UAD Studio Edition
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Transform your DAW into a Vintage Analog Paradise
Build your dream studio with 33 UAD plug-ins and instruments — no UA hardware required.
Whether it's a legendary channel strip from Avalon, an iconic Studer tape machine, classic compression from Fairchild and Empirical Labs, or lush reverb from Lexicon — $5,825 in value if purchased separately — UAD Studio Edition gives you the gear and sounds used by hit-making professionals every day.
No Hardware Required
UAD Studio Edition plug-ins run natively on Mac or PC and work with any compatible DAW including Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, LUNA, and more.
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.
- Get a professional analog studio packed with legendary channel strips, compressors, EQs, tape machines, effects, and instruments — right in your DAW
- Get perfect vocals with hit-making solid-state and tube preamps
- Explore iconic compressors on drums, guitars, vocals, and synths
- Discover the rich sound of magnetic tape on all of your sources
- Add ambience and space on vocals and instruments with hit-making plate and digital reverb, tape echo, rotary speaker, and more
- Stay inspired with in‑the‑box grand piano, electric piano, and organ, indistinguishable from the real thing
Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
Get consistently polished results full of radio-ready gloss and detail with Avalon's flagship VT-737 channel strip —the best-selling standalone channel strip ever made — and the dominant player in chart-topping pop, hip-hop, and R&B productions.
dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter
Whether you’re using it on synths, bass guitar, or a drum bus, the dbx 160 plug-in gives you the original hardware’s grabby, low-end glue and old-school character — a must-have for any engineer’s compressor toolkit.
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor
Add the versatile, super-fast compressor that's the choice for modern producers looking to add creative colors to drums, vocals, and guitars.
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
Get the same silky, warm compression heard on hundreds of hit records from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to countless Motown classics with the most accurate emulations ever made of these rare tube limiters.*
Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb
Add the famously lush ambience that defined the sound of an entire era with a bit-for-bit emulation of the classic '80s studio hardware that remains one of the most popular digital reverb units of all time.
Manley Tube Preamp
Add instant life to vocals and bass, punch up acoustic guitars and drums, or push synths forward with the authentic sound of Manley tube hardware.
Studer A800 Tape Recorder
Add warmth, presence, cohesion, and low-end punch that only genuine tape can provide with the proven hit-making sound of a genuine Studer tape machine.
Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
Famous for pushing sounds right to the front of your speakers with a unique, aggressive character, get all the tone and dynamics control of this highly-coveted hardware — perfect for vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, and more.
UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection
Based on a pair of UA's 1960s golden units, this Collection gives your vocals, drums, and synths all the ultra-musical harmonics and colorful saturation of the original ultra-rare hardware.
Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio
Get the album-ready sound of a 1974 Rhodes Eighty Eight Suitcase Mark 1 electric piano,* along with a fully stocked "vintage" studio of pro production tools — for in‑the‑box tones nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
Moog Minimoog
Add the fat, musically expressive sounds of the most iconic synthesizer ever made — from Kraftwerk to Parliament-Funkadelic, Yes to Dr. Dre — with our industry‑leading expertise in circuit modeling, synthesis, and signal processing.**
Opal Morphing Synthesizer
An epic-sounding flagship synth that's perfect for producers, sound designers, and musicians, Opal is our analog-meets-wavetable synth that gives you huge-sounding morphing filters and powerful UA effects, for album-ready sounds, no matter how deep you explore.
Ravel Grand Piano
Perfect for modern music productions from pop to rock, R&B to hip‑hop, get album-ready sonics and inspiring playability with our breathtaking emulation of a Steinway Model B grand piano* that goes far beyond other piano plug-ins and sample libraries with its unprecedented realism.
Waterfall B3 Organ
Explore the world's most thorough emulation of the classic Hammond B3 organ and its companion Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet,* giving your music the same rich tone and three‑dimensional sound heard on decades of legendary albums.
Waterfall Rotary Speaker
Immerse yourself in the jaw-dropping sounds of the classic Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet,* and envelope your guitars, vocals, keyboards, and more in chewy, three-dimensional modulation effects — far beyond chorus and flange — for classic textures heard on decades of legendary albums.
1176 Classic Limiter Collection
Give character and punch to vocals, guitars, bass, drums, and anything else with three distinct versions of this easy‑to‑use limiter, used on more records than any compressor ever made.
Studio D Chorus
An exacting emulation of a late-'70s Roland Dimension D,* add the same "secret sauce" analog widening effects used by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian Eno, M83, and more, for stunning analog modulation textures — with the push of a button.**
Brigade Chorus
Flatter your guitars, vocals, and synths with the luxuriant analog modulation effects of a vintage BOSS CE‑1 Chorus Ensemble* and enjoy three-dimensional movement and shimmer.
PolyMAX Synth
Our vintage-inspired synth gives producers, sound designers, and musicians fat analog tones from the golden age of polysynthesis with warm, analog-modeled oscillators and filters, professional UA effects, and curated presets that easily fit into any genre — for album‑ready sounds instantly.
Century Tube Channel Strip
Enhance your vocals, guitars, synths, and more with a vintage-style tube mic preamp, simple three-band EQ, and optical compressor designed to give you everything you need to capture "first take" magic.
Pultec Passive EQ Collection
Featuring three astonishingly accurate Pultec EQs that are indistinguishable from the original analog hardware, get the same silky curves used by the engineers of John Mayer, Daft Punk, and Mariah Carey, on your vocals, drums, keys and more.*
Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection
Get smooth, radio-ready vocals, guitars, and bass with three highly sought-after versions of the most famous optical tube compressor ever made — and the go-to for professional mixers worldwide.
