The analog channel strip of your dreams. Experience Universal Audio’s 70+ year analog heritage with a supercharged plug-in version of their flagship tube channel strip, the 6176. The new LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip plug-in gives you three iconic UA products in one: the 610 mic preamp, the 1176 Limiting Amplifier, and the LA-2A Leveling Amplifier. Released in 2004, the hand-built 6176 has been the channel strip to stars including Coldplay, Adele, and Pharrell. Now you can get an entirely new UAD channel strip that puts decades of classic and modern vocal, guitar, drum, and bass sounds at the flip of a switch.

Key Benefits

• Record and mix with three of the most historically-significant pieces of analog gear ever made, in one elegant channel strip
• Get the smooth harmonics and rich overdrive of a vintage UA 610 tube preamp on vocals and instruments
• Instantly get the famous punch of the 1176, or the smooth warmth of an LA-2A, at the flip of a switch
• Record in realtime with Apollo interfaces, putting three legendary processors in a single Unison slot
• Plug in to the World’s Most Famous Tube Preamp
• Bill Putnam’s 610 Modular Amplifier preamp was a milestone in audio history, introduced in the 1960’s and used to record everyone from the Beach Boys, Ray Charles, and Johnny Cash to Coldplay and Adele. The LA-6176 plug-in features the modern 610-B circuit, giving you even deeper EQ controls for adding rich tube sound that works on everything.
• Get the Legendary Punch of an 1176LN Limiter
• The 6176 hardware is the first channel strip to pair the iconic 610 tube preamp with classic 1176 Limiting Amplifier. The 1176 is the compressor that defined decades of popular rock and
• pop music, from Led Zeppelin to Bob Marley to Beyonce. Its FET-based circuit delivers ultra fast response to guitar, bass, and drum transients making your tracks pop through the speakers.
• Add Smooth LA-2A Tube Compression
• Borrowing from UA’s LA-610 MkII hardware channel strip, the LA-6176 plug-in packs iconic optical compression at the flip of a switch. In LA-2A mode, you’ll get the same silky compression heard on classic vocal and instrument recordings for over 60 years. Plus, you can easily toggle between the LA-2A and 1176 modes to find your perfect sound.
• Unison-Enabled for Realtime Recording on Apollo Interfaces
• With an Apollo interface and Unison technology, the LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip makes you forget you’re recording through a plug-in. You'll get all the unique impedance, gain stage sweet spots, and circuit behaviors of an original 610 tube preamp. And when you add in two legendary compressors — it puts three of UA’s most famous analog circuits on a single Unison channel.

Plug in to the World's Most Famous Tube Preamp

Bill Putnam's 610 Modular Amplifier preamp was a milestone in audio history, introduced in the 1960's and used to record everyone from the Beach Boys, Ray Charles, and Johnny Cash to Coldplay and Adele. The LA-6176 plug-in features the modern 610-B circuit, giving you even deeper EQ controls for adding rich tube sound that works on everything.

Get the Legendary Punch of an 1176LN Limiter

The 6176 hardware is the first channel strip to pair the iconic 610 tube preamp with classic 1176 Limiting Amplifier. The 1176 is the compressor that defined decades of popular rock and pop music, from Led Zeppelin to Bob Marley to Beyonce. Its FET-based circuit delivers ultra fast response to guitar, bass, and drum transients making your tracks pop through the speakers.

Add Smooth LA-2A Tube Compression

Borrowing from UA's LA-610 MkII hardware channel strip, the LA-6176 plug-in packs iconic optical compression at the flip of a switch. In LA-2A mode, you'll get the same silky compression heard on classic vocal and instrument recordings for over 60 years. Plus, you can easily toggle between the LA-2A and 1176 modes to find your perfect sound.

Unison-Enabled for Realtime Recording on Apollo Interfaces

With an Apollo interface and Unison technology, the LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip makes you forget you're recording through a plug-in. You'll get all the unique impedance, gain stage sweet spots, and circuit behaviors of an original 610 tube preamp. And when you add in two legendary compressors — it puts three of UA's most famous analog circuits on a single Unison channel.

The Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip plug-in thoroughly emulates the modern boutique hardware, including its high-fidelity tube mic preamp, vactrol optical compressor, Pultec-style passive EQ, and de-esser/limiter, giving you hit-making vocals that are clear, detailed, and full of life.

