Manley’s Best Hardware, Now Inside Your DAW
Manley Labs has spent decades building some of the most coveted tube gear in professional audio, and this bundle puts four of its most iconic hardware designs directly into your DAW via Universal Audio's celebrated analog modeling. The Manley Tube Preamp brings the smooth, harmonically rich sound of Manley's Class A tube pres to any source, while the Massive Passive delivers the legendary passive tube EQ that's shaped countless hit records, with depth, clarity, and air. The VOXBOX condenses an entire vocal chain into a single stunning channel strip, complete with preamp, opto compressor, Pultec-style EQ, and de-esser/limiter. The Variable Mu tops off the bundle with velvety-smooth compression that “glues” everything together, making it a go-to for mixing and mastering engineers alike. With the Manley Complete Bundle from Universal Audio, you can dial in all that unmistakable tube warmth and character without ever touching a patch cable.
Note 1: This product requires that you have an iLok account for authorization, although it does not require a physical iLok key. Please call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer if you have questions.
Note 2: Do you own Apollo hardware? By purchasing this plugin, you will receive two licenses: one license allows you to run the plugin via your computer’s CPU, and the other allows you to run it via your Apollo hardware. Please contact your Sweetwater Sales Engineer if you have any questions.
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Manley Tube Preamp
The Universal Audio UAD Manley Tube Preamplifier is the in-the-know audio engineer's secret weapon for injecting life into dead-sounding tracks. This plugin leverages UA's unparalleled analog modeling to lend the smooth, clear sound and complex harmonic behavior of Manley's Class A tube pres to any source you run through it. Moreover, owners of Universal Audio's Unison-equipped Apollo audio interfaces can record through a realistic emulation of a Manley preamp — in real time — with direct control over preamp gain staging and impedance. All music creators covet the high-end gloss of world-class analog outboard gear, and with the UAD Manley Tube Preamp in your plugin arsenal, you'll achieve it — no hardware required.
Manley Massive Passive
Manley’s Massive Passive EQ is the stuff of studio legends, known for its 2-channel stereo design, 4-band passive tube EQ, and the distinctive character it imbues with any mix or master. Thanks to Universal Audio’s state-of-the-art sound modeling technology, this world-renowned sound-shaping tool is available for any studio setup via the UAD Massive Passive Stereo EQ plugin. Engineers at Sweetwater are amazed at how accurately this plugin re-creates the characteristic sonics of its hardware counterpart, including the original’s menagerie of design cues drawn from console, parametric, graphic, and Pultec-style equalizers. Nuanced tone-shaping parameters intersect with complex band adjustments to evoke rich, organic textures, delivering heft, clarity, punch, and air without resulting in muddy or harsh mixes. Whether you’re shaping individual tracks or your entire master, the UAD Massive Passive plugin is a surefire choice for unmatched sound design.
Manley VOXBOX
The Universal Audio UAD Manley VOXBOX takes one of the industry's most beloved hardware vocal processors and packs it into a sonically stunning channel strip plugin. Like the hardware it's modeled after, the UAD Manley VOXBOX delivers the sound of a tube microphone preamp along with a smooth opto compressor, a Pultec-style mid-frequency EQ, and an effective de-esser/limiter. Moreover, owners of Universal Audio's Unison-equipped Apollo audio interfaces can record through a realistic emulation of a complete VOXBOX — in real time — with direct control over preamp gain staging and impedance. Tailor-made for vocals (but magical on anything), the UAD Manley VOXBOX will infuse your tracks with the assertive, authoritative sound of a world-class, reference-grade hardware channel strip.
Manley Variable Mu
Few things make a mix pop better than tubes and transformers, and the Universal Audio UAD Manley Variable Mu plugin authentically delivers this unmistakable sound — no expensive hardware required. Like its real-world counterpart, the UAD Manley Vari Mu infuses your individual tracks, stereo buses, or entire mix with extra definition and fidelity, enabling you to glue together difficult mixes with the signature harmonic-rich texture that Manley made famous. This plugin includes both Left/Right and Mid/Side modes, along with linkable channels for a rock-solid stereo image. You also get a plugin-only Dry/Wet Mix control for simple parallel compression. A bevy of presets from producer/engineers Tom Elmhirst, J.J. Blair, and Mike Larson round out the UAD Manley Variable Mu. Every engineer can benefit from the velvety-smooth gain reduction of Manley's flagship compressor, and the Universal Audio UAD Manley Variable Mu plugin gives it to you in spades.