Universal Audio LUNA Analog Essentials Plug-in Bundle

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A Fully Integrated Mac-based Recording System

With LUNA from Universal Audio, your Mac is transformed into a fully integrated recording ecosystem. It’s an intuitive recording environment for producing, editing, and mixing. With its headache-free hardware/software integration with Apollo interfaces, using DSP-accelerated plug-ins is more streamlined than ever before. And now, with the Universal Audio LUNA Analog Essentials Plug-in Bundle, mastering your recordings is just as easy! This extension/plug-in bundle will infuse LUNA’s mixer with ultra-realistic Neve 80 Series console summing and Studer A800 tape emulation. These LUNA extensions give you the authentic sound of tape and transformers, making your mixes sound as good as ever. The LUNA Analog Essentials Bundle also includes extensions that emulate API Summing and Ampex’s legendary ATR-102 mastering tape recorder. The LUNA Analog Essentials Bundle — just like the LUNA software itself — is a must-have for Apollo users.

Note: The Universal Audio LUNA Analog Essentials Bundle requires a Thunderbolt-equipped Universal Audio interface and LUNA software. It’s also Mac only — Windows is not supported at the present time. Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for more details.

Neve Summing

Instant classic console sound

When most of us think of a professional studio, we conjure up images of a Neve 80 Series console — this larger-than-life, analog-flavored sound is the sound of a large, pro-level studio. LUNA’s Neve Summing extension is a spot-on emulation of the summing circuitry from a legendary Neve console, featuring the harmonic-infused sound of a 1272 summing amplifier. Best of all, there are no plug-ins to mess with. Once you install this extension, the sound is baked right into LUNA’s mixer. The end result? More punch and dimensionality — the same adjectives we’d use to describe the sound of a world-class console. LUNA’s Neve Summing extension is guaranteed to transform your sterile, digital-sounding mixes into classic-sounding recordings.

API Summing

Add mid-forward definition to your mixes

Vintage API summing consoles are responsible for imparting a mid-forward definition to some of the most legendary mixes of all time. From Fleetwood Mac's Rumours to Stevie Wonder's Talking Book, the signature API sound breathes warmth and definition into your tracks. To develop the API Summing extension, Universal Audio worked closely with API to emulate the classic sound of the 2520 op-amp and other unique transformers found in increasingly rare API consoles. If you want to add a dash of vintage character to your mixes, use API Summing within your LUNA mixes.

Studer A800 Tape

Warmth and punch on demand

The Holy Grail of recording is fat analog warmth. It’s what most of us have been striving for since tape-based recording started fading away in the late 1990s. Thanks to LUNA’s Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder extension, you can get that sound without troubling yourself with an expensive — and notoriously temperamental — 24-track tape machine. This extension injects every audio and instrument track in your session with a familiar-sounding warmth and punch that’s sure to inspire. And, like all LUNA extensions, Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder is integrated directly into LUNA’s mixer, eliminating the need for instantiating individual plug-ins on every track in your session.

Ampex ATR-102 Master Tape

The "record-ready" sound

Universal Audio believes that the Ampex ATR-102 Master Tape recorder will go down in history as the most popular 2-track tape machine ever to hit the professional market. And here at Sweetwater, we're inclined to agree with them! During the height of analog recording, you couldn't walk into a recording studio or mastering suite without running into one paired with a Studer. The ATR-102 offers a bold and assertive quality that cemented its place in music history. Like its famous analog companion, this extension imparts a "record-ready" feel to almost any track. It can even model the crosstalk tendencies between each channel based on the speed control. And, since it's a LUNA extension, Ampex ATR-102 Master Tape plugs right into the mixer without an instance.