Key Benefits

• Create rich, luxurious vocals with Manley’s high-fidelity, Class-A tube mic preamp
• Sculpt vocals with Manley’s Pultec-style passive EQ with 33 selectable frequencies
• Dial-in signals with transparent optical compressor with 25 Attack and Release combinations
• Harness Class A EQ and compression for bass, acoustic guitars, vocals, voiceovers, and more
• Organically tame sibilance with unmatched de-esser/limiter section
• Record in realtime "through" a high-end Manley VOXBOX with Apollo and Unison™ technology
• Use with any audio interface, no UA hardware required

Add Magical EQ Sculpting

The Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip plug-in's three-band, passive EQ is based on the classic Pultec MEQ-5, giving you a broad-stroke EQ that keeps the top end sweet, and the lows defined, yet natural sounding — even with extreme boosts and cuts.

Compress Sources Before the Preamp

Just like the hardware, the Manley VOXBOX plug-in lets you tame transients before the preamp with its perfectly tuned, flexible optical compressor. This, along with a ton of interactive Attack and Release combinations, you'll get exceptionally smooth-sounding tracks every time.

Get Ultra Transparent De-Essing and More

At the center of the Manley VOXBOX is its sublime, natural sounding de-esser. With two knobs, you get complete control of not only vocals, but shrill electric guitars, or overly bright overheads. You can also turn off the de-esser frequency control and use this section as an aggressive and colorful limiter.

Record "Through" a Boutique Tube Preamp With Apollo

UA's groundbreaking Unison technology lets you track in realtime "through" the Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip plug-in using your Apollo, giving you the original boutique hardware's line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage "sweet spots," and exact circuit behaviors.

Use on Any Source for Pro Results

For years, the Manley VOXBOX has been a secret weapon for bassists looking to harness its high-end tube signal path and slick EQ and compression appointments. The Manley VOXBOX is also perfect for clean electric guitars, strings, and drums as its always-musical results can lift any source way beyond the ordinary.

Get the larger-than-life sound of pop, hip-hop, and R&B. The dominant player in chart-topping productions, Avalon's flagship VT-737 channel strip is the best-selling standalone channel strip ever made. From Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, to Babyface and Beyonce, the Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip plug-in delivers the same consistently polished results, with radio-ready gloss and detail.

Key Benefits

• Track and mix through an exacting emulation of the Avalon VT‑737 analog channel strip
• Get the full character of the original hardware’s tube mic preamp with Unison technology
• Add legendary Avalon gloss and presence to bass, vocals, voice‑over, and more
• Sculpt your sources with a vocal‑flattering optical compressor
• Tweak sounds with four-band EQ and add high‑end detail with 32k "air" band
• Mix with artist presets from Eric J Dubowsky, (Flume, Odesza), Hector Delgado (A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey), Michael Brauer (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket), and more

Capture the Sound of Modern Music

By artfully capturing our "golden unit" Avalon's flagship VT-737 hardware's class-A tube amplifier section, LED-style optical compression, and discrete four-band EQ, you can give your tracks the signature Avalon sound heard on thousands of chart-topping hits. Record Vocals and Bass “Through” a Hit-Making Tube Preamp with Apollo UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology lets you track in realtime through the Avalon VT-737 Channel Strip plug-in using your Apollo, giving you the chart-topping sound of the original hardware’s line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and exact circuit behaviors. Experience Versatile Compression on Vocals and More Excelling on vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, and voice-over work, the VT-737 plug-in's dynamics section gives your tracks the hardware's gentle touch, rather than adding squash or crunch. This transparent compression is perfect for "stacking" the compressor again at mixdown, so you can control a vocal in a dense mix.

Fine-Tune Your Mixes with Bold EQ

The Avalon VT-737 plug-in's four-band EQ, gives your vocals a lively presence and sophistication, placing them front-and-center in any mix. Like the hardware, the EQ can be placed before or after the compressor, and the mid bands can be engaged as sidechain filters for laser-focused compression. And with the 32k high frequency "air band," you can add delicate shimmer to everything from strings to background vocals to acoustic guitars.

Unlock the iconic sound of the SSL 4000 console with the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip, now available as a UAD Native plug-in. This authentic British channel strip brings the warmth, punch, and unmistakable analog character that has shaped countless hit records from Nirvana’s “Nevermind” to Bruno Mars’ - "24K Magic".* With precise EQ, dynamic control, and the classic VCA compressor, the SSL 4000 Channel Strip provides unparalleled versatility and sonic excellence. Whether you're mixing vocals, instruments, or entire sessions, the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip delivers the unmistakable SSL sound.