Galaxy Tape Echo
Add subtle tape delay and colorful cacophony to drums, vocals, guitars, and synths with the definitive emulation of an iconic analog contraption used by everyone from Pink Floyd and David Bowie, to King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee “Scratch” Perry.*
Pure Plate Reverb
Experience UA's revolutionary plate reverb emulation in a simple, easy-to-use package — with all of the essential features. Revel in the sonic and mechanical nuances of the steel plate, transducers, and dampers, and give your vocals, guitars, strings, and synths lush, satisfying ambience.
Oxide Tape Recorder
Based on our award-winning Ampex and Studer tape machine emulations, Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster and make everything "sound like a record."
FAQ
Is Universal Audio hardware required to use these plug-ins?
No. These plug-ins run natively on your computer. No UA hardware required.
Can I try native UAD plug-ins before I buy?
Yes, 14-day plug-in demos are available. Find eligible plug‑ins ›
If I purchase a UAD plug-in, do I get a license for native and Apollo/UAD-2 versions?
Yes, for every UAD plug-in that supports native and Apollo/UAD-2 versions, you get a license for both.
I own an Apollo or UAD-2 hardware, is this for me?
Yes, absolutely, our new bundles provide tremendous value on some of our most popular collections of plug-ins, and native versions are included for the best of both worlds. Native UAD plug-ins also allow you to record and mix on-the-go without attaching UAD hardware.
*All trademarks are property of their respective owners, and used only to represent the instruments modeled as part of UAD plug-ins.
**Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of UAD software.Customer Reviews
J. Kriske
December 8, 2023
Really fun!
Lots of tonal flexibility and really fun to play. It’s making me want to save up for a weighted keyboard!
Read MoreF. Medilien
December 8, 2023
No buyer’s remorse
I have not regretted buying this plugin. Not one bit! This is BIG. This is pure quality stuff.
Read MoreJ. Bru
December 8, 2023
La mejor emulación!!!!
Me encanta como suena, todos los efectos que tiene y es una gran herramienta para composición. Todavía me queda mucho por descubrir y lo recomiendo al 100%
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Customer Reviews
UAD Studio Edition
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Love It
Sounds like the real thing!
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Love It
Sounds like the real thing!
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Love It
Sounds like the real thing!
J. Kriske
Really fun!
Lots of tonal flexibility and really fun to play. It’s making me want to save up for a weighted keyboard!
F. Medilien
No buyer’s remorse
I have not regretted buying this plugin. Not one bit! This is BIG. This is pure quality stuff.
J. Bru
La mejor emulación!!!!
Me encanta como suena, todos los efectos que tiene y es una gran herramienta para composición. Todavía me queda mucho por descubrir y lo recomiendo al 100%
M. Mulligan
Icing on the Cake
I’m infatuated with this guy as of late! I’ve been strapping it to the end of my mix bus with some gentle tweaks and I haven’t regretted it yet. It’s a fantastic tape emulation that (in my opinion) goes toe-to-toe with Softube’s tape offering. Don’t hesitate to pick it up.
J. Gorszczyk
Really average - too bad
Honestly, this is the only UAD plugin that I'm going to rate low. All of their products are fantastic. Just not this one.
Compared to Alicia's Keys, Noire and a couple of Spitfire libraries that are 29usd... it sounds muffled, too roomy and not a lot of settings to tweak to make it sounds to my liking.
In the end it's 9GB on my hard drive for very little use. I'm going to keep using my other VSTs.G. Lion
The "Everything" Compressor
I think we all know what it is. If not, know it's definitely not "just another compressor." Amongst all its benefits, particularly striking is its excellent manipulation of snares and the drum buss. It's nasty when you need it to be, but goes out of its way to preserve snap and sizzle on snares especially when you require it. When you want something mangled however, it'll mangle it GOOD and proper! 100% worth watching and digesting a few videos on its use, this has a lot of excellent capability you'll really want to be familiar with. Absolutely awesome thing.
K. Kentawai
Love
Great compressor
G. Josset
indispensable
Ce Manley est devenu totalement indispensable à ma production.
Même en retournant le problème dans tous les sens, il me manquait ce truc que je n'arrivais pas à obtenir, il y a quelque chose de magique ici !!J. Romero
Great presence and depth.
I love the flexible sound shaping you can get with it.
It's great for both master and individual channels.D. Fenelon
Mastering
Yeah I tried it. It does make a warm difference. I’m not a pro but I did like the effect. It is a small change, but when mastering, everything little subtle change can result in a satisfying outcome.
D. Fenelon
Mastering
Yeah I tried it. It does make a warm difference. I’m not a pro but I did like the effect. It is a small change, but when mastering, everything little subtle change can result in a satisfying outcome.
E. Hoffmann
Excellent Tape
This is a wonderful tape recorder. Very nice textures and quality.
D. Silva
That Vintage Slap and That Spacey Sound
It's a very great recreation of this classic, with that classic tape delay sound and all the possibilities.
Great Work!H. Haldane
Love it
It’s really taking my mixes to the next level
F. Hasan
WOW cool rotary!
really like this! sounds good!
J. Olszewski
jacugo1@gmail.com
Perfect for my bass playing
L. Dawkins
Just what i wanted
New to UAD, I wasn't sure what to expect. Sure, i had heard of how good the A800 sounds. After inserting into my first track, I was hooked. The sound I was chasing, was now mine! Shaping my tracks perfectly. I look forward to continuing with this and other UAD software.
