during, and after recording with any interface, in any DAW. And when paired with an Apollo interface, you can do this with near‑zero latency.

Create Pro Sounds Before and After Tracking

With the Bill Putnam Microphone Collection plug-in, you can dramatically sculpt your tones by changing the proximity effect and polar pattern before and after recording.

Reduce Room Sound for Better Recordings

Easily tame room coloration for cleaner, more professional recordings using IsoSphere and its expert presets tailored for everything from your bedroom studio to popular isolation filters from sE Reflexion Filters, Aston Halo, Kaotica Eyeball*, and more.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you’ll need an Apollo audio interface, UAD-2 Satellite, or UAD-2 PCIe card to run these plug-ins, using the onboard DSP. The plug-ins run on the hardware itself, without adding strain to your host CPU. In an Apollo, onboard DSP processing allows you to run realtime UAD plug-ins with low-latency, and even record that processing directly to your DAW.

Additionally, this plug-in is designed to be used with a UA Sphere modeling microphone to deliver the most accurate mic modeling available. View Sphere mic documentation.

This refers to the number of SHARC DSP processors in Apollo, Satellite & PCIe UAD-2 hardware. A DUO core system has twice the amount of processing power compared to a SOLO core system. More SHARC DSP cores increases the number of UAD-2 plug-ins you can run on the hardware.

No, Satellites provide DSP to run UAD-2 plug-ins in your DAW.

Yes, you can start a demo from the UAD Meter application that’s bundled with the UAD software. Simply click “Start Demo”, and start using it in your DAW.

UAD-2 licenses follow the hardware, it does not matter which computer they are connected to. You can have up to six UAD-2 devices registered to a system in your Universal Audio account, which share those licenses. See UAD-2 Plug-In Licensing Explained for full details. Authorization of UAD-2 hardware is managed by the UAD-meter & Control Panel Application.

Check our Knowledge Base for additional questions

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