Key Benefits

• NEW! UAD Native plug-in with external side-chaining capabilities — no Apollo required
• Track and mix through a stunningly accurate emulation of SSL’s vintage analog channel
• Get the full character of SSL’s Jensen transformer-based preamps with Unison technology, when paired with an Apollo audio interface
• Sculpt your sources with both Type E “black” and “brown” knob EQ and filters
• Harness the famous SSL VCA Compressor and Gate for incredible dynamics control
• Explore creative sounds by swapping Dynamics routing, and placing EQ/Filters in the Dynamics sidechain
• Mix with artist presets from Just Blaze (Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar), Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers), Ian Boxill (Prince, Tupac), and more

Turn Your DAW into a Classic SSL Console

In crafting the new SSL 4000 E Channel Strip Collection, UA’s team of engineers dug deep into the SSL 4000 E hardware, faithfully modeling the original preamp’s Jensen input transformers and dbx "gold-can" VCA output section. By capturing the preamp’s signature nonlinear amp behaviors you get all of the SSL hallmarks — expansive, punchy, deep, assertive character for all of your sources. Get Famed British EQ in Spades The SSL 4000 E Channel Strip Collection plug-in features both the Type E 242 “black knob” and 001 “brown knob” four-band EQ and filters. The “brown” EQ is easy to dial in and musical, while the “black” is more surgical and clean. Both offer iconic SSL band interactions and amp modeling, adding punch to drums, presence to vocals, and heft to bass.

Expansion, Compression & More

From subtle dynamics control to in-your-face smack, the E Series’ compressor gives guitars presence, makes vocals “pop,” and can add clarity, punch, and depth to your drum bus. PRE-DYN controls let you place the EQ or filters before the dynamics section for tons of different timbres, while the DYN-SC buttons provide frequency-dependent compression using the EQ filters, cut filters, or both. Add Depth and Openness with any UAD hardware Of course, the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip Collection isn’t just for Apollo owners. UAD-2 owners can use the SSL E Channel Strip on any source, without going outside the box. With the SSL E Channel Strip's complete console channel emulation, plus the included DSP-lite SSL E Channel Strip Legacy plug-in, you can craft your projects with Platinum‑selling sound.

Unison Technology for Apollo

Harnessing UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology, the new SSL 4000 E Channel Strip plug-in gives you the hardware’s mic/line preamp impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and exact circuit behaviors. Just insert the plug-in into the Apollo’s Unison preamp slot to track in real time through a perfect SSL modeled preamp.

Helios Type 69 Preamp and EQ Collection gives you the punchy and fat analog tone used to craft hundreds of iconic albums from Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and many more.

UA's team of engineers dug deep into two original Type 69 "golden units," faithfully emulating their distinct custom-made character, giving you colorful flavors that will bring your vocals, guitars, drums, and bass to life.

Key Benefits

• Get the fat, authentic sound of the same analog preamp/EQ used on countless classic records
• Add attitude and punch to synths and guitars with colorful Helios midrange EQ
• Explore bass delights with four uniquely voiced low-frequency boost filters
• Record in realtime "through" a vintage Helios Type 69 mic preamp with your Apollo, using Unison™ technology
• Use with any audio interface, no UA hardware required

Add a Classic Channel to Your Studio

Whether it was housed at Olympic in London, Musicland in Munich, or in the famed Rolling Stones' mobile studio, Helios Type 69 consoles recorded everyone from Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and more with unmistakable attitude and punch.

Go Bold With Colorful Analog EQ

The Helios Type 69 plug-in gives you the original hardware's famously assertive three-band EQ, perfectly emulating the rich sounding saturation behaviors that keep radical EQ moves on all your sources sounding ultra musical, even at extreme settings.

Enjoy Thick Low-End Tone and More

With four uniquely voiced low-frequency boost filters, the Helios Type 69 plug-in injects your tracks with the same solid and wide bass foundation found on seminal rock, pop, and reggae recordings. You can also clean up sources like overheads and room mics by switching the Bass band into a fixed 50 Hz low cut mode.

Record "Through" a Vintage Helios With Apollo

UA's groundbreaking Unison technology lets you track in realtime "through" the Helios Type 69 plug-in using your Apollo, giving you all the original vintage hardware's line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage "sweet spots," and exact circuit behaviors.

Topline Vocal Suite gives you all the tools you need to easily record and mix flawless professional vocals in any genre, from hip hop to pop to R&B. Topline Vocal Suite is the only plug-in of its kind — perfectly marrying modern vocal tuning with best in class UAD analog studio effects. So you get everything you need to create perfect vocal mixes, effortlessly. Packed with professional presets, Topline Vocal Suite is like having a seasoned engineer in a classic analog studio, crafting tuned, radio-ready vocals just for you.

