Harness the Sound of Manley's Flagship Compressor
Few things make a mix pop better than tubes and transformers, and the Universal Audio UAD Manley Variable Mu plug-in 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 plug-in includes both Left/Right and Mid/Side modes, along with linkable channels for a rock-solid stereo image. You also get a plug-in-only Dry/Wet Mix control for dead-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 plug-in gives it to you in spades.
Note: Do you own Apollo hardware? By purchasing this plug-in, you will receive two licenses: one license allows you to run the plug-in 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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The coveted sound of tubes and transformers
The UAD Manley Variable Mu plug-in leverages Universal Audio's superior analog modeling to supply you with the indelible character of high-end hardware, even though there are no physical tubes and transformers involved. This plug-in emulates the variable-gain behavior of its hardware counterpart perfectly, arming you with superbly smooth, hyper-transparent gain reduction while also infusing everything you instantiate it on with an elusive harmonic warmth. Here at Sweetwater, we're particularly fond of the UAD Manley Vari Mu plug-in's Mid/Side mode, which possesses a phase-accurate stereo image that's actually superior to hardware. You also get a plug-in-only Dry/Wet Mix control for dialing in parallel compression — a must-have for unobtrusive dynamics control.
Universal Audio UAD Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor Plug-in Features:
- Emulation of Manley's flagship Variable Mu Limiter Compressor with authentic tube- and transformer-driven sound
- Infuses your individual tracks, stereo buses, or entire mix with extra definition and fidelity
- Glues together difficult mixes with Manley's signature harmonic-rich texture
- Left/Right and Mid/Side modes, along with linkable channels for a rock-solid stereo image
- Plug-in-only Dry/Wet Mix control provides dead-simple parallel compression
- Presets from Tom Elmhirst, J.J. Blair, and Mike Larson