Key Benefits

• Get an all-in-one vocal chain combining our most popular analog tools with state-of-the-art pitch correction, so your vocals are perfectly in tune
• Add warmth to your recordings with a UA channel strip, compressor, and EQ inspired by vintage analog gear
• Use classic reverb, tape delay, and modulation to make your vocals sound like they were recorded in a pro studio
• Explore professionally-designed presets and a modern, sleek interface to get radio-ready vocal sounds in any genre
• Quickly identify the key and scale of any song with Topline Key Finder
• Work in low-latency mode for real time inspiration

Effortless Tuning for Any Genre

Topline Vocal Suite delivers iconic pitch-perfect tuning. Whether you are looking for subtle transparent correction or ultra-fast tuning for classic modern effects, it's never been so easy to dial in polished modern vocals. Record Vocals with Album-Quality Sound Give your vocals a true record-ready sound fast with vintage-style mic preamps, tape saturation, studio compressor, stunning reverb, delay and modulation, and easy-to-use EQ — all powered by our world class analog emulation technology.

Powerful Pitch and Formant Shifting

Explore creative vocal sounds and layering with independent pitch and formant shifting — so you can dial in the perfect amount of pitch and formant adjustment for record-ready vocal effects.

Start with Incredible Presets

Get professional-quality vocals in seconds with our vast preset library, crafted by legendary engineers bringing their iconic vocal sounds straight to your mix. These presets span a range of genres and deliver instant results — little or no tweaking required.

Enable Live Mode to Track in Real Time

Live mode enables near-real time processing of your vocals, so you can record pro vocals at the speed of inspiration, directly into your DAW.

From Stevie Wonder's Innervisions to Radiohead's In Rainbows,* API desks have shaped hit albums with unmistakable punch, presence, and color for over 50 years. In 2013, Universal Audio released the API Vision Channel Strip plug-in, artfully capturing API's flagship analog console. Today, the updated API Vision Channel Strip gives you more authentic API tone, now with switchable EQ modules and expertly modeled output section, plus all the critical recording and mixing functions of API's iconic compression, gating, and filter modules. *Use of artist names does not constitute an official endorsement of API Vision Channel Strip software.

Key Benefits

• Use any audio interface, with both UAD Native and Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions included
• Track and mix through a stunning emulation of API’s flagship analog console channel
• Sculpt sources with new 560L series 10-band graphic EQ module and beloved 550L parametric EQs
• Punch up signals through the API 212L preamp with famed 2520 API op-amp and custom API transformers
• Reshape ambience and create dynamic effects with the 235L Gate/Expander
• Tame transients and craft bold new textures with API’s legendary 225L compression circuit
• Mix with artist presets from Joe Chiccarelli, Neil Dorfsman, David Isaac, and more

Sculpt with Parametric and New Graphic EQs

With a click of the new EQ Type button, the API Vision Channel Strip lets you choose between the revered 550L 4-band parametric EQ and API's famous 560L series 10-band graphic EQ. The new 560L EQ emulation captures the complex band interactions and musical filter amp distortions of API's coveted hardware, letting you quickly sweeten and shape guitars, add aggression to drums, and push vocals forward with analog punch, low-end transparency, and ultra-tight imaging.

Instant Magic: The 212L Preamp with Unison Technology

The API Vision Channel Strip gets even better with Apollo interfaces, thanks to Unison mic preamp technology. Unison gives you all the important impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and circuit behaviors of API's iconic 212L preamp via bi-directional control and communication between the software and your Apollo's mic preamps. Plus, you get the same features found in API's flagship Vision Console, including a Mic/Line switch, dedicated cut filter, and -6 dB line pad. Shape Dynamics with the 225L Compressor A versatile compressor teaming with character, the 225L thrives on any instrument, in any genre — from a single track to an entire mix. Plus, use selectable “New” and “Old” functions for two delicious brands of compression, from mild to severe. Get Creative with API Gate/Expander and Filters The ultra-fast 235L Noise Gate/Expander lets you easily shape ambience and attack on individual sources like kick drums or bass synth, and also clamp down on noisy drum kit rattles and gnarly guitar amp noise. Plus, the passive, fully sweepable 215L's Hi and Lo pass filters are perfect for broad stroke EQ sculpting, letting you expertly craft your source material, while preserving its original tone.